Fetal and Neonatal Brain Injury: Mechanisms, Management and the Risks of Practice Stevenson, David K.; Benitz, William E. and Sunshine, Philip

This comprehensive survey of fetal and neonatal brain injury discusses a broad range of areas from epidemiology and pathogenesis, to clinical manifestations and obstetric care, and on to diagnosis, long-term outcomes, and medico-legal aspects. This latest edition highlights scientific and clinical advances that have played a role in minimizing risk, improving clinical care and outcomes. It describes how placental abnormalities, imaging studies, and laboratory measurements can identify the timing and severity of the injury.

Now in its third edition, this is a comprehensive survey of fetal and neonatal brain injury arising from hypoxia, ischemia or other causes. The volume spans a broad range of areas from epidemiology and pathogenesis, through to clinical manifestations and obstetric care, and then on to diagnosis, long-term outcomes, and medico-legal aspects. An important theme running throughout is to highlight scientific and clinical advances that have a role to play in minimising risk, improving clinical care and outcomes.