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Arias' Practical Guide to High-Risk Pregnancy

  • 6th Edition - November 13, 2024
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Amarnath G Bhide, Arulkumaran S, Kaizad Damania, SN Daftary, Aundrea Arias Schubbe
  • Language: English

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Key features

• Go-to book for fetal/maternal medicine and labour
• Material grouped into specific sections
• Latest guidelines, recommendations and evidence
• Support of illustrations, flowcharts and figures
• Reference lists for interested readers
• Foundations of basic concepts and their explanations
• Boxes for salient features
• Majority of chapters end with important points
• Identification of knowledge gaps and suggested
research agenda
• Special chapter devoted to audit and clinical
governance, maternal collapse
• A must-have book for students and practitioners
alike

Table of contents

SECTION 1 FETAL MEDICINE, 1

1 Prenatal Diagnosis of Chromosomal
Abnormalities, 2
Asma Khalil | Thomas Hanton | Amy Coates

2 Fetal Dysmorphology, 15
Becky Liu | Amarnath Bhide

3 Impact of Advances in Genetics on Prenatal
Diagnosis, 33
Tessa Homfray

4 Fetal Infections, 53
Nouran
Adel | Francesco D’Antonio | Amarnath Bhide

5 Fetal Growth Restriction, 81
Claire Pegorie | Amarnath Bhide
SECTION 2 OBSTETRIC COMPLICATIONS, 101

6 Early Pregnancy Complications, 102
Parikshit Dahyalal Tank

7 Identification and Antepartum Surveillance of
High-Risk Pregnancy, 115
Amol Pawar | Trupti Nadkarni

8 Preterm Birth, 133
Lilian Ugwumadu | Austin Ugwumadu

9 Post-term and Prolonged Pregnancy, 141
Avinash Bhatt | Kaizad R. Damania

10 Antepartum Haemorrhage, 151
Vedrana Caric

11 Venous Thromboembolism in Pregnancy, 168
Gargee Bahekar | Kaizad R. Damania

12 Multiple Pregnancy, 177
T. Dias | W.A.D.P. Wanniarachchi

13 Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy, 194
Vandana Bansal | Kaizad R. Damania

14 Haematological Disorders and Red Cell
Alloimmunization in Pregnancy, 257
Ann Koschorke | Michael Egbor | Amarnath Bhide

15 Diabetes in Pregnancy, 275
Gargee Bahekar | Kaizad R. Damania

16 Cardiac Disease and Pregnancy, 288
Milind S. Phadke | Vinay Ramesh Jaiswal | Sriram Easwaran

17 Other Medical Disorders in Pregnancy, 306
Ameya C. Purandare | Ameya T. Medhekar

18 Tropical Diseases in Pregnancy, 334
Shirish N. Daftary
SECTION 3 INTRAPARTUM
COMPLICATIONS, 357

19 Respectful Care in Labour and Delivery, 358
Pisake Lumbiganaon

20 Fetal Surveillance in Labour, 366
Muniswaran Ganeshan | Sabaratnam Arulkumaran

21 Birth Asphyxia, 380
Vikram Sinai Talaulikar | Sabaratnam Arulkumaran

22 Operative Delivery, 391
Hemantha Senanayake | Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
SECTION 4 POSTPARTUM
COMPLICATIONS, 409

23 Post-partum Haemorrhage, 410
Sarah Li | Pradip Dashraath

24 Maternal Collapse, 418
Leonie Penna

25 Obesity and Pregnancy, 428
Swetha Bhaskar | Venkat Bhaskar | Tahir Mahmood

26 Clinical Governance and Audit, 439
Charlotte Cassis | Sambit Mukhopadhyay
Index, 443

Product details

  • Edition: 6
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 30, 2024
  • Language: English

About the editors

AB

Amarnath G Bhide

Affiliations and expertise
Consultant in Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Obstetrics, St. George's Hospital, London, UK Honorary Senior Lecturer, St. George's University of London Scientific Editor, BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Formerly, Professor and Unit Head, Nowrosjee Wadia Maternity Hospital, Mumbai, India

AS

Arulkumaran S

Sir Dr. S Arulkumaran is Professor and Head of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at St George’s University of London.

Previously the Secretary General and Treasurer to the International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology for nine years, he is now President-Elect for the federation.

Sir S Arulkumaran is the past President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of the UK from 2007 and 2010. He is Editor-in-Chief of Best Practice and Research in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology and author of 245 indexed publications, 24 books and 164 book chapters.

He is the Honorary Fellow of the America, Sri Lankan, South African, Pakistan, Indian, Australian and New Zealand Colleges of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and the Honorary Member of the Canadian, Malaysian, German, Italian and South African Societies.

Sir S Arulkumaran was knighted as Knight Bachelor in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in June 2009 in recognition of Services to Medicine.

KD

Kaizad Damania

Affiliations and expertise
Dr. Kaizad Damania is currently working as consultant, Obstetrics and Gynaecology at N Wadia Maternity Hospital, Mumbai.