Medical disorders in pregnancy : a manual for midwives / / edited by S. Elizabeth Robson and Jason Waugh

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910813230803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; Ames, Iowa, : Blackwell, 2008
• ISBN: 1-118-71228-5; 1-282-01244-4; 9786612012440; 1-4443-0244-2; 1-4443-0245-0
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): RobsonS. Elizabeth; WaughJason
• Disciplina: 618.2
• Soggetti: Pregnancy - Complications; Midwifery
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1 MIDWIFERY CAREAND MEDICALDISORDERS; PRE-CONCEPTION CARE; ANTENATAL CARE; INTRAPARTUM CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; PREVENTING MATERNAL MORTALITY; PATIENT ORGANISATIONS; ESSENTIAL READING; 2 SKIN DISORDERS; 2.1 Eczema; 2.2 Psoriasis; PATIENT ORGANISATIONS; ESSENTIAL READING; 3 HYPERTENSIVEDISORDERS; 3.1 Chronic (Essential) Hypertension; 3.2 Pre-eclampsia; 3.3 Severe Pre-eclampsia/HELLP/Eclampsia; PATIENT ORGANISATIONS; ESSENTIAL READING; 4 HEART DISEASE; 4.1 Mild Structural Heart Disease4.2 Moderate Structural Heart Disease; 4.3 Severe Structural Heart Disease; 4.4 Valvular Heart Disease; 4.5 Marfan's Syndrome; 4.6 Functional Heart Disease: Cardiomyopathy; 4.7 Functional Heart Disease: Arrhythmias; 4.8 Ischaemic Heart Disease:Angina and Myocardial Infarction; 4.9 Pulmonary Hypertension and Eisenmenger's Syndrome; PATIENT ORGANISATIONS; ESSENTIAL READING; 5 RESPIRATORYDISORDERS; 5.1 The Breathless Pregnant ; Woman; 5.2 Asthma; 5.3 Pneumonia and Chest Infections; 5.4 Tuberculosis; 5.5 Cystic Fibrosis; 5.6 Sarcoidosis; PATIENT ORGANISATIONS; ESSENTIAL READING6 RENAL DISORDERS; 6.1 Urinary Tract Infections; 6.2 Chronic Kidney Disease; 6.3 Dialysis in Pregnancy; 6.4 Renal Transplantation; 6.5 Nephrotic Syndrome; PATIENT ORGANISATIONS; ESSENTIAL READING; 7 ENDOCRINEDISORDERS; 7.1 Hypothyroidism; 7.2 Thyrotoxicosis; 7.3 Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus; 7.4 Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus; 7.5 Gestational Diabetes Mellitus; 7.6 Addison's Disease (Adrenal Insufficiency); 7.7 Prolactinoma; PATIENT ORGANISATIONS; ESSENTIAL READING; 8 NEUROLOGICALDISORDERS; 8.1 Migraine and Headaches; 8.2 Epilepsy; 8.3 Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke; 8.4 Other Neuropathies8.5 Multiple Sclerosis; 8.6 Myasthenia Gravis; PATIENT ORGANISATIONS; ESSENTIAL READING; 9 MUSCULOSKELETALDISORDERS; 9.1 Back and Pelvic Pain; 9.2 Diastasis Recti Abdominis; 9.3 Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction; 9.4 Hypovitaminosis D and Osteomalacia; 9.5 Osteoporosis; PATIENT ORGANISATIONS; ESSENTIAL READING; 10 GASTROINTESTINALDISORDERS; 10.1 Gastro-oesophageal Reflux and Hiatus Hernia; 10.2 Coeliac Disease; 10.3 Ulcerative Colitis; 10.4 Crohn's Disease; 10.5 Irritable Bowel Syndrome; 10.6 Haemorrhoids; 10.7 Anal Sphincter Disorders; 10.8 Obstetric Cholestasis; 10.9 Gall Bladder and Pancreatic DiseasePATIENT ORGANISATIONS; ESSENTIAL READING; 11 AUTOIMMUNEDISORDERS; 11.1 Rheumatoid Arthritis; 11.2 Raynaud's Phenomenon; 11.3 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus; 11.4 Antiphospholipid (Hughes) Syndrome; PATIENT ORGANISATIONS; ESSENTIAL READING; 12 INFECTIOUSCONDITIONS*; 12.1 Viral Hepatitis; 12.2 Human Immunodeficiency Virus; 12.3 Malaria; 12.4 Listeriosis; 12.5 Toxoplasmosis; 12.6 Chickenpox; 12.7 Herpes Simplex Virus; PATIENT ORGANISATIONS; ESSENTIAL READING; 13 METABOLICDISORDERS; 13.1 Obesity; 13.2 Phenylketonuria; PATIENT ORGANISATIONS; ESSENTIAL READING; 14 HAEMATOLOGICALDISORDERS
• Sommario/riassunto: The need for joint medical and midwifery care is stressed in the latest CEMACH report, with a recommendation that contemporary midwifery education prepares midwives for problems in pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcome. Pre-conception care for women with medical disorders has also been stressed.Medical Disorders in Pregnancy is one of the first texts written specifically for midwives that provides an outline of common medical disorders that may be affected by pregnancy or which may cause pregnancy complications. For ease of use, all conditions are presented on two page templates, and