title: The fetus as a patient.
abstract: In the last 20 years, there has been an explosion of technology designed to diagnose fetal health. The purpose of this article is to review perinatal definitions, causes of perinatal morbidity and mortality, the efficacy of high-risk identification, and the most common and newer methods of fetal surveillance. There is a special emphasis on the predictive power and complications of the new technology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Newton
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D005323:Fetal Monitoring; D005333:Fetus; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D012307:Risk Factors