The new, 5 th Edition of this "gold standard reference" continues to provide the most comprehensive coverage of all of the basic and clinical sciences in maternal-fetal medicine. From genetics and genetic testing...through fetal and placental growth and development...to fetal evaluation, this reference describes the diagnosis and management of every significant clinical entity involving the mother, the fetus, or both.

What's New

. Covers hot topics such as statistical considerations in perinatal medicine screening and diagnosis of congenital

disorders antenatal assessment of fetal status assessment and induction of fetal pulmonary maturity thrombophylic disorders and the management of depression and psychoses during pregnancy and the puerperium.
. Offers completely revised and updated coverage from cover to cover.

Includes fresh perspectives from a wealth of new expert contributors and a new associate editor.

Contents

Part I SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF PERINATAL BIOLOGY
1. Basic Genetics and Patterns of Inheritance
2. Normal Early Development
3. Amniotic Fluid Dynamics
4. Multiple Gestation: The Biology of Twinning
5. Biology and Physiology of the Reproductive Tract and Control of Myometrial Contraction
6. Biology of Parturition
7. The Immunology of Pregnancy
8. Maternal Cardiovascular and Renal Adaptation to Pregnancy
9. Endocrinology of Pregnancy
10. The Breast and the Physiology of Lactation
11. Maternal Nutrition
12. The Puerperium
13. Fetal Cardiovascular Physiology
14. Fetal Breathing and Body Movements
15. Placental Respiratory Gas Exchange and Fetal Oxygenation
16. Fetal Lund Development
17. Statistical Considerations in Perinatal Medicine

Part II FETAL DISORDERS: DX AND THERAPY
18. Screening and DX of Congenital Disorders
19. Effects of Therapeutic, Diagnostic, and Environmental Agents and Social and Illicit Drug Exposure
20. Ultrasound Evaluation of Fetal Anatomy and Growth
21. Antenatal Assessment of Fetal Status
22. Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance
23. Fetal Acid-Base Balance
24. Significance of Amniotic Fluid Meconium
25. Assessment and Induction of Fetal Pulmonary Maturity
26. Fetal Cardiac Arrhythmias: Diagnosis and Therapy
27. Fetal Therapy: Medical And Surgical Approaches
28. Intrauterine Growth Restriction
29. Multiple Gestation: Clinical Characteristics and Management
30. Hemolytic Disease
31. Nonimmune Hydrops

Part III MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS
32. Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
33. Cervical Incompetence
34. Preterm Labor and Delivery
35. Post-Term Pregnancy
36. Clinical Aspects of Normal and Abnormal Labor
37. Placenta Previa and Abruptio Placenta
38. Premature Rupture of the Membranes
39. Maternal and Fetal Infectious Disorders
40. Human Immunodeficiency Virus
41. Cardiac Diseases
42. Thromboembolic Disease
43. Pregnancy-Related Hypertension
44. Renal Disorders
45. Intensive Care Monitoring of the Critically Ill Pregnant Patient
46. Pulmonary Disorders
47. Maternal Hematologic Disorders
48. Thrombophylic Disorders
49. Diabetes in Pregnancy
50. Thyroid Disease and Pregnancy
51. Other Endocrine Disorders of Pregnancy
52. Gastrointestinal disease in Pregnancy
53. Disease of the Liver, Biliary System and Pancreas
54. Rheumatologic and Connective Tissue Disorders
55. Neurologic Disorders
56. Management of Depression and Psychoses During Pregnancy and the Puerperium
57. The Skin and Pregnancy
58. Cancer in Pregnancy
59. Anesthetic Considerations for Complicated Pregnancies

Part IV The Neonate
60. Identification and Management of Problems in the High-Risk Neonate
61. Cerebral Palsy