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Record Nr.

UNISA996205540303316

Titolo

Protocols for high-risk pregnancies / / edited by John T. Queenan, John C. Hobbins, Catherine Y. Spong

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Massachusetts : , : Blackwell Publishing, , 2005

©2005

ISBN

1-280-74824-9

9786610748242

1-4443-1290-1

1-4051-7320-3

Edizione

[4th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (756 p.)

Disciplina

618.3

Soggetti

Pregnancy - Complications

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 at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

List of contributors; Preface; 1. Alcohol; 2. Developmental toxicology and teratology; 3. Occupational hazards; 4. Smoking; 5. Ionizing radiation; 6. Microwaves and ultrasound; 7. Exercise—risks and benefits; 8. Routine antenatal laboratory tests and specific screening tests; 9. Assessment of gestational age; 10. Second trimester biochemical screening for neural tube defects and aneuploidy; 11. Sonographic and first trimester detection of aneuploidy; 12. Indices of maturity; 13. Clinical use of Doppler; 14. Fetal echocardiography; 15. Fetal biophysical profile; 16. Chorionic villus sampling

17. Genetic amniocentesis18. Third trimester amniocentesis; 19. Fetal blood sampling; 20. Fetal reduction; 21. Intrauterine transfusion; 22. External cephalic version; 23. Induction of labor; 24. Amnioinfusion: indications and techniques; 25. Sickle cell disease; 26. Isoimmune thrombocytopenia; 27. Autoimmune disease; 28. Cardiac disease; 29. Peripartum cardiomyopathy; 30. Thromboembolism; 31. Renal disease; 32. Obesity; 33. Ges

Sommario/riassunto

Pregnancies compromised by disease, trauma, substance abuse, and other factors are not uncommon. They clearly demand special attention



from the obstetrician, obstetric nurse, primary care physician and others. Through three successful editions, Queenan has provided these audiences with a concise yet complete guide to managing pregnant patients and fetuses at risk. For the fourth edition, Dr Queenan has replaced up to a third of the 96 contributors to get some ''new blood'' into the book. He has invited more contributions from European authors in order to better cater to an international reader