Manual of obstetrics / editors: Arthur T. Evans, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, Emily DeFranco, DO, MS, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Obstetric Care : -- 1. Prenatal Care / Elizabeth Kelly -- 2. Normal Labor / Jodi Regan and Cathy Van Hook -- 3. Obstetric Anesthesia / Regina Fragneto -- 4. Puerperium / Amy Thompson -- 5. Contraception, Sterilization, and Abortion / H. Trent Mackay -- Part II. Obstetric Complications : -- 6. Pregnancy Loss and Spontaneous Abortion / Charles C. Coddington, III -- 7. Ectopic Pregnancy / Kathleen McIntyre-Seltman -- 8. Preterm Labor, Premature Rupture of Membranes, / and Cervical Insufficiency -- 9. Third-Trimester Bleeding / Loralei Thornburg and Ruth Anne Queenan -- 10. Abnormal Labor / Cynthia Bean -- 11. Preeclampsia / John R. Barton -- Part III. Maternal Complications : -- 12. Cardiovascular Disease and Chronic Hypertension / Samuel Parry -- 13. Renal Complications / Kimberly W. Hickey and Joseph V. Collea -- 14. Respiratory Complications / Julian N. Robinson -- 15. Hepatobiliary Complications / R. Moss Hampton -- 16. Gastrointestinal Complications / David F. Lewis -- 17. Endocrine Disorders: Diabetes / Margarita de Veciana, Arthur T. Evans, and Nancy C. Lintner -- 18. Endocrine Disorders: Thyroid, Parathyroid, Adrenal, and Pituitary Disease / Amy Valent and David D'Alessio -- 19. Hematologic Complications / Tondra Newman and David Colombo -- 20. Immunologic Complications / Donna D. Johnson and Jill Mauldin -- 21. Vascular Complications / Wendy F. Hansen and Samantha Mast -- 22. Thromboembolic Disorders / Christian A. Chisholm and James E. Ferguson II -- 23. Infectious Complications / Bonnie J. Dattel -- 24. Neurologic Complications / Jennifer Cavitt and Reena Shah -- 25. Dermatologic Complications / David M. Pariser -- 26. Substance Abuse / James VanHook -- 27. Gynecologic Complications / Kellie Flood-Shaffer -- 28. Surgical Problems and Trauma / Hope M. Cottrill and Susan C. Modesitt -- Part IV. Fetal Assessment : -- 29. Genetics, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Risk Assessment / Selman I. Welt -- 30. Teratogens and Birth Defects / Bill Atkinson -- 31. Obstetric Ultrasound / Alfred Z. Abuhamad and Eliza Berkley -- 32. Fetal Monitoring and Testing / Kathleen M. Berkowitz and Michael P. Nageotte -- Part V. Fetal Complications : -- 33. Fetal Growth Abnormalities / Carri Warshak and Todd Fontenot -- 34. Multiple Gestations / John D. Yeast -- 35. Isoimmunization / James T. Christmas -- 36. Disease of the Placenta / Ray Redline -- 37. Fetal Therapy / Ronald Jaekle and Foong Yen Lim -- Part VI. Neonatal Care : -- 38. Neonatal Resuscitation / Edward Karotkin and Glen A. Green -- 39. Neonatal Complications / Jamil H. Khan and Edward Karotkin.

This edition skillfully addresses the care, assessment, and complications, as well as other emerging issues handled daily by obstetric providers.

"Easily manage the care, assessments and complications of your pregnant patients, in addition to the newly classified individual fetal patients. The updated and revised eighth edition of the popular Manual of Obstetrics skillfully addresses the care, assessment, and complications, as well as other emerging issues handled daily by obstetric providers. Top-rated among obstetrics manuals, this practical, authoritative text is both an excellent desk reference and on-the-spot guide. Essential data and commentary are provided on all the major areas of obstetric care, obstetric complications, maternal complications, fetal assessment, fetal complications, and neonatal care. This edition also includes new information on fetal intervention issues and on endocrine disorders. A new chapter on Fetal Therapy addresses the rising consensus that the fetus should be considered an individual patient"--Publisher's website.

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