Main description:

Maternal-Fetal Medicine provides the busy clinician with precisely the information needed where and when it is needed. The text covers a wide variety of topics related to maternal and fetal medicine, as well as clinical questions that will challenge providers both in the outpatient setting and on labor and delivery wards. Special attention has been paid to incorporating an evidence-based approach to obstetric management, and a number of chapters have been included to assist in the management of obstetric emergencies. In total, over 1000 diseases and conditions are discussed in detail.

Contents:

1. Acute Asthma Exacerbation; 2. Acute Cystitis; 3. Amniotic Fluid Embolism; 4. Antenatal Fetal Testing; 5. Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome; 6. Appendicitis; 7. Asthma; 8. Asymptomatic Bacteriuria; 9. Bacterial Vaginosis; 10. Bell's Palsy; 11. Breech Presentation; 12. Cancer In Pregnancy; 13. Cervical Cerclage (Cervical Incompetence); 14. Cesarean Delivery; 15. Chlamydia Trachomatis; 16. Chorioamnionitis; 17. Chronic Hypertension; 18. Cord Prolapse; 19. Corticosteroid Therapy (Fetal Lung Maturity); 20. Cytomegalovirus; 21. Deep Vein Thrombosis; 22. Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA); 23. Eclampsia; 24. Endomyometritis; 25. Episiotomy; 26. Fetal Bradyarrhythmia; 27. Fetal Laboratory Values; 28. Fetal Tachyarrhythmia; 29. Gestational Diabetes; 30. Gonorrhea; 31. Group B Streptococcus; 32. Headache; 33. Hepatitis B; 34. Hepatitis C; 35. Herpes Simplex Virus; 36. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV); 37. Hydrops Fetalis; 38. Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HEG) (Nausea And Vomiting of Pregnancy (NVP)); 39. Hyperthyroidism; 40. Hypothyroidism; 41. Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP); 42. Induction of Labor; 43. Intrapartum Fetal Testing; 44. Intrauterine Fetal Demise; 45. Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR); 46. Isoimmunization; 47. Listeria (Listeriosis); 48. Lyme Disease; 49. Macrosomia; 50. Mastitis; 51. Maternal Anemia; 52. Maternal Cardiac Disease; 53. Maternal Laboratory Values; 54. Multiple Pregnancy; 55. Myasthenia Gravis; 56. Obstetric Ultrasound; 57. Oligohydramnios; 58. Operative Vaginal Delivery; 59. Paraplegia; 60. Parvovirus B19; 61. Placenta Accreta; 62. Placenta Previa; 63. Placental Abruption; 64. Pneumonia; 65. Polyhydramnios; 66. Postpartum Depression; 67. Postpartum Hemorrhage; 68. Postpartum Psychosis; 69. Postterm (Prolonged) Pregnancy; 70. Preeclampsia; 71. Pregestational Diabetes; 72. Pregnancy-induced Hypertension; 73. Prenatal Diagnosis; 74. Preterm Labor; 75. Preterm Prom; 76. Puerperal Hysterectomy; 77. Pulmonary Edema; 78. Pulmonary Embolism; 79. Pyelonephritis; 80. Renal Disease; 81. Retained Placenta; 82. Rubella; 83. Seizure Disorder; 84. Shoulder Dystocia; 85. Sickle Cell Hemoglobinopathy; 86. Sterilization; 87. Syphilis; 88. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE); 89. Term Premature Rupture of Membranes (PROM); 90. Thyroid Storm (Thyrotoxic Crisis); 91. Toxoplasmosis; 92. Trichomoniasis; 93. Tuberculosis; 94. Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) (Uterine Rupture); 95. Varicella Zoster; 96. Vasa Previa; 97. Von Willebrand Disease.