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Early fetal development and the environment -- Reproductive genetics -- Basic genetics and patterns of inheritance -- Prenatal diagnosis of genetic disorders -- Placenta -- Gamete transport, fertilization and implantation -- Normal development -- Amniotic fluid dynamics -- Immunology of pregnancy -- Gestational changes of the reproductive tract and breasts -- Anatomic alterations in the reproductive tract -- Physiology of the myometrium -- Puerperium -- Breast and the physiology of lactation -- Environmental influences on fetal development -- Maternal nutrition -- Effects of therapeutic, diagnostic, and environmental agents -- Social and illicit drug use in pregnancy -- Fetal diagnostic and treatment modalities -- Ultrasound in perinatal medicine -- General principles and applications of ultrasonography -- Prenatal diagnosis of structural heart disease -- Doppler ultrasound assessment of blood flow -- Measurement of fetal activity -- Fetal breathing and body movements -- Biophysical evaluation of fetal status -- Fetal cardiovascular physiology. |
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(cont) Placental respiratory gas exchange and fetal oxygenation -- Fetal heart rate -- Fetal cardiac arrhythmias: diagnosis and therapy -- Fetal biophysical assessment by ultrasound -- Acid-base physiology in the fetus -- Fetal acid-base balance -- Fetal blood sampling -- Fetal therapy: medical and surgical approaches -- Endocrine and other evaluations of the fetal environment -- Endocrinology of pregnancy -- Significance of amniotic fluid meconium -- Evaluation of fetal lung maturity -- Fetal lung development: tests for maturation, induction of maturation and treatment -- Maternal and fetal pathophysiology -- Pregnancy wastage -- Recurrent abortion -- Cervical incompetence -- Immunologic disorders -- Disorders of parturition -- Characteristics of parturition -- Preterm labor and delivery -- Post-term pregnancy -- Normal and abnormal labor -- Clinical aspects of normal and abnormal labor -- Fetal growth -- Intrauterine growth restriction -- Multiple gestation -- Incidence, etiology, and inheritance -- Multiple gestation: clinical characteristics and management. |
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(cont) Placental abnormalities -- Placenta previa and abruptio placentae -- Disorders of amniotic fluid -- Premature rupture of the membranes -- Maternal and fetal infections -- Clinical disorders -- Human immunodeficiency virus -- Maternal blood group immunization -- Hemolytic disease (erythroblastosis fetalis) -- Nonimmune hydrops -- Maternal disorders -- Cardiovascular and renal adaptation to pregnancy -- Cardiac diseases -- Thromboembolic disease -- Pregnancy-related hypertension -- Renal disorders -- Intensive cardiac monitoring of the critically ill pregnant patient -- Pulmonary disorders -- Maternal hematologic disorders -- Diabetes in pregnancy -- Thyroid disease and pregnancy -- Other endocrine disorders of pregnancy -- Gastrointestinal disease in pregnancy -- Diseases of liver, biliary system and pancreas -- Rheumatologic and connective tissue disorders -- Neurologic disorders -- Skin and pregnancy -- Pelvic malignancies, gestational trophoblastic neoplasia and nonpelvic malignancies -- Neonatal problems -- Identification and management of high-risk problems in the neonate. |
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(cont) Anesthetic considerations in the complicated obstetric patient. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 92048215 |
| ISBN | 072166590X : |
