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Reproductive Genetics, An Issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 45-1
  • February 11, 2018
  • Lorraine Dugoff
  • English
  • Hardback
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  • eBook
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This issue provides a timely update for for the ob/gyn on genetics in reproductive medicine. Dr. Dugoff has created an issue with the goals of providing the most currently clinical information on genetic screening and prenatal genetics. Top authors have written reviews on the following topics: Genetic counseling overview for the ob/gyn; Cell-free DNA screening for aneuploidy; Cell-free DNA screening for single gene disorders; The use of microarray in prenatal diagnosis; Whole exome sequencing: Applications in prenatal diagnosis; Screening for aneuploidy in multiple gestations: The challenges and available options; Expanded carrier screening; Ethnicity-based carrier screening overview; Prenatal genetic diagnosis and prenatal genetic screening; Ethical issues in prenatal genetics; Ultrasound findings and associated genetic syndromes; Hereditary cancers in gynecology: and What physicians should know about genetic testing, screening and risk reduction. Readers will come away with the knowledge they need to diagnose, treat, and manage patients based on the most current evidence and data.

Casos Clínicos en anestesia obstétrica

  • 1st Edition
  • October 24, 2017
  • Manuel Gómez Ríos
  • Spanish
  • eBook
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La obra Casos clínicos en anestesia obstétrica presenta un total de 13 casos clínicos completamente desarrollados y que responden a las situaciones clínicas más comunes registradas en este ámbito.  Para cada uno de los casos clínicos se presenta una estructura común en la que se expone el caso y se continúa con una discusión del mismo en la que se van abordando los diferentes aspectos seleccionados por los autores. Con la selección de estos 13 casos, el coordinador de la obra pretende recoger las situaciones más comunes dentro de la anestesia obstétrica para las que es necesario tener en cuenta aspectos concretos debido al posible riesgo tanto para la madre como para el niño. Este manual cuenta con la participación de un destacado grupo de especialistas internacionales bajo la coordinación del Dr. Manuel A. Gómez Ríos, especialista en anestesiología en el Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña. Con una redacción concisa y apostando por un enfoque claramente didáctico, esta obra pretende convertirse en una herramienta fundamental para los residentes en anestesiología pero también para los especialistas en esta área.

Quality Improvement, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 44-3
  • August 21, 2017
  • Munish Gupta + 1 more
  • English
  • Hardback
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  • eBook
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The Guest Editors have collaborated on a state-of-the-art presentation of current clinical reviews on Quality in Neonatal Care. Top experts have prepared articles in the following areas: Standardizing Practices: How and why to standardize, using checklists, measuring variation; Health Informatics and Patient Safety; Using Statistical Process Control to Drive Improvement in Neonatal Care; Improving Value in Neonatal Intensive Care; Culture and Context in Quality of Care: Improving Teamwork and Resilience; Has Quality Improvement Improved Neonatal Outcomes; National Quality Measures in Perinatal Care; Perinatal and Obstetric Quality Initiatives; Family Involvement in Quality Improvement; Perinatal Quality Improvement: A Global Perspective; Delivery Room Care / Golden Hour; Respiratory Care and Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia; Reducing Incidence of Necrotizing Enterocolitis; Alarm Safety and Alarm Fatigue; and Patient Safety: Reducing Unplanned Extubations. Readers will come away with the clinical information they need improve quality in the NICU.

Evaluation and Management of Vulvar Disease, An Issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 44-3
  • August 17, 2017
  • Aruna Venkatesan
  • English
  • Hardback
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  • eBook
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Vulvar disorders are prevalent but often overlooked conditions in the curricula of obstetrics and gynecology, dermatology, and primary care residency training programs. This has led many outpatient clinicians to feel unprepared to evaluate the patient with a vulvar complaint. Often patients with complex, chronic vulvar disorders have seen multiple providers in consultation before they are appropriately diagnosed and treated, leading to frustration amongst patients and providers alike as well as excessive health care costs. The goal of this issue is to present a practical review on vulvar disease for outpatient clinicians to improve patient care. The topics highlighted in this issue represent gaps in knowledge among residents, fellows, providers, and course and conference attendees. The issue begins with a general approach to the evaluation and management of vulvar disorders and then moves on to an article on vulvar pathology that will help clinicians obtain the most useful pathology reads from their biopsies. Also addressed are specific vulvar disorders or presenting findings that are common or challenging. A pelvic floor physical therapy colleague provides information on how this modality can help manage vulvar pain. The issue concludes with an article on hot topics in vulvar disease. In the last several years there has been a growing number of newly trained physicians committed to advancing patient care in the area of vulvar disease, and many of this issue’s authors are part of this group. This issue should serve as a useful resource in the office of any provider who evaluates patients with vulvar complaints.

Obstetrics and Gynecology: Maintenance of Knowledge, An Issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 44-2
  • May 23, 2017
  • Janice L. Bacon + 1 more
  • English
  • Hardback
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The acquisition and implementation of new findings for clinical care in obstetrics and gynecology is at a more rapid pace than ever before. More understanding of the pathophysiology of disease coupled with improved screening technology and genetic information requires physicians to constantly update their knowledge-base and familiarize themselves with guidelines and advances in techniques as well as question old euphemisms. Medical specialties, including obstetrics and gynecology have moved from board certification as a solitary achievement to maintaining current knowledge- a continuous lifelong learning process. This issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics is dedicated to clinical care for patients with evidence-based recommendations: “state of the art” advice and updates. Articles are specifically devoted to Contraception: menarche to menopause; Vaginitis: beyond symptoms; Abnormal uterine bleeding; Recognition and therapeutic options for malignancy of the cervix and uterus; Gestational diabetes: Diagnosis, classification and clinical care; Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy; Obstetric emergencies: Shoulder dystocia and postpartum hemorrhage; Prenatal diagnosis: tools and tests for screening; Clinical recognition and screening for common breast disorders and malignancy; and Recognizing and managing common urogynecologic disorders.

Lo esencial en medicina reproductiva

  • 1st Edition
  • March 24, 2016
  • Isidoro Bruna Catalán + 1 more
  • Spanish
  • eBook
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Guía clínica, eminentemente práctica, que pretende servir de herramienta para la actualización de todos los expertos interesados en esta materia. Ofrece contenidos totalmente actualizados que describen y reflejan la situación actual y real de la medicina reproductiva. Al tratarse de una obra con un punto de vista científico, todo el contenido está focalizado en la medicina basada en la evidencia y así se recoge en la obra. El contenido  se basa en un formato de preguntas-respuestas procedentes, en su mayoría, de la práctica clínica diaria y experiencia de los autores. Éstos han seleccionado este formato considerando que es una de las mejores formas de actualizar este conocimiento Para poder plantear todas aquellas cuestiones más relevantes, los autores han realizado un estupendo trabajo de síntesis. La obra se constituye por un total de 91 preguntas y todo el desarrollo a cada una de las preguntas sigue la misma pauta y esquema: Formulación de la pregunta, palabras clave, aspectos controvertidos, conclusión basada en la evidencia, respuesta y lecturas recomendadas. Participan en la obra un total de 25 especialistas en medicina reproductiva procedentes de algunos de los centros de referencia de esta especialidad.

Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: An Update, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 42-4
  • December 11, 2015
  • Suhas G. Kallapur
  • English
  • Hardback
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  • eBook
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Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) as a chronic lung disease affecting preterm infants has been recognized for more than 45 years. However, little progress has been made in the prevention and treatment of the disease. BPD continues to be a major morbidity affecting preterm infants. Studies in pre-adolescent children demonstrate that the abnormal lung function from BPD persists well into childhood. Infants with BPD also have an increased risk for adverse neurodevelopmental outcome. Thus BPD imposes a significant burden of adverse health outcomes in preterm infants. The major risk factors for BPD are prematurity, mechanical ventilation, exposure to noxious insults such as oxygen, infections. New research data both in basic science and clinical studies have shed light on the pathogenesis, and possible new treatment or management strategies for the future. In the proposed issue of the Clinics in Perinatology, we would like to comprehensively cover BPD both from a basic science and clinical perspective. Our attempt is to balance new information along with classic topics. The proposed authors for the issue are recognized experts in the topic area/s. We hope that the issue will be of interest to a broad array of readership.

Best Practices in High-Risk Pregnancy, An Issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 42-2
  • June 2, 2015
  • Lynn Simpson
  • English
  • Hardback
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  • eBook
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The Guests Editors have assembled expert authors to present clinical reviews on the current knowledge and best practices for high-risk pregnancies. Authors are writing on Genetics: update on prenatal screening and diagnosis; Screening for congenital heart disease; What you need to know when managing twins; Short cervix dilemma; preterm labor: approach to decreasing complications of prematurity; Optimizing outcomes for the growth-restricted fetus; Preeclampsia: short- and long-term implications; pregnancy risk associated with obesity; prevention of first cesarean delivery, and diagnosis and management of placenta accreta.

Neonatal-Perinatal Infections: An Update, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 42-1
  • February 19, 2015
  • Brian Smith
  • English
  • Hardback
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  • eBook
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In this issue the Guest Editors provide a contemporary look at the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, treatment and outcomes for neonatal-perinatal infections. Contributors include neonatologists, infectious disease, and critical care specialists with a wide variety of research interests in this arena. Readers will be exposed to the latest information on dosing of antibiotics, antivirals, and antifungals. This information is critical in the infant population given the rapid changes in physiology, metabolic pathways and renal elimination that occur over the first months of life. There is an extensive examination of infectious processes that commonly present in infants including meningitis, bloodstream infections, and urinary tract infections. Additional topics include infectious processes affecting the newborn (chorioamnionitis and TORCH infections) and premature infants (necrotizing enterocolitis). Specific pathogens are highlighted in articles on HSV, CMV/VZV, staphylococcal species, and Candida. Finally, the rationale for the most recent changes to guidelines for initiating therapy for early-onset neonatal sepsis are reviewed.

Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy, An Issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 41-4
  • November 26, 2014
  • Geeta K. Swamy
  • English
  • Hardback
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  • eBook
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This issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America provides a summary of several more common maternal-fetal-infant infectious diseases. Several experts in the field of maternal and perinatal infection have contributed to this issue to provide an overview of the up-to-date preventive strategies, screening and diagnostic methods, and treatment guidelines. While guidelines such as universal vaccination to prevent influenza during pregnancy are fairly well justified by supporting data, there is much uncertainty about the appropriate screening guidelines for conditions such as cytomegalovirus, where the lack of a proven effective treatment diminishes the value of screening. Moreover, increasing issues of antibiotic resistance and the lack of significant advancement in developing newer effective agents imply that both providers and health care facilities must follow guidelines of antimicrobial stewardship (ie, coordinated efforts to improve and measure the appropriate use of antimicrobials). It is our hope that this issue will aid providers in navigating these complex issues while also understanding the current state-of-the-science