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Williams obstetrics

SECTION I: OVERVIEW: Obstetrics in broad perspective -- SECTION II: ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY: Maternal anatomy -- Implantation embryogenesis, and placental development -- Fetal growth and development -- Maternal physiology -- Parturition -- SECTION III: ANTEPARTUM: Preconceptional counseling -- Prenatal care -- Abortion -- Ectopic pregnancy -- Gestational trophoblastic disease -- Genetics -- Prenatal diagnosis and fetal therapy -- Teratology, drugs, and other medications -- Antepartum assessment -- Ultrasonography and doppler -- SECTION IV: LABOR AND DELIVERY: Normal labor and delivery -- Intrapartum assessment -- Obstetrical anesthesia -- Dystocia: abnormal labor -- Disorders of amnionic fluid volume -- Induction of labor -- Forceps delivery an vacuum extraction -- Breech presentation and delivery -- Caesarean delivery and peripartum hysterectomy -- Prior Caesarean delivery -- Abnormalities of the placenta, umbilical cord, and membranes -- SECTION V: FETUS AND NEWBORN: The newborn infant -- Diseases and injuries of the fetus and newborn -- SECTION VI: THE PUERPERIUM: The puerperium -- Puerperal infection -- Contraception -- Sterilization -- SECTION VII: OBSTETRICAL COMPLICATIONS: Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy -- Obstetrical hemorrhage -- Preterm birth -- Postterm pregnancy -- Fetal growth disorders -- Multifetal gestation -- Abnormalities of the reproductive tract -- SECTION VIII: MEDICAL AND SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS: General considerations and maternal evaluation -- Critical care and trauma -- Obesity -- Cardiovascular disease -- Chronic hypertension -- Pulmonary disorders -- Thromboembolic disorders -- Renal and urinary tract disorders -- Gastrointestinal disorders -- Hepatic, biliary tract, and pancreatic disorders -- Hematological disorders -- Diabetes -- Thyroid and other endocrine disorders -- Connective tissue disorders -- Neurological and psychiatric disorders -- Dermatological disorders -- Neoplastic diseases -- Infection -- Sexually transmitted diseases

eBook, English, ©2005
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