Management of high-risk pregnancy : an evidence-based approach /
Queenan, John T.
Spong, Catherine Y.
Lockwood, Charles J.
Malden, Mass. ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub.,
2007.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Overview of high-risk pregnancy -- Maternal nutrition -- Alcohol and substance abuse -- Environmental agents and reproductive risk -- Medications in pregnancy and lactation -- Genetic screening for mendelian disorders -- Screening for neural tube defects -- First and second trimester screening for fetal aneuploidy -- Fetal endocrinology -- Fetal lung maturity -- Antepartum fetal monitoring -- Intergreting intrapartum fetal heart tracings -- Sickle cell disease -- Thrombocytpenia -- Inherited and acquired thrombophilias -- Pathophysiology and diagnosis of thromboembolic disorders in pregnancy -- Cardiac disease in pregnancy -- Renal disease in pregnancy -- Pregnancy in transplant patients -- Gestational diabetes mellitus -- Diabetes mellitus -- Maternal hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism -- Asthma -- Epilepsy -- Chronic hypertension -- Systemic lupus erythematosus -- Perinatal infections -- Group B streptococcal infections -- Hepatitis in pregnancy -- HIV infection -- Genetic and nongenetic causes of spontaneous abortion -- The incompetent cervix -- Gestational hypertension-preeclampsia and eclampsia -- Emergency care in pregnancy -- Sonographic dating and standard fetal biometry -- Rh and other blood group alloimmunizations -- Multiple pregnancy -- Polyhydramnios and oligohydramnios -- Prevention of preterm birth -- Pathogenesis and prediction of preterm delivery -- Preterm permature rupture of membranes -- Management of preterm labor -- Placenta previa and related placental disorders -- Prolonged pregnancy -- Cesarean delivery -- Vaginal birth after cesarean delivery -- Breech delivery -- Obstetric analgesia and anesthesia -- Genetic amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling -- Direct fetal blood sampling: cordocentesis -- Amnioinfusion: indications and controversies -- Fetal surgery -- Problems in the newborn -- Neonatal encephalopathy and cerebral palsy.
Pregnancy