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Table of Contents:

List of principal contributors
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Preface
I Obstetric complications
1 Breech presentation 3
2 Cesarean section and vaginal birth after Cesarean section 15
3 Gestational hypertension/pre-eclampsia 19
4 Incompetent cervix 35
5 Multiple gestation 39
6 Abruptio placentae and placenta previa 47
7 Post-term pregnancy 55
8 Premature labor 63
9 Premature rupture of the fetal membranes 93
10 Recurrent pregnancy losses 109
II Obstetrical emergencies
11 Amniotic fluid embolism 129
12 Coagulopathies in obstetrics 135
13 Invasive hemodynamic monitoring in obstetrics 157
14 Postpartum hemorrhage 167
15 Septic shock 171
16 Shoulder dystocia 183
17 Sickle cell crisis 193
IIIa Perinatal infections: bacterial infections
18 Gonorrhea infection 203
19 Group B streptococcus infection 209
20 Other bacterial infections: listeria, Lyme disease, granuloma inguinale and chancroid 213
21 Postpartum infections 221
22 Syphilis infection 233
23 Urinary tract infection 241
IIIb Perinatal infections: viral infections
24 Cytomegaloviruses 249
25 Herpes infection: herpes simplex virus and varicella zoster virus 253
26 Human immunodeficiency virus 273
27 Other viral infections 279
IIIc Perinatal infections: chlamydia infection
28 Chlamydia infection 293
IIId Perinatal infections: protozoan infection
29 Protozoan infection: toxoplasmosis, trichomoniasis, lice and scabies 303
IIIe Perinatal infections: other infections and issues
30 Bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy: evidence-based approaches 321
31 Candidiasis and helminthic infection 335
32 Immunizations in pregnancy 351
IV Maternal medical disorders
33 Cardiac diseases 369
34 Dermatologic diseases 385
35 Diabetes mellitus 395
36 Endocrine diseases 405
37 Gastrointestinal diseases 415
38 Hematological Diseases 437
39 Hepatic diseases 455
40 Hypertension 465
41 Neurologic diseases 473
42 Psychiatric diseases 483
43 Pulmonary diseases 491
44 Renal diseases 505
45 Rheumatological diseases and antiphospholipid syndrome 515
V Maternal surgical disorders
46 Acute abdomen in pregnancy 537
47 Non-obstetrical surgery during pregnancy: medical evaluation and management 547
48 Trauma in pregnancy 565
VI Fetal disorders
49 Alloimmune thrombocytopenia 573
50 Antepartum fetal heart rate monitoring 577
51 Doppler velocimetry for fetal surveillance: principles and practice 585
52 Erythroblastosis fetalis 609
53 Fetal age assessment 631
54 Fetal anomalies 639
55 Fetal biophysical profile 661
56 Fetal blood sampling 677
57 Fetal demise 683
58 Fetal echocardiography: prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease 691
59 Fetal growth restriction 707
60 Fetal lung maturity 719
61 Fetal macrosomia 729
62 Fetal oxygenation and acidosis 737
63 Nonimmune fetal hydrops 755
VII Perinatal genetics
64 Basic genetics and patterns of inheritance 761
65 Fetal genetic disorders 783
66 Maternal serum [alpha]-fetoprotein screening 799
VIII Drug abuse
67 Principles of teratology of drugs and radiation 813
68 Drug abuse in pregnancy: hallucinogens, stimulants, alcohol and opiates 817
IX Other maternal/perinatal issues
69 Amnioinfusion 833
70 Anesthesia and analgesia in pregnancy 841
71 Exercise and pregnancy 861
72 Mature gravidas 873
73 Neonatal diseases I 877
74 Neonatal diseases II 895
75 Neoplasia and pregnancy 905
76 Placental transport, metabolism and perinatal nutrition 923
77 What is obstetric ethics? 933
Index 941