Placental and Fetal Doppler (Diploma in Fetal Medicine Series)

"Doppler assessment of the placental circulation plays an important role in screening for impaired placentation and its complications of pre-eclampsia, intrauterine growth restriction and perinatal death. Assessment of the fetal circulation is essential in the better understanding of the pathophysiology of a wide range of pathological pregnancies and their clinical management. This book provides a comprehensive account of Doppler ultrasound in Obstetrics and will be of value to those involved in antenatal and fetal medicine."--BOOK JACKET. This comprehensive clinical textbook on Doppler assessment of placental and fetal circulation provides the foundation needed for the theoretical component of the Certificate of Competence in placental and fetal Doppler awarded by the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology and the International Society of Perinatal Medicine. Following introductory chapters on Doppler ultrasound principles, practice, safety and methodology, the book covers Doppler studies in the full range of areas relevant to placental and fetal circulation. Key features:*Explains Doppler assessment of placental and fetal circulation*Provides the basis of learning for a certificate of competence in placental and fetal Doppler*Contains introductory material on Doppler ultrasound principles, practice, safety and methods Includes bibliographic references and index Content: Introduction. Doppler ultrasound: principles and practice. Safety of diagnostic ultrasound in fetal scanning. Methodology of Doppler assessment of the placental and fetal circulations. Doppler studies in fetal hypoxemic hypoxia. Screening forplacental insufficiency by uterine artery Doppler. Doppler studies in red blood cell isoimmunization. Doppler studies in pregnancies with maternal diabetes mellitus. Doppler studies in preterm prelabor amniorrhexis. Doppler studies in maternal autoimmunedisease. Doppler studies in post-term pregnancies. Doppler studies in twin pregnancy. Color Doppler sonography in the assessment of the fetal heart. Color Doppler sonography in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities. Index. This is a clinician's textbook on using ultrasound as the main diagnostic tool in the prenatal detection of congenital abnormalities. It provides the basis of learning for the theoretical component of the Certificate of Competence in placental and foetal Doppler awarded by the ISUOG and the ISPM. In recent years, the capabilities of ultrasound flow imaging have increased enormously.