Management of High-Risk Pregnancy – An Evidence-Based Approach
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ISBN: 978-1-4051-2782-0
Page count: 471
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Publication year: 2007
Free Medical Book Description:
This book is a must-have for all health professionals involved in the care of women with high risk pregnancies. It is a concise and practical resource for all perinatal care and a reference for the diagnosis and management of high risk pregnancy.
The fifth edition of this book is aimed at all health professionals involved in the care of women with high risk pregnancies. It is intended as a resource for perinatal care and as a reference for the diagnosis and management of high risk pregnancy. The material is presented in a clear, concise and practical manner. This work has become a classic, not only because of its coverage of the field, but because of its timeliness with respect to the many advances in perinatology. This fifth edition focuses on factors affecting pregnancy, genetics, practical diagnostic techniques, maternal diseases in pregnancy and pregnancy complications, labor, anesthesia, and neonatal considerations.
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This book is a must-have for all health professionals involved in the care of women with high risk pregnancies. It is a concise and practical resource for all perinatal care and a reference for the diagnosis and management of high risk pregnancy.
The fifth edition of this book is aimed at all health professionals involved in the care of women with high risk pregnancies. It is intended as a resource for perinatal care and as a reference for the diagnosis and management of high risk pregnancy. The material is presented in a clear, concise and practical manner. This work has become a classic, not only because of its coverage of the field, but because of its timeliness with respect to the many advances in perinatology. This fifth edition focuses on factors affecting pregnancy, genetics, practical diagnostic techniques, maternal diseases in pregnancy and pregnancy complications, labor, anesthesia, and neonatal considerations.
An international assembly of leading obstetricians each specializing in the particular aspect of high-risk pregnancy evaluates the data to determine the best approaches in area such as:
Cardiac disease
Renal disease and renal transplant recipients
AIDS and HIV infection
Preeclampsia
Prematurity
Breech delivery
Fetal surgery
Alcohol and substance abuse
Table of contents: Part 1: Factors of High-Risk Pregnancy
- Overview of high-risk pregnancy
- Maternal nutrition
- Alcohol and substance abuse
- Environmental agents and reproductive risk
- Medications in pregnancy and lactation
Part 2: Genetics
- Genetic screening for mendelian disorders
- Screening for neural tube defects
- First and second trimester screening for fetal aneuploidy
Part 3: Monitoring: Biochemical and Biophysical
- Fetal endocrinology
- Fetal lung maturity
- Antepartum fetal monitoring
- Interpreting intrapartum fetal heart tracings
Part 4: Maternal Disease
- Sickle cell disease
- Thrombocytopenia
- Inherited and acquired thrombophilias
- Pathophysiology and diagnosis of thromboembolic disorders in pregnancy
- Cardiac disease in pregnancy
- Renal disease in pregnancy
- Pregnancy in transplant patients
- Gestational diabetes mellitus
- Diabetes mellitus
- Maternal hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism
- Asthma
- Epilepsy
- Chronic hypertension
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Perinatal infections
- Group B streptococcal infections
- Hepatitis in pregnancy
- HIV infection
Part 5: Obstetric Complications
- Genetic and nongenetic causes of spontaneous abortion
- The incompetent cervix
- Gestational hypertension – preeclampsia and eclampsia
- Emergency care in pregnancy
- Sonographic dating and standard fetal biometry
- Rh and other blood group alloimmunizations
- Multiple pregnancy
- Polyhydramnios and oligohydramnios
- Prevention of preterm birth
- Pathogenesis and prediction of preterm delivery
- Preterm premature rupture of membranes
- Management of preterm labor
- Placenta previa and related placental disorders
Part 6: Complications of Labor and Delivery
- Prolonged pregnancy
- Cesarean delivery
- Vaginal birth after cesarean delivery
- Breech delivery
- Obstetric analgesia and anesthesia
Part 7: Procedures
- Genetic amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling
- Direct fetal blood sampling: cordocentesis
- Amnioinfusion: indications and controversies
- Fetal surgery
- Problems in the newborn
- Neonatal encephalopathy and cerebral palsy
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