Perinatal Medicine: Proceedings of the IX European Congress of Perinatal Medicine held in Dublin, Ireland September 3rd–5th 1984

Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Randomized trial of fetal monitoring....Pages 3-8
The contribution of perinatal physiology to clinical practice....Pages 9-17
The importance of the infant’s condition at birth....Pages 19-31
Front Matter....Pages 33-33
Chairman’s introduction....Pages 35-36
Active involvement in Dublin....Pages 37-38
Aspects of monitoring in normal labour....Pages 39-42
Management in Pithiviers....Pages 43-45
The third stage and fetal adaptation....Pages 47-54
The Netherlands as an obstetric experiment....Pages 55-59
Chairman’s summary....Pages 61-62
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
Fetal and neonatal assessment....Pages 65-69
The value and interpretation of fetal heart rate patterns....Pages 71-78
Antenatal assessment of fetal health using dynamic real-time ultrasound....Pages 79-84
Assessment of adaptation to extrauterine life in clinics without integrated neonatology....Pages 85-88
Front Matter....Pages 89-89
Chairman’s introduction....Pages 91-92
Pathophysiological aspects of asphyxial brain damage....Pages 93-98
Acidaemia and its neurological effects....Pages 99-103
The role of technology in detection and management-techniques of investigation....Pages 105-107
Outcome and long term follow-up....Pages 109-114
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
Chairman’s introduction....Pages 117-118
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
The follow-up of patients with severe pre-eclampsia....Pages 119-123
Hypertension-related perinatal mortality in Alberta....Pages 125-126
The effect of hypertension on the uteroplacental vasculature....Pages 127-132
A Critical appraisal....Pages 133-133
Conservative management of pre-eclampsia: maternal risk....Pages 135-139
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Chairman’s introduction....Pages 143-143
Trends and variations in the use of caesarean delivery....Pages 145-149
Evolution of caesarean section in France....Pages 151-153
Caesarean section and perinatal mortality rates....Pages 155-159
Situation in the German Federal Republic....Pages 161-165
The European survey of obstetrical interventions....Pages 167-168
Chairman’s summary....Pages 169-170
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
Physiological control of the pulmonary circulation....Pages 173-175
Persistent fetal circulation — aetiology....Pages 177-181
Persistent fetal circulation complicating other neonatal lung disorders — definition and diagnosis....Pages 181-187
Treatment of persistent fetal circulation....Pages 189-197
Chairman’s summary....Pages 199-200
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
Chairman’s introduction....Pages 203-204
The obstetric management of the premature breech....Pages 205-208
The pediatric approach to the premature breech....Pages 209-211
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
The Obstetric management of the mature breech....Pages 213-217
The term breech: subsequent growth and development....Pages 219-224
The term breech: results of psychological assesment at 4 years of age....Pages 225-228
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
Perinatal audit: an overview....Pages 231-235
Use of routinely collected data for perinatal surveillance....Pages 237-241
The use of tracer conditions to assess the quality of perinatal care....Pages 243-246
The role of collaborative clinical trials for auditing perinatal practice....Pages 247-250
Chairman’s summary....Pages 251-252
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
Chairman’s introduction....Pages 255-255
Pregnancy in the clinical diabetic....Pages 257-257
Tight metabolic control during early pregnancy prevents malformation in offspring of insulin-dependent diabetic women....Pages 259-267
Long term morbidity in infants of diabetic mothers....Pages 269-270
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
Chairman’s introduction....Pages 273-273
Human surfactant....Pages 275-278
The Cambridge experience of artificial surfactant....Pages 279-283
Overview of surfactant replacement therapy....Pages 285-292
Surfactant replacement studies in Belfast....Pages 293-297
Front Matter....Pages 299-299
Higher training in fetal medicine in Britain....Pages 301-302
Perinatal training in Germany....Pages 303-304
Training in perinatal pediatrics....Pages 305-308
Front Matter....Pages 299-299
Subspecialization of neonatologists....Pages 309-311
Training of neonatologists in the USA....Pages 313-314
Front Matter....Pages 315-315
Incidence of stillbirths in singletons and twins: national Swedish data — a preliminary report....Pages 317-318
Clinical characteristics of unexpected intrauterine death....Pages 319-322
Unexplained mature stillbirth: review of clinical and laboratory data....Pages 323-328
Pathological investigations....Pages 329-331
Chairmam’ summary....Pages 333-336
Back Matter....Pages 337-345