1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460723703321

Titolo

Improving diagnosis in health care / / National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-309-37770-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (472 p.)

Collana

Quality chasm series Improving diagnosis in health care

Disciplina

616.075

Soggetti

Diagnosis - Methodology - Evaluation

Diagnostic errors - United States - Prevention

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

FrontMatter; Reviewers; Acknowledgments; Preface; Contents; Boxes, Figures, and Tables; Acronyms and Abbrevations; Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 The Diagnostic Process; 3 Overview of Diagnostic Error in Health Care; 4 Diagnostic Team Members and Tasks: Improving Patient Engagement and Health Care Professional Education and Training in Diagnosis; 5 Technology and Tools in the Diagnostic Process; 6 Organizational Characteristics, the Physical Environment, and the Diagnostic Process: Improving Learning, Culture, and the Work System

7 The External Environment Influencing Diagnosis: Reporting, Medical Liability, and Payment8 A Research Agenda for the Diagnostic Process and Diagnostic Error; 9 The Path to Improve Diagnosis and Reduce Diagnostic Error; Appendix A: Glossary; Appendix B: Committee Member and Staff Biographies; Appendix C: Previous Diagnostic Error Frameworks; Appendix D: Examples of Diagnostic Error



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911019138403321

Titolo

Clinical obstetrics : the fetus & mother / / [edited by] E. Albert Reece, John C. Hobbins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Pub., 2006

ISBN

9786610748471

9781280748479

1280748478

9780470762837

0470762837

9780470753293

0470753293

9781405171830

1405171839

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1340 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ReeceE. Albert

HobbinsJohn C. <1936->

Disciplina

618.3

Soggetti

Pregnancy

Obstetrics

Pregnancy - Complications

Prenatal diagnosis

Maternal-fetal exchange

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: Medicine of the fetus and mother. 2nd ed. c1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Preface to the first edition; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview: historical perspectives of fetal medicine; Part I: Conception and Conceptus Development; 1 Early conceptus growth and immunobiologic adaptations of pregnancy; 2 Normal embryonic and fetal development; Part II: Pregnancy and the Fetoplacental Unit; 3 Normal and abnormal placentation; 4 Fetoplacental perfusion and transfer of nutrients; 5 Endocrinology of pregnancy and the placenta; Part III: Fetal Developmental Biology; 6 Fetal lung development and amniotic fluid analysis



7 Fetal cardiovascular physiology and response to stress conditions8 Immunology of the fetus; 9 Fetal endocrinology; 10 Fetal hematology; Part IV: Variations in Embryonal and Fetal Growth and Development; 11 Sporadic and recurrent pregnancy loss; 12 Ectopic and heterotopic pregnancies; 13 Multifetal pregnancies: epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and management; 14 Biology of normal and deviant fetal growth; Part V: Fetal Infections and Teratogenesis; 15 Developmental toxicology, drugs, and fetal teratogenesis; 16 Drugs, alcohol abuse, and effects in pregnancy; 17 Teratogenic viruses

18 Transplacentally acquired microbial infections in the fetus19 Antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents in pregnancy and during lactation; Part VI: Fetal Diseases; 20 Principles of human genetics: chromosomal and single-gene disorders; 21 Genetic counseling in prenatal and perinatal medicine; 22 Basic principles of ultrasound; 23 Prenatal diagnosis of central nervous system malformations; 24 Prenatal diagnosis of thoracic and cardiac abnormalities; 25 Gastrointestinal and genitourinary anomalies; 26 Fetal skeletal anomalies; 27 First- and second-trimester prenatal diagnosis

28 First- and second-trimester screening for open neural tube defects and Down syndromePart VII: Methods of Evaluation of Fetal Development and Well-being; 29 Prenatal diagnosis of deviant fetal growth; 30 Three- and four-dimensional ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in pregnancy; 31 Doppler ultrasonography and fetal well-being; 32 Antepartum and intrapartum surveillance of the fetus and the amniotic fluid; Part VIII: Fetal Therapy; 33 The fetus at surgery; 34 Fetal medical treatment; Part IX: Maternal Biological Adaptations to Pregnancy

35 Maternal biological, biomechanical, and biochemical changes in pregnancy36 Maternal nutrition; Part X: Maternal Diseases Complicating Pregnancy; 37 Trauma, shock, and critical care obstetrics; 38 Hypertensive diseases in pregnancy; 39 Cardiac diseases in pregnancy; 40 Maternal pulmonary disorders complicating pregnancy; 41 Diabetes mellitus in pregnancy; 42 Endocrine disorders in pregnancy; 43 Gastrointestinal diseases complicating pregnancy; 44 Liver disease in pregnancy; 45 Pregnancy complicated by renal disorders; 46 Neurological disorders in pregnancy

47 Thromboembolic disorders of pregnancy

Sommario/riassunto

Highly Commended in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology category at the British Medical Association Book Awards 2008 The third edition of Clinical Obstetrics - The Fetus and Mother is unique in that it gives in-depth attention to the two patients - fetus and mother, giving special coverage to each patient. Clinical Obstetrics - The Fetus and Mother covers the biology, pathology, and clinical management of disorders affecting the fetus and the mother with illustrations highlighting essential diagnostic features and treatment procedures. The book has been extensively revise