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9780781722179

Multifetal Pregnancy A Handbook for Care of the Pregnant Patient

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  • ISBN13:

    9780781722179

  • ISBN10:

    0781722179

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-09-22
  • Publisher: LWW
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Summary

This concise and easy-to-use handbook provides up-to-date, evidence-based guidelines for the optimal antepartum and intrapartum management of twin, triplet, and higher-order multifetal gestations. Coverage includes a detailed discussion of prenatal genetic diagnosis in multiple gestations and a review of the risks and benefits of multifetal pregnancy reduction and selective termination. Other topics addressed include maternal nutrition, prediction and prevention of preterm birth, obstetric complications unique to multiple gestations, intrapartum management of multiples, and management of triplet and higher-order multiple birth. Detailed and extensively researched tables summarize the outcomes of twin, triplet, quadruplet, and reduced pregnancies. A Brandon-Hill recommended title.

Table of Contents

Contributing Authors viii
Preface ix
Perinatal Significance of Multiple Gestations
1(14)
Placentation, Zygosity, and Intrauterine Growth
15(20)
Genetic Diagnosis in Multiple Gestations
35(18)
Multifetal Pregnancy Reduction and Spontaneous Fetal Death
53(21)
Role of Ultrasound in the Antepartum Management of Multiple Gestations
74(21)
Maternal Nutrition
95(29)
Preterm Birth Prediction and Prevention
124(25)
Obstetrical Complications Unique to Multiple Gestations
149(24)
Maternal Complications
173(19)
Management of Triplet and Other High Order Multiples
192(28)
Intrapartum Management of Multiples
220(23)
Neonatal and Postneonatal Considerations in Multifetal Pregnancies
243(22)
Subject Index 265

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