Diseases, Complications, and Drug Therapy in Obstetrics

by Briggs, Gerald G.; Nageotte, Michael P.

• ISBN13: 9781585282029
• ISBN10: 1585282022
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-06-15
• Publisher: Amer Soc of Health System

Summary

Planning the best pharmacotherapeutic plan for obstetric patients can be a challenge.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. iii
Foreword	p. v
Preface	p. vii
Contributors	p. xi
Reviewers	p. xvii
Introduction	p. xix
General Considerations in Pregnancy and Lactation
Physiologic Changes in Pregnancy	p. 3
Development Toxicity and Drugs	p. 15
Drug Use and Lactation	p. 35
Clinical Pharmacokinetics in the Pregnant Patient	p. 55
Use of Over-the-Counter Medications in Pregnancy	p. 79
Teratology Risk Assessment and Counseling	p. 99
Complications Unique to Pregnancy
Preterm Labor and Delivery	p. 123
Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes	p. 143
Fetal Lung Maturity	p. 155
Multifetal Gestation	p. 167
Gestational Hypertension, Preeclampsia, and Eclampsia	p. 177
Abruptio Placentae	p. 191
Placenta Previa	p. 205
Fetal Arrhythmias	p. 221
Induction of Labor	p. 233
Pain Control in Labor	p. 243
Postpartum Obstetric Hemorrhage	p. 253
Treatment of Chronic Diseases in Pregnancy
Ambulatory Management of Asthma during Pregnancy	p. 285
Depression in Pregnancy	p. 313
Management of Gestational Diabetes	p. 331
Epilepsy in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding	p. 347
Chronic Hypertension in Pregnancy	p. 367
Infectious Disease	p. 391
Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy	p. 419
Autoimmune Diseases in Pregnancy	p. 433
Thromboembolic Disease in Pregnancy	p. 455
Thyroid Disease in Pregnancy	p. 479
Glossary	p. 491
Index	p. 501
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