Full Description
This is a comprehensive, one-stop online book relating to all areas of pregnancy and birth. The second edition of this easily searchable guide is edited by eminent experts in the field and includes new contributions from international authors. It will be an ideal reference for Maternal-Fetal Specialists and Generalists wanting an authoritative answer on any point.
Key features:
Grouped in to six topics (modules) for convenience
Electronic search facility across all chapters
Approximately 700,000 words of text, 7000 references, 300 figures (including 100 in full colour), and 200 tables available to search
Key topics:
All common pregnancy and birth related problems such as diabetes and pregnancy
Many rarer complications such as protozoan infections
Fetal assessment, which is absolutely central to MFM practice
Medico-legal aspects
Sickle cell disease a major problem for patients of African descent
New chapters include:
Recurrent early pregnancy losses
Invasive hemodynamic monitoring
Chronic and acute hypertension
Neurological disorders
Maternal obesity
Assessment of fetal genetic disorders
First and second trimester screening
