Management of High-Risk Pregnancy: An Evidence-Based Approach, 5th Edition

by Editor: John T. Queenan (Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC); Editor: Catherine Y. Spong; Editor: Charles J. Lockwood (Yale University)

• ISBN13: 9781405127820
• ISBN10: 1405127821
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-03-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This book is a must-have for all health professionals involved in the care of women with high risk pregnancies. It is a concise and practical resource for all perinatal care and a reference for the diagnosis and management of high risk pregnancy. The fifth edition of this classic, focuses on factors affecting pregnancy, genetics, practical diagnostic techniques, maternal diseases in pregnancy and pregnancy complications, labor, anesthesia, and neonatal considerations. Dr Queenan is joined in the the fifth edition by a new editor, Katherine Spong, Head of Perinatology at the National Institutes of Health. The book will take an explicitly evidence-based approach this time around and will expand upon several important areas; genetics, doppler ultrasound, prevention, AIDS, group B streptococcus, preeclampsia, and prematurity.

Author Biography

Professor John Queenan, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, USA

Dr Catherine Spong, Bethesda, USA

Charles Lockwood, Department of Obstretics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA

Table of Contents

List of contributors	p. vii
Foreword	p. x
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xii
Factors of High-Risk Pregnancy
Overview of high-risk pregnancy	p. 3
Maternal nutrition	p. 6
Alcohol and substance abuse	p. 24
Environmental agents and reproductive risk	p. 31
Medications in pregnancy and lactation	p. 38
Genetics
Genetic screening for mendelian disorders	p. 61
Screening for neural tube defects	p. 67
First and second trimester screening for fetal aneuploidy	p. 72
Monitoring: Biochemical and Biophysical
Fetal endocrinology	p. 81
Fetal lung maturity	p. 91
Antepartum fetal monitoring	p. 95
Interpreting intrapartum fetal heart tracings	p. 104
Maternal Disease
Sickle cell disease	p. 109
Thrombocytopenia	p. 113
Inherited and acquired thrombophilias	p. 119
Pathophysiology and diagnosis of thromboembolic disorders in pregnancy	p. 133
Cardiac disease in pregnancy	p. 143
Renal disease in pregnancy	p. 163
Pregnancy in transplant patients	p. 168
Gestational diabetes mellitus	p. 176
Diabetes mellitus	p. 182
Maternal hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism	p. 186
Asthma	p. 192
Epilepsy	p. 201
Chronic hypertension	p. 210
Systemic lupus erythematosus	p. 214
Perinatal infections	p. 222
Group B streptococcal infections	p. 234
Hepatitis in pregnancy	p. 238
HIV infection	p. 242
Obstetric Complications
Genetic and nongenetic causes of spontaneous abortion	p. 253
The incompetent cervix	p. 263
Gestational hypertension-preeclampsia and eclampsia	p. 271
Emergency care in pregnancy	p. 280
Sonographic dating and standard fetal biometry	p. 286
Rh and other blood group alloimmunizations	p. 298
Multiple pregnancy	p. 304
Polyhydramnios and oligohydramnios	p. 316
Prevention of preterm birth	p. 326
Pathogenesis and prediction of preterm delivery	p. 333
Preterm premature rupture of membranes	p. 345
Management of preterm labor	p. 354
Placenta previa and related placental disorders	p. 362
Complications of Labor and Delivery
Prolonged pregnancy	p. 373
Cesarean delivery	p. 382
Vaginal birth after cesarean delivery	p. 389
Breech delivery	p. 397
Obstetric analgesia and anesthesia	p. 401
Procedures
Genetic amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling	p. 409
Direct fetal blood sampling: cordocentesis	p. 419
Amnioinfusion: indications and controversies	p. 425
Fetal surgery	p. 433
Problems in the newborn	p. 442
Neonatal encephalopathy and cerebral palsy	p. 452
Index	p. 459
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