What you need to know about maternal-fetal medicine

Kaeli J Yamashiro; Laura A Galganski; Shinjiro Hirose

doi:10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2019.07.005

What you need to know about maternal-fetal medicine

Semin Pediatr Surg. 2019 Aug;28(4):150822. doi: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2019.07.005. Epub 2019 Jul 18.

Authors

Kaeli J Yamashiro¹, Laura A Galganski², Shinjiro Hirose²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pediatric General, Thoracic and Fetal Surgery, University of California Davis Medical Center, 2335 Stockton Blvd, Room 5107, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. Electronic address: kjyamashiro@ucdavis.edu.
² Division of Pediatric General, Thoracic and Fetal Surgery, University of California Davis Medical Center, 2335 Stockton Blvd, Room 5107, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.

PMID: 31451176
DOI: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2019.07.005

Abstract

The field of pediatric Surgery now encompasses fetal Surgery. The purpose of this article is to review aspects of antepartum care pertinent to the fetal and pediatric surgeon. We summarize antepartum screening, methods to assess the fetus, gestational disorders and variants of umbilical cord insertion sites and the placenta.

Keywords: Fetal screening; Fetal surgery; Fetal surveillance.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aneuploidy
Chorionic Gonadotropin / blood
Congenital Abnormalities / diagnosis
Estriol / blood
Female
Fetal Development
Fetal Growth Retardation / diagnosis
Genetic Testing*
Humans
Oligohydramnios / diagnosis
Placenta / abnormalities
Polyhydramnios / diagnosis
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Trimesters
Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-A / analysis
Prenatal Diagnosis*
Ultrasonography, Prenatal
Umbilical Cord / abnormalities
alpha-Fetoproteins / analysis

Substances

Chorionic Gonadotropin
alpha-Fetoproteins
Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-A
Estriol