Maternal-fetal medicine / editors, Robert K. Creasy, Robert Resnik, Jay D. Iams.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part I: Scientific basis of perinatal biology
Chapter. 1. Basic Genetics and Patterns of Inheritance / Bruce A. Hamilton and Anthony Wynshaw-Boris
Chapter. 2. Normal Early Development / Kurt Benirschke
Chapter. 3. Amniotic Fluid Dynamics / Robert A. Brace
Chapter. 4. Multiple Gestation: The Biology of Twinning / Kurt Benirschke
Chapter. 5. Biology and Physiology of the Reproductive Tract and Control of Myometrial Contraction / Manju Monga and Barbara M. Sanborn
Chapter. 6. Characteristics of Parturition / John R. G. Challis and Stephen J. Lye
Chapter. 7. The Immunology of Pregnancy / Robert M. Silver, Morgan R. Peltier and D. Ware Branch
Chapter. 8. Maternal Cardiovascular and Renal Adaptation to Pregnancy / Manju Monga
Chapter. 9. Endocrinology of Pregnancy / James H. Liu
Chapter. 10. The Breast and the Physiology of Lactation / Robert M. Lawrence and Ruth A. Lawrence
Chapter. 11. Maternal Nutrition / Barbara Abrams, Dzovag Minassian and Kate E. Pickett
Chapter. 12. The Puerperium / Robert Resnik
Chapter. 13. Fetal Cardiovascular Physiology / Jeffrey R. Fineman, Ronald Clyman and Michael A. Heymann
Chapter. 14. Fetal Breathing and Body Movements / Bryan S. Richardson and Robert Gagnon
Chapter. 15. Placental Respiratory Gas Exchange and Fetal Oxygenation / Giacomo Meschia
Chapter. 16. Fetal Lung Development / Alan H. Jobe
Chapter. 17. Evidence-Based Practice in Perinatal Medicine / George A. Macones

Part II: Fetal disorders: diagnosis and therapy
Chapter. 18. Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Disorders / Thomas M. Jenkins and Ronald J. Wapner
Chapter. 19. Effects of Therapeutic, Diagnostic, and Environmental Agents and Exposure to Social and Illicit Drugs / Robert L. Andres
Chapter. 20. General Principles and Applications of Ultrasonography / Frank A. Manning
Chapter. 21. Assessment of Fetal Health / Christopher R. Harman
Chapter. 22. Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance / Julian T. Parer and Michael P. Nageotte
Chapter. 23. Fetal Acid-Base Balance / Larry C. Gilstrap III
Chapter. 24. Significance of Amniotic Fluid Meconium / J. Christopher Glantz and James R. Woods, Jr.
Chapter. 25. Assessment and Induction of Fetal Pulmonary Maturity / Brian M. Mercer
Chapter. 26. Fetal Cardiac Arrhythmias: Diagnosis and Therapy / Charles S. Kleinman, Rodrigo Nehgme and Joshua A. Copel
Chapter. 27. Fetal Therapy: Medical and Surgical Approaches / Alan W. Flake
Chapter. 28. Intrauterine Growth Restriction / Robert Resnik and Robert K. Creasy
Chapter. 29. Multiple Gestation: Clinical Characteristics and Management / Fergal D. Malone and Mary E. D'Alton
Chapter. 30. Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn / Kenneth J. Moise, Jr.
Chapter. 31. Nonimmune Hydrops / Isabelle Wilkins

Part III: Maternal complications
Chapter. 32. Recurrent Pregnancy Loss / Joseph A. Hill
Chapter. 33. Abnormal Cervical Competence / Jay D. Iams
Chapter. 34. Preterm Labor and Delivery / Jay D. Iams and Robert K. Creasy
Chapter. 35. Post-term Pregnancy / Jamie L. Resnik and Robert Resnik
Chapter. 36. Clinical Aspects of Normal and Abnormal Labor / Watson A. Bowes, Jr. and John M. Thorp, Jr.
Chapter. 37. Placenta Previa and Abruptio Placentae / Steven L. Clark
Chapter. 38. Premature Rupture of the Membranes / Thomas J. Garite
Chapter. 39. Maternal and Fetal Infectious Disorders / Ronald S. Gibbs, Richard L. Sweet and W. Patrick Duff
Chapter. 40. Human Immunodeficiency Virus / Howard L. Minkoff
Chapter. 41. Cardiac Diseases / Daniel G. Blanchard and Ralph Shabetai
Chapter. 42. Thromboembolic Disease / Russell K. Laros, Jr.
Chapter. 43. Pregnancy-Related Hypertension / James M. Roberts
Chapter. 44. Renal Disorders / John M. Davison and Marshall D. Lindheimer
Chapter. 45. Intensive Care Monitoring of the Critically Ill Pregnant Patient / Bernard Gonik and Michael Raymond Foley
Chapter. 46. Respiratory Diseases in Pregnancy / Janice E. Whitty and Mitchell P. Dombrowski
Chapter. 47. Maternal Hematologic Disorders / Sarah J. Kilpatrick and Russell K. Laros, Jr.
Chapter. 48. Thrombophilias in Pregnancy / Charles J. Lockwood and Robert M. Silver
Chapter. 49. Diabetes in Pregnancy / Thomas R. Moore
Chapter. 50. Thyroid Disease and Pregnancy / Shahla Nader
Chapter. 51. Other Endocrine Disorders of Pregnancy / Shahla Nader
Chapter. 52. Gastrointestinal Disease in Pregnancy / Larry D. Scott and Emad Abu-Hamda
Chapter. 53. Diseases of the Liver, Biliary System, and Pancreas / Mark B. Landon
Chapter. 54. Rheumatologic and Connective Tissue Disorders / Gary D. V. Hankins and Victor R. Suarez
Chapter. 55. Neurologic Disorders / Michael J. Aminoff
Chapter. 56. Management of Depression and Psychoses during Pregnancy and the Puerperium / Barbara L. Parry
Chapter. 57. The Skin and Pregnancy / Ronald P. Rapini
Chapter. 58. Pelvic Malignancies, Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia, and Nonpelvic Malignancies / Michael L. Berman, Philip J. Di Saia and Krishnansu S. Tewari
Chapter. 59. Anesthetic Considerations for Complicated Pregnancies / Laurence S. Reisner and Krzysztof M. Kuczkowski

Part IV: The neonate
Chapter. 60. Identification and Management of Problems in the High-Risk Neonate / Avroy A. Fanaroff, Richard J. Martin and Ricardo J. Rodriguez
Chapter. 61. Cerebral Palsy / Robert L. Goldenberg.