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High Risk Pregnancy

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  • 3rd Edition - November 23, 2005
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: David K. James, Philip Steer, Carl P. Weiner, Bernard Gonik
  • Language: English

Comprehensive and clinical, the 3rd Edition of this popular text examines the full range of challenges in general obstetrics, medical complications of pregnancy, prenatal diagnosis… Read more

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Comprehensive and clinical, the 3rd Edition of this popular text examines the full range of challenges in general obstetrics, medical complications of pregnancy, prenatal diagnosis and fetal disease, and management of labor and delivery. World-recognized authorities employ an evidence-based management approach throughout and explore a series of options to equip you to select the most appropriate treatment for each patient. A significantly updated appendix of Normal Values for both the fetus and pregnant woman enable you to chart and track your patients’ conditions. Plus, clearly designed boxes summarize management options for each condition, saving you time and placing a wealth of expert guidance at your fingertips.

Key features

  • Examines a full-range of high-risk pregnancy problems—and offers expert advice and treatment options—to prepare you for clinical challenges and save you time in addressing them.
  • Uses a consistent organization and at-a-glance summary boxes for fast and easy reference.

Readership

Traineee and practising obstetricians worldwide. Specialists in fetal medicine worldwide.
Nurse practitioners in USA who manage pregnant women

Table of contents

I. Prepregnancy


1. Prepregnancy antecedents of HRP


2. Genetics

II. Early Prenatal


3. Organization of prenatal care, identification of risk (screening)


4. Early pregnancy problems


5. Recurrent miscarriage


6. Mid-pregnancy problems


7. First trimester screening for fetal abnormalities


8. Screening for fetal abnormality


9. Counseling and management of an abnormal screening or diagnostic test for fetal abnormality


10. Invasive procedures for prenatal diagnosis

III. Late prenatal - fetal


11. Critical evaluation of prenatal fetal assessment methods


12. Abnormalities of fetal growth


13. Abnormalities of amniotic fluid


14. Fetal hemolytic disease


15. Fetal thrombocytopenia


16. Fetal arrhythmias


17. Fetal cardiac abnormalities


18. Craniospinal and facial abnormalities


19. Genitourinary abnormalities


20. GIT abnormalities


21. Skeletal abnormalities


22. Fetal thyroid & adrenal disorders


23. Fetal thyroid & adrenal disorders


24. Fetal problems in multiple pregnancy


25. Fetal hydrops


26. Fetal death

IV. Infection


27. Presentation and diagnosis of fetal infection


28. Hepatides


29. HIV


30. Rubella, Measles, Mumps, Varicella and Parvovirus


31. Cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex, adenovirus, coxsackie virus, human papilloma virus


32. Bacterial infections and vaginitis


33. Parasitic infections

V. Late prenatal - maternal


34. Substance abuse


35. Medication during pregnancy


36. Hypertension


37. Cardiac


38. Respiratory disorders


39. Anemia and white cell disorders


40. Malignancies of haematological and Immunological systems


41. Bleeding disorders


42. Clotting disorders


43. Thromboembolic disease


44. Autoimmune disease


45. Diabetes


46. Thyroid


47. Pituitary/adrenal disorders in pregnancy


48. Hepatic and gastrointestinal disease


49. Neuromuscular disorders


50. Renal disorders


51. Spine and joint disorders in pregnancy


52. Skin disease


53. Malignant disease


54. Pregnancy following transplantation


55. Trauma


56. Psychiatric illness

VI. Prenatal - general


57. Abdominal pain


58. Non-malignant gynecology


59. Bleeding in late pregnancy


60. Multiple pregnancy - obstetric management


61. Screening for PROM and preterm labor


62. Preterm labor


63. PROM including chorioamnionitis


64. Breech


65. Unstable lie, maplpresentation & positions


66. Prolonged pregnancy


67. Labor management - overview


68. IOL & TOP


69. Poor progress


70. Shoulder dystocia


71. Fetal distress


72. Maternal analgesia and anesthesia: Indications and Implications


73. Perineal repair & pelvic floor injury


74. Assisted vaginal delivery


75. Vaginal delivery after previous caesarean section


76. Caesarean section

VII. Postnatal


77. PPH and other problems of the third stage


78. Puerperal problems


79. Major obstetric hemorrhage including DIC


80. Critical care of the obstetric patient


81. Domestic violence


82. Resuscitation of newborn

Appendix

Normal values

Product details

  • Edition: 3
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 23, 2005
  • Language: English

About the authors

DJ

David K. James

Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Professor of Fetomaternal Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham

PS

Philip Steer

Philip J Steer is Emeritus Professor of obstetrics at Imperial College London, having been appointed Professor in 1989. He was Editor-in-Chief of BJOG from 2005-2012 and is now Editor Emeritus. He has published 156 original research papers and 117 reviews, editorials, and invited papers. He is an editor of “High Risk Pregnancy – Management Options” (Cambridge University Press) with the 6th edition now in preparation. He has been President of the British Association of Perinatal Medicine and President of the Section of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Royal Society of Medicine. He is an honorary fellow of the College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of South Africa and of the American Gynecological & Obstetrical Society.

Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Professor, Imperial College London, Academic Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, UK

CW

Carl P. Weiner

Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS

BG

Bernard Gonik

Affiliations and expertise
Physician, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,Sinai-Grace Hospital, Detroit, MI