Obstetrics
Subtitle: normal and problem pregnancies
By: [edited by] Steven G. Gabbe, Jennifer R. Niebyl, Joe Leigh Simpson ; associate editors, Henry Galan ... [et al.].
Contributors: Gabbe, Steven G.; Niebyl, Jennifer R.; Simpson, Joe Leigh, 1943-
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1391
ISBN-13: 9780443069307
Subjects: Obstetrics; Pregnancy -- Complications; Obstetrics -- methods; Pregnancy Complications; Pregnancy
Description: This new edition includes significant and extensive changes throughout to provide current information. New chapters are included, surgical chapters have been combined (with the exception of cesarean delivery), and the anatomy chapter has been replaced with an appendix. New chapters covering placental anatomy and physiology, non-invasive prenatal diagnostic techniques, abnormal labor, operative vaginal delivery, cervical incompetence, amniotic fluid disorders, thrombophilias, and thromboembolic disorders.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.