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Miscellaneous Chapter

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This chapter deals with those issues not well ascribed to a particular organ system or single diagnosis. The first section will focus on nonimmune hydrops, a nonspecific finding occurring as a common final pathway due to a multitude of reasons, many of which carry a grave prognosis, the minority of which are amenable to therapeutic intervention. The second section will focus on the effect of maternal substance use on the fetus and newborn. Both licit and illicit drug use will be described as both have implications for fetal and newborn well-being.

Hydrops Fetalis

Hydrops fetalis was first described by Ballantyne over 110 years ago, and over 60 years later by Potter, who described nonimmune hydrops. Hydrops is defined by the presence of fluid accumulation in the fetal extravascular space and body cavities. It is characterized by greater than 5 mm of generalized skin thickening, with associated pericardial or pleural effusions, ascites, or placental enlargement. While in the 1970s over...

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    Mara G. Coyle MD

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

    Abdelaziz Y. Elzouki (Professor of Pediatrics) (Professor of Pediatrics)

  2. National Center of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (NCAAI), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Harb A. Harfi (Director) (Director)

  3. Consultant Pediatric Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Islamic Hospital, Amman, Jordan

    Hisham M. Nazer

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  5. Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Woman and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI, USA

    William Oh (Professor of Pediatrics) (Professor of Pediatrics)

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Coyle, M.G. (2012). Miscellaneous Chapter. In: Elzouki, A.Y., Harfi, H.A., Nazer, H.M., Stapleton, F.B., Oh, W., Whitley, R.J. (eds) Textbook of Clinical Pediatrics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02202-9_34

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