
Advances in Maternal Fetal Medicine, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology
- 1st Edition, Volume 47-4 - November 11, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman, Russell Miller
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 6 4 8 1 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 6 4 8 2 - 7
Together with Consulting Editor Dr. William Rayburn, Guest Editors Dr. Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman and Dr. Russel Miller have curated a state-of-the-art monograph devoted to Advances… Read more

Purchase options

Institutional subscription on ScienceDirect
Request a sales quoteTogether with Consulting Editor Dr. William Rayburn, Guest Editors Dr. Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman and Dr. Russel Miller have curated a state-of-the-art monograph devoted to Advances in Maternal Fetal Medicine. They have secured expert authors to submit clinical reviews for perinatologists. Specific articles are devoted to the following topics: Advances in delivery management for the preterm fetus (magnesium sulfate, late-preterm antenatal corticosteroids); Approaches to stillbirth prevention; Current preterm birth prevention strategies; Neurological outcomes after fetal therapy for complicated monochorionic twins; Innovations in fetal myelomeningocele (fMMC) repair; An update on biologic agents in pregnancy; Telemedicine in obstetrics; The impact of racial and socioeconomic disparities on obstetrical outcomes; Opioids use and misuse in pregnancy; Advances in statewide and national obstetrical QI collaborations; Optimizing term delivery timing and mode of delivery; Preeclampsia; E-Z infections can be quite challenging: Contemporary understanding of Ebola and Zika virus in pregnancy; and Next-generation genetic testing in obstetrics. Readers will come away with the evidence-based recommendations they need to improve patient outcomes.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- CME Accreditation Page
- Forthcoming Issues
- Foreword
- Preface
- Advances in Management for Preterm Fetuses at Risk of Delivery
- Key points
- Introduction
- Historical perspective and current evidence
- Management recommendations by gestational age
- Discussion
- Current Preterm Birth Prevention Strategies
- Key points
- Introduction
- Risk factors for recurrent preterm birth
- Screening for preterm birth prevention
- Current prevention strategies
- Cervical cerclage
- Management of a transvaginal cerclage
- Pessary
- Tocolytics
- Prevention strategies for multiple gestations
- Reducing iatrogenic preterm birth
- Future directions
- Summary
- Neurologic Outcomes After Prenatal Treatment of Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome
- Key points
- Introduction
- Twin-twin transfusion syndrome
- Amnioreduction for twin-twin transfusion syndrome treatment
- Fetoscopic laser surgery for twin-twin transfusion syndrome treatment
- Neurologic outcomes after amnioreduction for twin-twin transfusion syndrome
- Neurologic outcomes after laser surgery for twin-twin transfusion syndrome
- Neurologic morbidity compared between donor and recipient twins
- Neurologic morbidity based on Quintero stage at diagnosis
- Neurologic morbidity after single twin demise
- Neurologic morbidity of pregnancies with persistent anastomosis after laser
- Neuroimaging after Selective Laser Photocoagulation
- Summary
- Clinics Care Points
- An Update on Biologic Agents During Pregnancy
- Key points
- Introduction
- Biologic agents with minimal risk
- Biologic agents with uncertain risk
- Biologic agents with moderate risk
- Biologic agents with high-risk
- Methotrexate
- Other immunomodulators
- Summary
- Clinics Care Points
- Telemedicine in Obstetrics
- Key points
- Introduction
- Telehealth and telemedicine
- Prenatal and postpartum care
- Fetal monitoring
- Ultrasonography, fetal echocardiography, and genetics
- Maternal-fetal medicine consultation
- Mobile phone technologies
- Telemedicine and health disparities
- Health policy implications
- Strategies for successful telemedicine implementation in obstetrics
- Barriers to telemedicine in obstetrics
- Summary
- Clinics Care Points
- Clinical Implications of Maternal Disparities Administrative Data Research
- Key points
- Introduction
- Overview of administrative data research
- Maternal disparities administrative data research
- Clinical inferences from maternal disparities administrative data research
- Summary
- Opioid Use and Misuse in Pregnancy
- Key points
- Introduction
- Opioid use in the pregnant population
- Opioid effects on the fetus and neonate
- Pain management during pregnancy
- Postpartum pain management
- Opioid misuse
- Effects of overprescription of opioids
- A tailored approach to shared decision making for pain management
- Summary
- CLINICS CARE POINTS
- Advances in Maternal Fetal Medicine: Perinatal Quality Collaboratives Working Together to Improve Maternal Outcomes
- Key points
- Introduction
- The history of perinatal quality collaboratives
- Perinatal quality collaborative infrastructure and function
- The role of maternal-fetal medicine/obstetric providers in perinatal quality collaborative success
- State perinatal quality collaborative impact on obstetric care and outcomes
- Summary
- Optimizing Term Delivery and Mode of Delivery
- Key points
- Introduction
- History
- Maternal considerations
- Fetal considerations
- Obstetric considerations
- Summary
- Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
- Introduction
- Diagnosis
- Complications and clinical outcomes
- Management
- Summary
- Contemporary Understanding of Ebola and Zika Virus in Pregnancy
- Key points
- Introduction
- Ebola virus
- Zika virus
- Discussion
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 47-4
- Published: November 11, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323764810
- eBook ISBN: 9780323764827
CG
Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman
Affiliations and expertise
Columbia University Medical Center Preterm Birth Prevention Center, New York, NY,RM
Russell Miller
Affiliations and expertise
Columbia University Irving Medical Center