Obstetrics: Normal & Problem Pregnancies

ISBN-10: 0443076901
ISBN-13: 9780443076909
Series: Obstetrics
Pages: 1348
Language: English
Published: 1996
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Authors: Steven G. Gabbe, George J. Annas

Description

-- A leader in the field!
-- Features leading contributors from the fields of maternal-fetal medicine, anesthesiology, neonatology, internal medicine, dermatology, genetics, and ethics, providing a real-life, interdisciplinary perspective.
-- New chapters on fetal surgery and fetal therapeutic interventions, plus new discussions of follow-up to intrauterine birth restriction and the Barker hypothesis.

Up-to-date and authoritative, this new 4th Edition provides easy access to vital information on current diagnoses, therapy, and management of the obstetric patient. It provides the reader with a firm foundation of knowledge in anatomy, embryology, physiology, pathology, genetics, and teratology -- all essential to successful practice in this fast-changing field. Reflecting significant improvements in antepartum and intrapartum fetal monitoring, diagnostic ultrasound, and prenatal genetic diagnosis, it thoroughly covers the problems encountered in clinical practice, as well as high-risk obstetrics.
-- New appendix of anatomy illustrations, for faster access to this material.
-- Expanded discussions of physiology and initiation of labor, surgical procedures in pregnancy, asthma management, and diabetes mellitus.
-- Expanded coverage of the routine use of ultrasound in obstetric care and the use of Doppler for fetal assessment.
-- Progresses from the "essentials" of obstetric practice to frequently encountered problems to high-risk obstetrics.
-- Provides current information on anatomy, embryology, physiology, pathology, genetics, and teratology.
-- Discusses recent improvements in antepartum and intrapartum fetal monitoring, diagnostic ultrasound, and prenatalgenetic diagnosis.
-- Also available separately: Gabbe "Pocket Companion, " a portable version of the core text.