Handbook of Obstetric Medicine, Fourth Edition

by Nelson-Piercy; Catherine

• ISBN13: 9781841847375
• ISBN10: 1841847372
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2010-09-10
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

The management of the pregnant woman with a medical problem presents the clinician with particular problems. An understanding of how a medical disease affects pregnancy and how any pre-existing medical condition is affected by pregnancy is required. In addition the clinician must take into account the second patient - the fetus - and be aware of how drug therapy and management strategies may influence fetal well-being.With tables, bullet points and boxes of key points, this text deals with the most common and serious medical conditions encountered in pregnancy, with a chapter for each system including heart disease, hypertension, thromboembolism, diabetes, skin problems, and gastrointestinal disease. With substantially updated chapters, this source is in tabular format and concentrates on the differential diagnosis of common symptoms, signs and biochemical abnormalities encountered in pregnancy.

Table of Contents

Preface to the fourth edition	p. vi
Glossary	p. vii
Systems
Hypertension and pre-eclampsia	p. 1
Heart disease	p. 19
Thromboembolic disease	p. 39
Respiratory disease	p. 57
Diabetes mellitus	p. 79
Thyroid and parathyroid disease	p. 95
Pituitary and adrenal disease	p. 112
Connective-tissue disease	p. 129
Neurological problems	p. 151
Renal disease	p. 176
Liver disease	p. 193
Gastrointestinal disease	p. 213
Skin disease	p. 231
Haematological problems	p. 239
Human immunodeficiency virus and other infectious diseases	p. 258
Drugs to avoid in pregnancy	p. 271
Normal laboratory values in pregnancy/non-pregnancy	p. 273
Differential diagnosis of medical problems in pregnancy
Breathlessness	p. 276
Palpitations	p. 278
Chest pain	p. 280
Heart murmur	p. 282
Hypertension	p. 283
Abnormal thyroid function tests	p. 285
Headache	p. 286
Convulsions	p. 288
Dizziness	p. 290
Collapse	p. 291
Numbness	p. 293
Proteinuria	p. 294
Abnormal renal function	p. 295
Pruritus	p. 297
Jaundice/abnormal liver function tests	p. 298
Vomiting	p. 301
Abdominal pain	p. 302
Index	p. 307
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