Beschreibung
InhaltsangabeI. Biochemical Mechanisms and Clinical Aspects of Perinatal Asphyxia.- Biochemical Mechanisms of Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Damage.- Clinical Aspects.- II. Fetal Assessment.- Clinical and Biophysical Profile.- Umbilical, Cerebral, and Renal Circulations in Growth-Retarded and Hypoxic Fetuses.- Heart and Fetal Asphyxia.- Antepartum Fetal Heart-Rate Monitoring and Fetal Asphyxia.- Physiopathological Basis of Doppler Indices.- III. Neonatal Assessment.- Neuropathological Aspects of Perinatal Asphyxia and Ultrasound Imaging.- Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injuries.- Doppler Assessment of the Cerebral Hemodynamics in Perinatal Asphyxia.- The Electroencephalogram in Birth Asphyxia.- Multimodality-Evoked Potentials in Perinatal Asphyxia.- Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.- 133Xe Clearance.- Near-Infrared Spectrophotometry.- Hexamethypropylene Amine Oxime Single-Photon Emission-Computed Tomography in Perinatal Asphyxia and Ischemic-Hemorrhagic Lesions.- IV. Management.- Perinatal Management.- Treatment of Anoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy.- V. Prognosis.- Neurodevelopmental Outcome.