232 Pages 41 Color & 34 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

This new edition of an acclaimed text reviews the evidence for best practice in Maternal-Fetal and Obstetric Medicine, to present the reader with the right information, with appropriate use of proven interventions and avoidance of ineffectual or harmful ones. The information is presented in the right format by summarizing evidence succinctly and clearly in tables and algorithms. The aim is to... Read more

List of Contributors

Abbreviations

Introduction

How to “Read” This Book

1 Fetal Monitoring

Nora Graham

2 Sonographic Assessment of Amniotic Fluid: Oligohydramnios and Polyhydramnios

Ariel T Levy, Alessandro Petrecca, and Ilaria Paladino

3 Multifetal Gestations

Edward J. Hayes and Michelle R. Hayes

4 Fetal Growth Restriction

Juliana Gevaerd Martins, Hoang Yen Nguyen, and Alfred Abuhamad

 5 Fetal Macrosomia or Large for Gestational Age

Sophie Green

 6 Cytomegalovirus

Timothy J Rafael

 7 Toxoplasmosis

Estefania D. Rivera Mudafort and Elizabeth A. Morgan

 8 Parvovirus

Medina Mishiyeva and Timothy J. Rafael

 9 Herpes

Timothy J. Rafael and Rachel P. Gerber

 10 Varicella

Dana M. Clark and Timothy J. Rafael

 11 Fetal and Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia

Leen Al-Hafez

 12 Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn (HDFN)

Pedro Argoti, Ana M. Angarita, and Giancarlo Mari

 13 Nonimmune Hydrops Fetalis

Chelsea A. DeBolt, Mary E. Norton, and Joanne Stone

 14 Fetal Death

Emily A. Oliver and Uma M. Reddy

 15 Central Nervous System Anomalies

Daniele Di Mascio and Julie S. Moldenhauer

 16 Chest Anomalies

Federica Bellusi, Benedetta Bina, and Juliana Gebb

 17 Fetal Cardiac Arrhythmias

Victoria Adewale, Luca Luzi, and Shubhika Srivastava

 18 Gastrointestinal Anomalies

Alireza A. Shamshiraz and Guilia Bonanni

 19 Fetal Genitourinary Anomalies

Illaria Paladini and Shelly Soni

 Index

Biography

Vincenzo Berghella MD   Professor and Director, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA

 A Dhanya Mackeen MD, MPH      Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Jersey Shore, PA, USA

 Alexis C Gimovsky MD   Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

 Corina N Schoen MD       Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, UMass Chan Medical School – Baystate and Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, USA

 Federica Bellussi MD       Attending Obstetrician, Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment and Special Delivery Unit, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA, USA

 Johanna Quist-Nelson MD            Associate Professor, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Medical Director, Maternal Fetal Medicine Raleigh, and Medical Director, Women's Heart and Heath Clinic, UNC School of Medicine, Raleigh, NC, USA