The perils of the imperfect expectation of the perfect baby

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101.e1-101.e5

  Chervenak, Frank A ^a   McCullough, Laurence B ^b   Brent, Robert L ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

congenital malformation; informed consent; intrauterine growth restriction; perfect baby; prematurity; preventive ethics; reproductive risk; spontaneous abortions

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FOLIC ACID; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; IODIDE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; RETINOID DERIVATIVE; RUBELLA VACCINE; STEROID; STREPTOCOCCUS VACCINE; TERATOGENIC AGENT; THALIDOMIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DELIVERY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EQUIPMENT; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GENETIC DISORDER; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAUTERINE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; KARYOTYPING; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICINE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN HEMOLYTIC DISEASE; OBESITY; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OBSTETRIC CARE; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; RUBELLA; SMOKING CESSATION; STEROID THERAPY; VACCINATION;

EID: 77955663249     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.01.058     Document Type: Article

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