Comprehensive Textbook of Fetal and Neonatal Medicine – The Fetus and the Neonatal Infant (2023) Krishna K. Acharya

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This section covers high-risk obstetrical practices and advanced neonatal care, focusing on aneuploidy screening (Down syndrome, trisomies 18 and 13) using biochemical markers and noninvasive fetal DNA testing (NIPT). It details management strategies for fetal disease, including the use of real-time ultrasonography, amniocentesis, and cordocentesis. Specific treatments discussed include prophylactic Rh(D) immunoglobulin for Rh-negative mothers, intrauterine transfusions for erythroblastosis, and antenatal corticosteroids to prevent respiratory distress syndrome.