Protocols for High-Risk Pregnancies: An Evidence-Based Approach, Fifth Edition (Repost)

Experience and evidence fused for best-practice management of high-risk pregnancies High-risk pregnancies present life-threatening challenges to two of your patients: the mother and her fetus. The direct, exemplary guidance in Protocols for High-Risk Pregnancy enables you to: better understand your patients' conditions devise optimum management strategies maximize the outcome and minimize the complications for both the mother and her fetus To enhance clinical relevance, each protocol is written as if the patient were present. Evidence to support an intervention is given where it exists. The authors' experience provides additional wise counsel. Key references provide the springboard for a deeper understanding of a topic.  All protocols have been updated. New protocols follow the successful formula of previous editions. Watch an interview with Dr John T. Queenan and Dr Catherine Y. Spong here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdgqNUOtnk4Content: Chapter 1 Developmental Toxicology and Teratology (pages 1–9): James W. HansonChapter 2 Tobacco, Alcohol and the Environment (pages 10–20): Jorge E. Tolosa and George SaadeChapter 3 Ionizing Radiation (pages 21–32): Robert L. BrentChapter 4 Exercise during Pregnancy: Risks and Benefits (pages 33–40): James F. ClappChapter 5 Routine and Prenatal Screening (pages 41–52): Lawrence D. PlattChapter 6 Sonographic Screening for Fetal Anomalies (pages 53–59): John C. HobbinsChapter 7 Sonographic Detection of Aneuploidy (pages 60–73): Fergal D. MaloneChapter 8 Fetal Echocardiography (pages 74–79): Joshua A. Copel and Charles S. KleinmanChapter 9 Clinical Use of Doppler (pages 80–91): Henry L. GalanChapter 10 Antepartum Testing (pages 92–98): Michael P. NageotteChapter 11 Indices of Maturity (pages 99–106): Anna LocatelliChapter 12 Invasive Fetal Testing: Chorionic Villus Sampling and Amniocentesis (pages 107–116): Katharine D. WenstromChapter 13 Third Trimester Amniocentesis (pages 117–121): Nancy ChescheirChapter 14 Fetal Blood Sampling and Transfusion (pages 122–128): Alessandro GhidiniChapter 15 Fetal Reduction (pages 129–133): Mark I. EvansChapter 16 External Cephalic Version: Singleton Fetus (pages 134–139): Gary D. V. HankinsChapter 17 Induction of Labor (pages 140–147): Deborah A. WingChapter 18 Maternal Anemia (pages 149–157): Alessandro GhidiniChapter 19 Sickle Cell Disease and other Hemoglobinopathies (pages 158–164): John C. Morrison and Marc R. ParrishChapter 20 Isoimmune Thrombocytopenia (pages 165–170): Sreedhar Gaddipati and Richard L. BerkowitzChapter 21 Autoimmune Disease (pages 171–184): Charles J. LockwoodChapter 22 Acquired and Inherited Thrombophilias (pages 185–194): Charles Lockwood and Erika WernerChapter 23 Cardiac Disease (pages 195–205): Katharine D. WenstromChapter 24 Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (pages 206–209): F. Gary CunninghamChapter 25 Thromboembolism (pages 210–215): Alan PeacemanChapter 26 Renal Disease (pages 216–222): Susan RaminChapter 27 Obesity (pages 223–227): Patrick CatalanoChapter 28 Diabetes Mellitus (pages 228–236): Mark B. Landon and Steven G. GabbeChapter 29 Hyperthyroidism and Hypothyroidism in Pregnancy (pages 237–242): Brian M. CaseyChapter 30 Acute and Chronic Hepatitis (pages 243–249): Patrick DuffChapter 31 Asthma (pages 250–257): Michael SchatzChapter 32 Epilepsy (pages 258–263): Neil K. KochenourChapter 33 Chronic Hypertension (pages 264–272): Baha M. SibaiChapter 34 Immunizations (pages 273–285): Stanley A. GallChapter 35 Cytomegalovirus, Genital Herpes, Rubella, Syphilis and Toxoplasmosis (pages 286–295): George D. WendelChapter 36 Influenza, West Nile Virus, Varicella?Zoster and Tuberculosis (pages 296–306): Jeanne S. SheffieldChapter 37 Malaria in Pregnancy (pages 307–312): Richard M. K. AdanuChapter 38 Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Pregnancy (pages 313–327): Howard MinkoffChapter 39 Parvovirus B19 Infection (pages 328–333): Maureen P. MaleeChapter 40 Group B Streptococcus (pages 334–339): Mara J. DinsmoorChapter 41 Urinary Tract Infections (pages 340–343): F. Gary CunninghamChapter 42 Acute Abdominal Pain Due to Non?Obstetric Causes (pages 344–352): Fred M. HowardChapter 43 Gallbladder, Fatty Liver and Pancreatic Disease (pages 353–360): Jeffrey R. JohnsonChapter 44 Mastitis (pages 361–365): Wendy F. HansenChapter 45 First Trimester Vaginal Bleeding (pages 367–372): Marsha WheelerChapter 46 Cervical Insufficiency (pages 373–382): John OwenChapter 47 Nausea and Vomiting (pages 383–390): Gayle OlsonChapter 48 Missed Abortion and Antepartum Fetal Death (pages 391–398): Robert M. SilverChapter 49 Abnormal Amniotic Fluid Volume (pages 399–413): Thomas R. MooreChapter 50 Preeclampsia (pages 414–423): Baha M. SibaiChapter 51 Fetal Growth Restriction (pages 424–431): Ray Bahado SinghChapter 52 Rh and Other Blood Group Alloimmunizations (pages 432–441): Kenneth J. MoiseChapter 53 Preterm Labor (pages 442–447): Vincenzo BerghellaChapter 54 Premature Rupture of the Membranes (pages 448–460): Brian MercerChapter 55 Prevention of Cerebral Palsy (pages 461–465): Dwight RouseChapter 56 Cooling for Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (pages 466–471): Rosemary D. HigginsChapter 57 Amnionitis (pages 472–477): George A. Macones and Sindhu K. SrinivasChapter 58 Third Trimester Bleeding (pages 478–484): Yinka OyeleseChapter 59 Amniotic Fluid Embolus (pages 485–487): Robert ResnikChapter 60 Maternal Transport (pages 489–499): Jean Rex and Jerome YankowitzChapter 61 Intrapartum Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring (pages 500–504): Roger K. FreemanChapter 62 Abnormal Labor (pages 505–508): Alan PeacemanChapter 63 Breech Delivery (pages 509–512): Martin L. GimovskyChapter 64 Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (pages 513–519): James R. ScottChapter 65 Placenta Accreta (pages 520–528): Robert M. SilverChapter 66 Shoulder Dystocia (pages 529–534): Robert GhermanChapter 67 Twins, Triplets and Beyond (pages 535–544): Mary E. D'Alton and Karin M. FuchsChapter 68 Postpartum Hemorrhage (pages 545–557): Gary S. EglintonChapter 69 Vaginal and Vulvar Hematoma (pages 558–560): Robert Resnik