High Risk Pregnancy and Child

This book, written in 1971, was first published in Czech, in 1972. In the four years which have elapsed since then, perinatal medicine has made rapid progress, and new findings have been made in prevention, diagnosis and therapy. This meant that some chapters have had to be supplemented, corrected or revised. Since Dr. K. Znamemicek, the author of several of the paediatric chapters and editor of the paediatric part of the book, died in 1973, his work as corrector and editor was taken over by Dr. K. Polacek, DrSc. In its main outlines, the English version is the same as the Czech, the only difference being the omission of parts specifically concerning Czechoslovak perinatological problems. We hope that the reception given to the English edition of this book will be as favourable as that received by its Czech counterpart. \*) Quaternary ammonium salt commonly used in Czechoslovakia for external disinfection. Content: Front Matter....Pages 1-9 Introduction to English Edition....Pages 11-11 Introduction to Czech Edition....Pages 11-13 The Present State, Mission and Social Significance of Perinatal Medicine....Pages 15-21 Screening and Differentiation of the High Risk Pregnancy....Pages 22-30 General Case History....Pages 31-35 Previous Pregnancies....Pages 36-50 Present Pregnancy....Pages 51-89 Complications during Labour....Pages 90-96 Methods for Diagnosing Danger to Foetus and Placental Dysfunction....Pages 97-137 Prevention and Therapy of the High Risk Foetus....Pages 138-146 Care of the “High Risk” Newborn Infant....Pages 147-183 Categories of “High Risk” Neonates....Pages 184-216 Neurological Diagnostics....Pages 217-241 Psychological Diagnostics....Pages 242-248 Delayed Effects in High-Risk-Pregnancy Children....Pages 249-277 Supplement: Screening of an Infant’s Psychomotor Development....Pages 278-285 Back Matter....Pages 287-307