Insights into Perinatal Medicine and Fetal Medicine—2nd Edition
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 8
Special Issue Editors
Interests: perinatal medicine; fetal medicine
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Interests: perinatal medicine; fetal medicine
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fetal and perinatal medicine are branches of obstetrics and gynecology focusing on managing complications in the mother and fetus before, during, and immediately after birth. It is a broad field that pertains to pregnant women, fetuses, or both as a single entity, in which complications in one can impact the other.
In recent years, advances in research and technology have allowed for significant improvements in perinatal care, ranging from the early screening of fetal and maternal complications, such as fetal aneuploidies and pre-eclampsia, to the in utero treatment of fetal complications through minimally invasive approaches, such as the laser coagulation of placental anastomosis in monochorionic twin pregnancies, or antenatal spinal defect treatment. Therefore, it is essential to establish a multidisciplinary approach based on collaboration between fetal medicine specialists, geneticists, and pediatric surgeons.
Furthermore, the rate of advanced maternal age, the use of assisted reproduction techniques, and overweight/obesity among women has increased the number of high-risk pregnancies, with implications for both the fetus and mother, such as fetal growth restriction, gestational diabetes, and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.
The aim of this Special Issue is to gather Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs), reviews, meta-analyses, cohort studies, and case reports presenting relevant scientific information in the field of perinatal and fetal medicine, with the aim of supporting clinicians in the daily management of maternal–fetal complications.
This Special Issue will include topics such as (but not limited to) the following:
- First-trimester screening for fetal aneuploidies (combined test, cell-free DNA test);
- Increased nuchal translucency and its genetic implications;
- First-trimester screening for pre-eclampsia;
- Fetal malformations;
- Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy;
- Gestational diabetes;
- Fetal growth;
- In utero surgery.
Dr. Paola Quaresima
Dr. Ilaria Fantasia
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fetal malformations
- hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
- gestational diabetes
- fetal growth
- in utero surgery
- first-trimester screening
- fetal aneuploidies
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