Description
This issue Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics examines Medical Complications in Pregnancy. Guest Editor Dr. Judith Hibbard has assembled a panel of experts who offer reviews on topics including Preeclampsia, Chronic hypertension, Peripartum cardiomyopathy, Valvular heart disease in pregnancy, Pregestational diabetes, Asthma management, Management of renal disease, Renal transplant recipients and pregnancy, Sickle disease and pregnancy, Thyroid disease, Update on gestational diabetes, Pregnancy after gastric bypass, Thromboprophylaxis in obstetrics, Cholestasis of pregnancy, and Hepatitis: screening and management.
Chapter
CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING
Chapter 2. Asthma in Pregnancy: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management
PHYSIOLOGIC CHANGES OF RESPIRATORY FUNCTION IN PREGNANCY
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF ASTHMA
CLASSIFICATION OF ASTHMA SEVERITY AND CONTROL
Chapter 3. Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Disease in Pregnancy
THYROID PHYSIOLOGY IN PREGNANCY
HYPOTHYROIDISM AND PREGNANCY
HYPERTHYROIDISM IN PREGNANCY
THYROID CANCER IN PREGNANCY
Chapter 4. Management of Renal Disease in Pregnancy
RENAL ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY IN PREGNANCY
KIDNEY DISEASE IN PREGNANCY
THERAPY FOR END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE DURING PREGNANCY
Chapter 5. Pregnancy in the Renal Transplant Recipient
HYPERTENSION AND ITS MANAGEMENT DURING PREGNANCY
RECOGNIZING KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION
Chapter 6. Sickle Cell Disease in Pregnancy
SICKLE CELL DISEASE: GENETICS, EPIDEMIOLOGY, AND PREGNANCY
PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED COMPLICATIONS IN SICKLE CELL DISEASE
PREGNANCY MANAGEMENT IN SICKLE CELL DISORDERS
Chapter 7. Abnormal Placentation, Angiogenic Factors, and the Pathogenesis of Preeclampsia
CLINICAL FEATURES, MANAGEMENT AND COMPLICATIONS OF PE
CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR ANGIOGENESIS RESEARCH
Chapter 8. Update on Gestational Diabetes
GLUCOSE METABOLISM AND GESTATIONAL DIABETES
ANTENATAL AND INTRAPARTUM MANAGEMENT
Chapter 9. Cholestasis of Pregnancy
Chapter 10. Update on Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
CAUSE OF PROPOSED PATHOGENIC MECHANISMS
CYTOKINE-MEDIATED INFLAMMATION
HEMODYNAMIC STRESS OF PREGNANCY
INCREASED MYOCYTE APOPTOSIS
EXCESSIVE PROLACTIN PRODUCTION
MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE
Chapter 11. Pregnancy After Bariatric Surgery
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES AFTER BARIATRIC SURGERY
PREGNANCY AFTER BARIATRIC SURGERY
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CARE DURING PREGNANCY
LIMITATIONS OF THE CURRENT LITERATURE
Chapter 12. Selected Viral Infections in Pregnancy
CLINICAL PRESENTATION/MATERNAL-FETAL TRANSMISSION
Chapter 13. Thromboprophylaxis in Pregnancy: Who and How?
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND RISK FACTORS
ACQUIRED AND HERITABLE THROMBOPHILIAS
THE ROLE OF THROMBOPHILIA TESTING
Chapter 14. Ethical Issues in Obstetrics
ETHICAL DIMENSIONS UNIQUE TO OBSTETRICS AND PERINATAL MEDICINE
ETHICAL FRAMEWORK: THE FOUR BASIC PRINCIPLES
THE CONCEPT OF THE FETUS AS A PATIENT
MATERNAL DECISION MAKING AND THE MATERNAL FETAL CONFLICT
SURROGATE DECISION MAKING
RETHINKING ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN SCREENING AND PREDICTION OF PREECLAMPSIA