Perinatal Events and Brain Damage in Surviving Children

Front Matter....Pages I-XX
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Definitions, Risks, and Indices....Pages 3-11
The Quantification of Risk Factors in Major Neurodevelopmental Disorders....Pages 12-27
Epidemiologic Panorama of Brain Impairments and Causative Factors — Swedish Experiences....Pages 28-38
Low Birthweight and Neurological Sequelae — A Summary of Some Swedish Studies....Pages 39-40
Front Matter....Pages 41-41
Genetic Factors Leading to Birth Defects and Diseases of the Newborn....Pages 43-49
Developmental Neurology of the Fetus and Newborn....Pages 50-57
Pathophysiological Mechanisms Leading to Permanent Brain Damage in Surviving Children....Pages 58-63
Trauma and the Developing Brain....Pages 64-69
How and When Does Antenatal Hypoxia Damage Fetal Brains?....Pages 70-80
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Antepartum Events and Cerebral Handicap....Pages 83-91
Available Evidence Relating Intrauterine Growth Retardation to Neuromotor Dysfunction and Mental Handicap....Pages 92-98
Growth Retardation: Individual Risk Assessment During Pregnancy....Pages 99-107
Management of Growth Retardation with a View to Preventing Neuromotor Dysfunction and Mental Handicaps....Pages 108-116
Abnormal Antepartum Cardiotocogram and Neuromotor Dysfunction in Term and Preterm Babies....Pages 117-129
Antepartum Fetal Heart Rate and Movement Pattern in Relation to Oxygenation and Neonatal Neurological Morbidity....Pages 130-136
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Intrapartum Events and Cerebral Palsy....Pages 139-148
The Relationship Between Obstetrically Preventable Intrapartum Asphyxia, Abnormal Neonatal Neurological Signs and Subsequent Motor Impairment in Babies Born at or after Term....Pages 149-159
Available Evidence Relating Abnormal Intrapartum Fetal Acid Base Balance (pH) to Neuromotor Dysfunction and Mental Handicap....Pages 160-167
Intrapartum Cardiotocogram, Apgar Score and Acidaemia at Birth: Relationship to Neonatal Neurological Morbidity....Pages 168-174
Neurological Morbidity of Term Infants as an Indicator of Safe Obstetrical Practice....Pages 175-191
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Breech Delivery in the Term Fetus — Relation to Neuromotor Dysfunction and Mental Handicap....Pages 192-201
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
Pathological Anatomy of Intraventricular Haemorrhage in the Preterm Baby....Pages 205-210
Hypoxia, Loss of Autoregulation and Intracranial Hemorrhage....Pages 211-215
Obstetrical Factors and Intracranial Hemorrhage....Pages 216-227
Prevention of Intraventricular Hemorrhage: Role of Atraumatic Birth and Sedation....Pages 228-234
Prediction of Outcome: Periventricular Hemorrhage Versus Ischemia....Pages 235-244
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of the Brain and Early Neurodevelopmental Outcome....Pages 245-253
Front Matter....Pages 255-255
Outcome of Very Low Birthweight or Very Preterm Infants with Special Consideration of Perinatal Events....Pages 257-264
Role of Transport for the Prognosis of the Very Low Birthweight Preterm Infant....Pages 265-272
Improved Outcome of Very Low Birthweight Infants 1977–1986. Critical Analysis of Results and Possible Mechanisms....Pages 273-281
Decreasing Incidence of Neurological Morbidity and Changes of Perinatal Care Strategies in Very Low Birthweight Infants....Pages 282-285
Prevention of Preterm Labor — A Means of Preventing Handicaps?....Pages 286-293
Front Matter....Pages 295-295
Causes of Handicap and Impairment in a Total Population of Dundee (Scotland) Children Aged 8 Weeks to 7 Years....Pages 297-304
The Uruguayan Follow-up Study of Perinatal Events and Mental Handicaps....Pages 305-312
First Results of the Multicenter Finnish-Bavarian Study....Pages 313-321
Neurological Sequelae of Infants with Very Low Birthweight in Hamburg. First Results of a Regional Study....Pages 322-329
Back Matter....Pages 331-340