Acquired Brain Injury in the Fetus and Newborn International Review of Child Neurology Series

International Reviews of Child Neurology Series No. 13

Given the tremendous advances in the last five years in the understanding of acquired neonatal brain injury and in the care of affected newborn infants, this book provides a timely review for the practising neurologist, neonatologist and pediatrician.

The editors take a pragmatic approach, focusing on specific populations encountered regularly by the clinician. They begin by addressing aspects of fetal neurology and the interpretation of fetal imaging studies. They then follow a ?bench to bedside? approach to acquired brain injury in the preterm and term newborn infant in the next chapters. The contributors, all internationally recognized clinician scientists, provide the clinician reader with a state-of-the art review in their area of expertise. The final section of the book address special populations and concerns, areas that are largely overlooked in existing neurology textbooks. Each of these areas has seen considerable advances in the last five years and is of increasing relevance to the neurologist and neonatologist clinician. The comprehensive nature of each section (from basic science to acute clinical care to outcomes) should appeal broadly to scientists and allied health professionals working in neonatal neurology.

Readership
Paediatric neurologists, neonatologists, neurologists and paediatricians, clinicians in child development, child health researchers and allied health professionals (in physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and psychology).  Trainees in these areas. 

1. BRAIN INJURY IN THE FETUS
Adre du Plessis

2. IMAGING THE FETAL BRAIN
Catherine Limperopoulos

3. MECHANISMS OF ACUTE AND CHRONIC BRAIN INJURY IN THE PRETERM INFANT
Stephen A. Back

4. CLINICAL ASSESSMENT INCLUDING NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY, AMPLITUDE-INTEGRATED ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY
Lena Hellström-Westas and Frank van Bel

5. BRAIN IMAGING IN THE PRETERM FETUS
Gareth Ball, Mary A Rutherford and Serena J Counsell

6. PROTECTING THE BRAIN OF THE PRETERM INFANT
Christopher D. Smyser and Terrie E. Inder

7. SEIZURES IN THE PRETERM INFANT
Hannah C. Glass

8. OUTCOMES AFTER BRAIN INJURY IN THE PRETERM INFANT
Marilee C. Allen

9. MECHANISMS OF BRAIN NEURODEGENERATION IN THE NEONATAL INFANT
Frances J. Northington, Raul Chavez-Valdez and Lee J. Martin

10. CLINICAL APPROACH TO NEONATAL ENCEPHALOPATHY
Anastasia Dimitropoulos, Steven Miller and Jerome Y. Yager

11. IMAGING TERM INFANTS WITH SUSPECTED HYPOXIC–ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY
Kenneth J. Poskitt, Vann Chau and A. James Barkovich

12. PROTECTING THE BRAIN IN TERM INFANTS
Fernando F. Gonzalez and Donna M. Ferriero

13. SEIZURES IN THE TERM NEWBORN INFANT
MC Toet and LS de Vries

14. OUTCOMES AFTER BRAIN INJURY IN THE TERM INFANT
Beatrice Latal

15. NEONATAL NEUROLOGY IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD
Nicola J. Robertson

16. PERINATAL STROKE
Kendall B. Nash and Yvonne W. Wu

17. BRAIN INJURY IN NEWBORN INFANTS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
Patrick McQuillen, Steven P. Miller and Annette Majnemer

18. METABOLIC BRAIN INJURY IN THE FETUS AND THE NEONATE
Linda De Meirleir

19. THE NUTRITIONALLY DEPRIVED FETUS AND NEWBORN INFANT
Raghavendra Rao and Michael K. Georgieff

20. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN FETAL AND NEONATAL NEUROLOGY
Lucie Wade, Michael Shevell and Eric Racine

Michael Shevell,?Departments of Neurology/Neurosurgery & Pediatrics, McGill University, and Division of Pediatric Neurology, Montreal Children's Hospital-McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada
Michael Shevell is a pediatric neurologist at the Montreal Children's Hospital-McGill University Health Center, Director of its Division of Pediatric Neurology and a Professor (with Tenure) in the Departments of Neurology/Neurosurgery and Pediatrics at McGill University and an Associate Member of the School of Physical & Occupational Therapy. His research focuses on the causes, consequences and care of early childhood developmental disability with particular reference to global developmental delay, developmental language impairment, cerebral palsy, and congenital heart disease. He is also interested in the history and ethics of care provided to developmentally disadvantaged populations. He has published more than 150 peer-reviewed papers and 40 book chapters and invited papers. He is Associate Editor of the Canadian Journal of Neurological Science and Journal of Child Neurology and serves on the editorial boards of Pediatric Neurology and Seminars in Pediatric Neurology. He edited Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: Clinical and Scientific Foundations, also in the International Reviews of Child Neurology series, published by Mac Keith Press for the International Child Neurology Association.

Steven Miller, Department of Pediatrics, Neurology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Steven Miller is a Senior Clinician Scientist, CFRI and Associate Professor, in the Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, at the University of British Columbia. The focus of his research is on using advanced imaging techniques to study brain development and injury in the newborn.