Cardiac function in the growth restricted fetus: the effects of betamethasone and melatonin

我是一名产科医生，对生长受限婴儿的问题很感兴趣。令人沮丧的是，这些婴儿中有许多无法在怀孕期间存活下来，幸存者一生都面临着艰难的挑战。我的研究使用最新的超声波技术来研究他们还在子宫里的心脏，评估我们目前的治疗是安全的还是可能有害的，最后测试褪黑激素作为抗氧化剂来保护他们的心脏免受可能在子宫里遭受的损害。

I am an Obstetrician interested in the problems of growth-restricted babies. Devastatingly, many of these babies do not survive pregnancy and survivors face difficult challenges throughout their lifetime. My research uses the latest ultrasound technology to study their heart while still in the womb, evaluating if our current treatments are safe or possibly harmful, and finally testing melatonin as an antioxidant to protect their heart from damage they may sustain while still in the womb.