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PRENATAL LIFE [6 records]

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Record 1 2019-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
  • Nervous System
  • Muscles and Tendons
Universal entry(ies)
G80
classification system code, see observation
DEF

A heterogeneous group of nonprogressive motor disorders caused by chronic brain injuries that originate in the prenatal period, perinatal period, or first few years of life.

OBS

The four major subtypes are spastic, athetoid, ataxic, and mixed cerebral palsy, with spastic forms being the most common.

OBS

G80: code used in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
  • Système nerveux
  • Muscles et tendons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
G80
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Groupe de troubles permanents du développement du mouvement et de la posture, responsables de limitations d'activité, imputables à des évènements ou atteintes non progressives survenus sur le cerveau en développement du fœtus ou du nourrisson.

OBS

Certains auteurs critiquent l'usage du terme «paralysie cérébrale», car il constituerait un anglicisme. D'autres considèrent que les termes «paralysie cérébrale» et «infirmité motrice d'origine cérébrale» auraient une acception plus large qu'«infirmité motrice cérébrale», car ils regroupent les formes avec des atteintes intellectuelles.

OBS

G80 : code de la Classification statistique internationale des maladies et des problèmes de santé connexes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Human Diseases
OBS

SOFT is a self-funded ... non-profit, volunteer organization incorporated in 1980. SOFT has helped families for over three decades and is recognized as a primary source of information about trisomy 18, 13 and related disorders.

OBS

SOFT is a network of families and professionals dedicated to providing support and understanding to families involved in the issues and decisions surrounding the diagnosis and care in Trisomy 18, 13 and other related chromosomal disorders. Support can be provided during prenatal diagnosis, the child's life and after the child's passing. SOFT is committed to respect a family's personal decision and to the notion of parent-professional relationships.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Maladies humaines

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Dietetics
OBS

The Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program(CPNP) is a community-based program that provides support to improve the health and well-being of pregnant women, new mothers and babies facing challenging life circumstances.

Key term(s)
  • Canada Prenatal Nutrition Programme
  • Canada Pre-natal Nutrition Program
  • Canada Pre-natal Nutrition Programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Diététique
OBS

Le Programme canadien de nutrition prénatale (PCNP) est un programme communautaire qui fait la promotion de la santé publique et aide les collectivités à offrir le soutien nécessaire pour améliorer la santé et le bien-être des femmes enceintes, des nouvelles mères et des bébés qui traversent des circonstances difficiles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de programas federales (Gobierno canadiense)
  • Dietética
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Record 4 2011-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

An additional cartilaginous nodule normally found in the wrist in prenatal life that usually fuses with the cartilaginous scaphoid but may remain separate as a bony nodule on the dorsum of the wrist between the trapezoid, capitate, and scaphoid bones.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Osselet du carpe, situé entre le trapèze, le scaphoïde et le grand os. Chez l'homme, il n'existe qu'à l'état embryonnaire et s'incorpore au scaphoïde, dont il constitue la portion distale qui s'articule avec le trapézoïde et le trapèze.

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Health Law
CONT

Wrongful birth and wrongful life claims are simply medical malpractice actions that relate to a specific area of practice--usually that of reproductive medicine and, in the genetics context, prenatal diagnosis.

CONT

... not permitting wrongful life claims violates the child’s "right to have his decision to live or die, made for him by the mother, in the light of all the available information on the risks of his being born with defects ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit de la santé

Spanish

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Record 6 1994-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Embryology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Embryologie

Spanish

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