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Creasy and Resnik's Maternal-Fetal Medicine: Principles and Practice

  • 8th Edition - August 7, 2018
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Charles J. Lockwood, Thomas Moore, Joshua A. Copel, Robert M. Silver, Robert Resnik
  • Language: English

Long recognized as the authoritative leader in the field, Creasy and Resnik's Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 8th Edition, continues to provide the latest evidence-based guideline… Read more

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Long recognized as the authoritative leader in the field, Creasy and Resnik's Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 8th Edition, continues to provide the latest evidence-based guidelines for obstetric and neonatal management, helping you minimize complications and offer patients the best possible care. Written by renowned experts in obstetrics, gynecology, and perinatology, this comprehensive resource has been thoroughly updated and reflects new information in every area, including recent tremendous advances in genetics, imaging, and more.

Key features

  • Focuses on complicated obstetric issues, highlighting the most commonly encountered anomalies and providing clear guidelines for obstetric and neonatal management
  • Offers comprehensive updates on rapidly changing topics, including a completely revised section on genetics and genetic technology for prenatal diagnoses, as well as an expanded imaging section accompanied by new videos on abdominal, urogenital, and skeletal imaging
  • Includes four new chapters: Molecular Genetic Technology, MRI in Obstetrical Imaging, Obesity in Pregnancy, and Pregnancy as a Window to Future Health
  • Features numerous flow charts for quick access to diagnosis and treatment protocols and to clarify complex material
  • Presents the knowledge and expertise of new editors Dr. Joshua Copel, an expert in the field of fetal therapy who has pioneered new diagnostic techniques for unborn patients and their mothers, and Dr. Robert Silver, a leader in the maternal-fetal medicine community
  • Expert Consult™ eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices

Table of contents

PART 1: SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF PERINATAL BIOLOGY

1. Human Basic Genetics and Patterns of Inheritance

2. Molecular Genetic Technology

3. Normal Early Development

4. Amniotic Fluid Dynamics

5. Multiple Gestation: The Biology of Twinning

6. Physiology of Parturition

7. Pathogenesis of Spontaneous Preterm Birth

8. Immunology of Pregnancy

9. Maternal Cardiovascular, Respiratory, and Renal Adaptation to Pregnancy

10. Endocrinology of Pregnancy

11. The Breast and the Physiology of Lactation

12. Maternal Nutrition

13. Fetal Cardiovascular Physiology

14. Behavioral States in the Fetus: Relationship to Fetal Health and Development

15. Placental Respiratory Gas Exchange and Fetal Oxygenation

16. Fetal Lung Development and Surfactant

17. Evidence-Based Practice in Perinatal Medicine

PART 2: OBSTETRIC IMAGING
Section I: Principles of Fetal Imaging

18. Performing and Documenting the Fetal Anatomy Ultrasound Examination

19. Doppler Ultrasound: Select Fetal and Maternal Applications

20. Clinical Applications of Three-Dimensional Sonography in Obstetrics

21. MRI in Obstetrical Imaging
Section II: Lesions

22. Central Nervous System Imaging

22A Cephalocele

22B Choroid Plexus Cysts

22C Holoprosencephaly

22D Porencephalic Cyst

22E Ventriculomegaly: Aqueductal Stenosis

22F Ventriculomegaly: Arnold-Chiari Malformation

22G Ventriculomegaly: Borderline Lateral Cerebral Ventriculomegaly

22H Ventriculomegaly: Dandy-Walker Malformation and Variant

22I Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum

22J Arachnoid Cyst

22K Exencephaly and Anencephaly

22L Hydranencephaly

22M Microcephaly

22N Vein of Galen Aneurysm

23. Imaging of the Face and Neck

23A Cleft Lip and Palate

23B Cystic Hygroma

23C Micrognathia

23D Abnormal Orbits

23E Goiter

24. Thoracic Imaging

24A Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

24B Cystic Lung Lesions, CPAM/CCAM, and Sequestration

24C Congenital High Airway Obstruction

24D Pleural Effusion

25. Fetal Cardiac Malformations and Arrhythmias: Detection, Diagnosis, Management, and Prognosis

26. Abdominal Imaging

26A Abdominal Ascites

26B  Intestinal Atresias

26C Gastroschisis

26D  Omphalocele

26E  Cystic Abdominal Lesions

26F Echogenic Abdominal Lesions

26G Limb-Body Stalk Lesions

26H  Umbilical Vein Varix

26I  Esophageal Atresia

27. Urogenital Imaging

28. Skeletal Imaging

29. Placenta and Umbilical Cord Imaging

29A Marginal and Velamentous Umbilical Cord Insertion

29B Molar Gestation

29C Placenta Accreta-Increta-Percreta

29D Placental Echolucencies: Lakes, Cysts, Chorangioma

29E Placenta Previa

29F Single Umbilical Artery

29G Amniotic Fluid Volume

29H Circumvallate Placenta

29I Subchorionic Hematoma

29J Succenturiate Placenta

29K Vasa Previa

30. Uterus and Adnexae Imaging

30A Adnexal Mass, Complex and Simple

30B Uterine Anomalies

30C Uterine Myomas

31. First-Trimester Imaging

31A Fetal Structural Anomalies

31B Nuchal Translucency

31C Nasal Bone

PART 3: FETAL DISORDERS: DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY

32. Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Disorders

33. Teratogenesis and Environmental Exposure

34. Assessment of Fetal Health

35. Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance

36. Assessment and Induction of Fetal Pulmonary Maturity

37. Invasive Fetal Therapy

38. Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn

39. Nonimmune Hydrops

40. Multiple Gestation: Clinical Characteristics and Management

PART 4: DISORDERS AT THE MATERNAL-FETAL INTERFACE

41. Prevention and Management of Preterm Parturition

42. Premature Rupture of the Membranes

43. Clinical Aspects of Normal and Abnormal Labor

44. Recurrent Pregnancy Loss

45. Stillbirth

46. Placenta Previa, Placenta Accreta, Abruptio Placentae, and Vasa Previa

47. Intrauterine Growth Restriction

48. Pregnancy-Related Hypertension

PART 5: MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS

49. Patient Safety in Obstetrics

50. Maternal Mortality

51. Maternal and Fetal Infections

52. Cardiac Diseases

53. Coagulation Disorders in Pregnancy

54. Thromboembolic Disease in Pregnancy

55. Anemia and Pregnancy

56. Malignancy and Pregnancy

57. Renal Disorders

58. Respiratory Diseases in Pregnancy

59. Diabetes in Pregnancy

60. Obesity in Pregnancy

61. Thyroid Disease and Pregnancy

62. Other Endocrine Disorders of Pregnancy

63. Gastrointestinal Disease in Pregnancy

64. Diseases of the Liver, Biliary System, and Pancreas

65. Pregnancy and Rheumatic Diseases

66. Neurologic Disorders

67. Management of Depression and Psychoses in Pregnancy and in the Puerperium

68. Substance Abuse in Pregnancy

69. The Skin and Pregnancy

70. Anesthesia Considerations for Complicated Pregnancies

71. Intensive Care Considerations for the Critically Ill Parturient

72. Pregnancy as a Window to Future Health

PART 6: THE NEONATE

73. Neonatal Morbidities of Prenatal and Perinatal Origin

Review quotes

"This is the "must own" book for maternal-fetal medicine physicians, fellows, and residents caring for complicated obstetrical patients." -Anthony Shanks, MD (Indiana University School of Medicine) Doody's Score: 93-4 Stars!

Product details

  • Edition: 8
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 21, 2018
  • Language: English

About the authors

CL

Charles J. Lockwood

Affiliations and expertise
Dean, College of Medicine, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Leslie H. and Abigail S. Wexner Dean's Chair in Medicine, Vice President for Health Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

TM

Thomas Moore

Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Chairman, Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA

JC

Joshua A. Copel

Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Vice Chair, Obstetrics, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Professor, Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

RS

Robert M. Silver

Affiliations and expertise
John. A Dixon Presidential Endowed Chair, Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, University of Utah, USA

RR

Robert Resnik

Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Chair Emeritus, Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA