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Main description:
This book surveys the normal obstetrics encountered in primary care and serves as a practical guide to the evaluation and management of common prenatal, peripartum and postpartum complications. Thoroughly revised and updated, Obstetrics in Family Medicine, Second Edition, addresses the major issues and problems related to each stage and outlines management protocols. It provides critical information about physical and ultrasound examinations, laboratory tests, drug toxicities, and screening techniques and highlights new and emerging areas of obstetrical care, such as prenatal testing protocols, treatment options for HIV in pregnancy and antenatal monitoring. Key points for each topic are summarized in tabular form for quick reference and diagnostic flow charts illuminate all aspects of the decision-making process. Concise and clinically oriented, this book is designed to help primary and family medicine physicians improve the quality of women’s health care.      Â
Feature:
An up-to-date and comprehensive guide of all the essential obstetrics information specifically needed by the primary and family medicine physician
Addresses the major issues and problems related to each stage of pregnancy and outlines management protocols
Key points for each topic are summarized in tabular form for quick reference and diagnostic flow charts illuminate all aspects of the decision-making process
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This book surveys the normal obstetrics encountered in primary care and serves as a practical guide to the evaluation and management of common prenatal, peripartum, and postpartum complications. Thoroughly revised and updated, Obstetrics in Family Medicine, Second Edition, addresses the major issues and problems related to each stage and outlines management protocols. It provides critical information about physical and ultrasound examinations, laboratory tests, drug toxicities, and screening techniques and highlights new and emerging areas of obstetrical care, such as prenatal testing protocols, treatment options for HIV in pregnancy, and antenatal monitoring. Key points for each topic are summarized in tabular form for quick reference and diagnostic flow charts illuminate all aspects of the decision-making process. Concise and clinically oriented, this book is designed to help primary and family medicine physicians improve the quality of women’s health care.      Â
Contents:
I Preconception and Prenatal Care
1.           Physiology
2.           Preconception Counseling
3.           Prenatal Care
4.           Medications in Pregnancy
II Complications of Pregnancy
5.           Dysmorphic Growth and Genetic Abnormalities
6.           Intrauterine Growth Restriction
7.           Preterm Labor
8.           Premature Rupture of Membranes
9.           Early Pregnancy Bleeding
10.       Late Pregnancy Bleeding
11.       Recurrent Pregnancy LossÂ
12.       Rh Isoimmunization
13.       Infection in Pregnancy
14.       Hypertension in Pregnancy
15.       Diabetes in Pregnancy
16.       Multi gestational Pregnancy
17.       Post-Dates Pregnancy
III Labor and Delivery
18.       Normal Labor
19.       Induction and Augmentation
20.       Pain Management in Labor
21.       Operative Delivery
IV Complications of Labor and Delivery
22.       Prolonged Labor
23.       Shoulder Dystocia
24.       Malpresentation
25.       Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring
26.       Maternal Fever in Labor
27.       Postpartum Hemorrhage
28.       Perineal Laceration and Episiotomy
V Postpartum Management
29.       Newborn Evaluation
30.       Routine Hospital Postpartum Management
31.       Complications of the Hospital Postpartum Period
Index
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Springer International Publishing)
Publication date: September, 2015
Pages: 221
Weight: 373g
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)
Subcategories: Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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