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Internet Resources for Fetal Conditions

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Websites Containing Information Regarding Fetal Conditions:

http://www.mdconsult.com/das/patient/body/189697426-2/1/toc?tab=cond – Go to Patient Education section and search.

www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus - Patient Education

http://www.marchofdimes.com – Patient Education

http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/index.html - Patient Education

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page - Patient Education

http://children.webmd.com – Patient Education

http://www.birthdefects.org - Patient Support Group

http://www.rarediseases.org – Patient and Healthcare Professional Education

www.obgyn.net - Patient and Healthcare Professional Education

http://www.fetalhope.org – - Patient Education & Patient Support Group. Also Healthcare Professional Education

http://emedicine.medscape.com/ - Healthcare Professional Education

http://www.gfmer.ch/200_Search_En.htm - Healthcare Professional Education (excellent photos)

www.thefetus.net - Healthcare Professional Education (excellent photos)

http://www.fetalhope.org/fetal-lower-urinary-tract-obstruction-luto.html - Patient Education & Patient Support Group. Also Healthcare Professional Education

Bladder Exstrophy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bladder_exstrophy - Patient Education

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002997.htm - Patient Education

http://www.bladderexstrophy.com/learning_center_faq.htm - Patient Support Group

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1014971-overview - Healthcare Professional Education

Hydronephrosis:

http://www.mdconsult.com/das/patient/body/189660599-14/969461496/10041/33548.html -Unilateral - Patient Education

http://www.mdconsult.com/das/patient/body/189660599-14/969461496/10041/32826.html -Bilateral - Patient Education

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1016305-overview - Healthcare Professional Education

Cloaca:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistent_cloaca - Patient Education

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001497.htm - Patient Education

http://www.mdconsult.com/das/patient/body/189660599-15/969473587/10041/33020.html - Patient Education

http://www.sonoworld.com/Fetus/page.php?id=224 - Healthcare Professional Education

Cloacal Exstrophy:

http://www.uptodate.com/patients/content/topic.do?topicKey=~.tHFfEIr9XDy6IM - Patient Education

http://www.bladderexstrophy.com/resource_center.htm#1 - Patient Support Group

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/933717-overview - Healthcare Professional Education

Neurologic Problems:

http://www.ccakids.com - Patient Support Group

http://www.faces-cranio.org - Patient Support Group

Hydrocephalus:

http://www.mdconsult.com/das/patient/body/189660599-20/969515271/10041/30904.html - Hydrocephalus - Patient Education

http://www.mdconsult.com/das/patient/body/189660599-20/969515271/10041/34960.html - Shunt - Patient Education

http://children.webmd.com/tc/congenital-hydrocephalus-topic-overview - Patient Education

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrocephalus - Patient Education

http://www.hydroassoc.org/ - Patient Support Group

http://www.hydrocephalus.org/ - Patient Support Group

http://www.sonoworld.com/Fetus/page.aspx?id=141 - Healthcare Professional Education

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/247387-overview - Healthcare Professional Education

Myelomeningocele/Spina Bifida:

http://www.mdconsult.com/das/patient/body/185236289-5/957707108/10041/30176.html - Spina Bifida - Patient Education

http://www.mdconsult.com/das/patient/body/185236289-5/957707108/10041/33620.html - Spina Bifida Repair - Patient Education

http://healthlibrary.epnet.com/GetContent.aspx?token=a4c1f00b-d245-44f2-a90e-20b047f84a6a&chunkiid=11542 - Patient Education

http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/4439_1224.asp - Patient Education

http://kidshealth.org/parent/system/ill/spina_bifida.html - Patient Education

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/spina_bifida/detail_spina_bifida.htm - Patient Education

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/937979-overview - Healthcare Professional Education

Dandy-Walker Malformation:

http://www.cigna.com/healthinfo/nord275.html - Patient Education

http://www.dandy-walker.org/ - Patient Support Group

http://www.sonoworld.com/Client/Fetus/page.aspx?id=1657 - Healthcare Professional Education

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/408059-overview - Healthcare Professional Education

Arachnoid Cyst:

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/arachnoid_cysts/arachnoid_cysts.htm - Patient Education

http://www.sonoworld.com/Fetus/page.php?id=2023 - Healthcare Professional Education

Encephalocele:

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/encephaloceles/encephaloceles.htm - Patient Education

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encephalocele - Patient Education

http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/birthdefects/Encephalocele.htm - Patient Education

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/403308-overview - Healthcare Professional Education

http://www.sonoworld.com/Fetus/page.aspx?id=96 - Healthcare Professional Education

Vein of Galen Aneurysm:

http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/GARD/Disease.aspx?diseaseID=5467- Patient and Healthcare Professional Education

http://www.ajnr.org/cgi/content/full/23/10/1717- Healthcare Professional Education

http://www.sonoworld.com/Fetus/page.php?id=139- Healthcare Professional Education

http://www.sonoworld.com/Client/Fetus/page.php?id=2759- Healthcare Professional Education

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1179888-overview- Healthcare Professional Education

http://www.pediatriconcall.com/fordoctor/casereports/vein_galen_aneurysm.asp- Healthcare Professional Education

Amniotic Band Syndrome

Amniotic Band Syndrome/ABS:

http://www.fetalhope.org/amniotic-band-syndrome-abs.html- Patient Education & Patient Support Group. Also Healthcare Professional Education

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amniotic_band_syndrome- Patient Education

http://www.amnioticbandsyndrome.com/ - Patient Support Group

http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/GARD/Disease.aspx?PageID=4&diseaseID=429 Patient and Healthcare Professional Education

http://sonoworld.com/Client/Fetus//page.aspx?id=405 - Healthcare Professional Education

http://www.sonoworld.com/Client/Fetus/page.php?id=161 - Healthcare Professional Education

Cardiac Anomalies / Congenital Heart Defects

http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/4439_1212.asp - Patient Education

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3007586 - Patient Education

Aortic Stenosis:

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4565 - Patient Education

Complete Heart Block:

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=7#block - Patient Education

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3000254 - Patient Education

Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001106.htm - Patient Education

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1353 - Patient Education

Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1303 - Patient Education

http://www.obgyn.net/ultrasound/ultrasound.asp?page=cotm/9908/drose Patient and Healthcare Professional Education

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/898167-overview - Healthcare Professional Education

Twin Problems:

TTTS (Twin to twin transfusion syndrome):

http://www.tttsfoundation.org/index.php - Patient Support Group

http://www.fetalhope.org/twintotwin-transfusion-syndrome-ttts.html - Patient Education & Patient Support Group. Also Healthcare Professional Education

TRAP (Twin-reversed arterial perfusion sequence) or Acardiac Twin:

http://fetalhope.org/acardiac-twinning-trap.html - Patient Education & Patient Support Group. Also Healthcare Professional Education

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/576875_2 - Healthcare Professional Education

http://www.sonoworld.com/Fetus/page.aspx?id=308 - Healthcare Professional Education

Conjoined Twins:

http://www.pregnancy-info.net/conjoined_twins.html - Patient Education

FETAL THERAPY OPTIONS

Thoraco-amniotic shunting for pleural effusions, CCAM:

http://www.centrus.com.br/DiplomaFMF/SeriesFMF/18-23-weeks/chapter-05/lungs.html - Healthcare Professional Education

Vesico-amniotic shunting for bladder outlet obstruction:

http://www.uptodate.com/patients/content/topic.do?topicKey=~pfuFaGQ7AGZoUd - Patient Education

http://www.fetalhope.org/fetal-lower-urinary-tract-obstruction-luto.html - Patient Education & Patient Support Group. Also Healthcare Professional Education

http://www.mdconsult.com/das/article/body/185911779-2/jorg=clinics&source=&sp=22274306&sid=0/N/703483/1.html?issn=0095-5108 - Healthcare Professional Education

Cordocentesis for diagnostic purposes:

http://www.thepregnancyzone.com/tests-and-procedures/pregnancy-test/cordocentesis-a-diagnostic-test-for-fetal-abnormalities/ - Patient Education

http://www.americanpregnancy.org/prenataltesting/cordocentesis.html - Patient Education

http://www.pregnancy.org/article/cordocentesis-fetal-blood-sampling - Patient Education

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1200683-overview - Healthcare Professional Education

Amniopatch for treatment for iatrogenic rupture of membranes:

http://www.mdconsult.com/das/article/body/185911779-4/jorg=journal&source=MI&sp=14103731&sid=0/N/412415/1.html?issn=0095-5108 - Healthcare Professional Education

Intrauterine fetal transfusions red blood cell and platelet disorders:

http://www.uptodate.com/patients/content/topic.do?topicKey=~hhh_eW.zifxMq.X&source=HISTORY – Platelets - Patient Education

http://www.uptodate.com/patients/content/topic.do?topicKey=~QQQ1kG8S5m5B9EH&selectedTitle=1%7E150&source=search_result – Red Blood Cells - Patient Education

Ex Utero Intrapartum Treatment (EXIT Procedure) for Congenital High Airway Obstruction Syndrome (CHAOS) and other airway obstruction:

http://hscweb3.hsc.usf.edu/health/now/?p=8880 - Media

http://www.tampabay.com/news/health/article1051390.ece - Media

http://tampabay.medicalnewsinc.com/a-spectacular-entrance-cms-976 - Media

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EXIT_procedure- Patient Education