Fetal and Neonatal Brain Injury
Subtitle: Mechanisms, Management and the Risks of Practice
Contributors: David K. Stevenson (Editor); William E. Benitz (Editor); Philip Sunshine (Editor)
Edition: 3 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 17, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 926
ISBN-13: 9780521806916
Subjects: Materno-fetal medicine; Neonatal medicine; Pediatrics; Medical; Neonatology; Pediatric Neurology; Wounds and injuries; Medical / Nursing; Neurology - General; Medical / Pediatrics; Brain; Perinatology & Neonatology; Brain-damaged children; Diseases; Fetus
First sentence: Although there has been a marked reduction in perinatal morbidity and mortality rates over the past four decades, asphyxia in the perinatal period, leading to major motor and cognitive disabilities, continues to be a significant health problem worldwide.