DESCRIPTION:
Understand the rapidly growing complexities of Obstetric Hematology and high-risk pregnancy management, with experts in the field. Now in its second edition, this comprehensive and essential guide focuses on providing the best support for patients and clinical staff, to prevent serious complications in pregnancy and the post-partum period for both mother and baby. Wide-ranging and detailed, the guide offers discussions on basic principles of best care, through to tackling lesser-known hematological conditions, such as cytopenias and haemoglobinopathies. Updated with color illustrations, cutting-edge research, accurate blood film reproductions, and practical case studies, the revised edition places invaluable advice into everyday context. This unique resource is essential reading for trainees and practitioners in obstetrics, anesthesia, and hematology, as well as midwives, nurses, and laboratory staff. Clarifying difficult procedures for disease prevention, the guide ensures safety when the stakes are high. Reflecting current evidence-based guidelines, the updated volume is key to improving pregnancy outcomes worldwide.

- Fully updated to reflect the latest guidelines for examination and management of the conditions discussed
- Practical case scenarios at the end of chapters help readers to clearly see how the information applies to clinical practice assisting personal patient interactions
- New edition features many more illustrations, including color reproductions of blood-films

CONTENTS:
Section 1. Physiological Changes in Pregnancy:
1. Normal cellular changes during pregnancy & the puerperium
2. Normal coagulation changes during pregnancy
Section 2. Cytopenia:
3. Iron deficiency in pregnancy
4. Vitamin B12 & folate deficiencies in pregnancy
5. Autoimmune cytopenias in pregnancy
Section 3. Inherited Red Cell Disorders:
6. Management of sickle cell disease in pregnancy
7. Management of thalassemias in pregnancy
8. Screening for hemoglobinopathies
9. Management of other inherited red cell disorders in pregnancy
Section 4. Fetal Maternal Alloimmune Syndromes:
10. Fetal/neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia
11. Red cell alloimmunization
Section 5. Thromboembolism & Anticoagulation:
12. Acute management of suspected thromboembolic disease in pregnancy
13. Thromboprophylaxis in pregnancy
14. Management of prosthetic heart valves in pregnancy
15. Management of anticoagulants at delivery
Section 6. Thrombophilia & fetal loss:
16. Antiphospholipid syndrome
17. Inherited thrombophilia & pregnancy loss
Section 7. Hemorrhagic Disorders:
18A. Management of obstetric hemorrhage: obstetric management
18B. Management of obstetric hemorrhage: anesthetic management
18C. Management of obstetric hemorrhage: hemostatic management
18D. Management of obstetric hemorrhage: radiological management
19. Management of inherited disorders of primary hemostasis in pregnancy
20. Management of inherited coagulopathies in pregnancy
21. Genetic councelling and prenatal diagnosis of congenital bleeding disorders
Section 8. Micrangiopathies:
22. Preeclampsia Eleftheria
23. Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and other microangiopathies in pregnancy
Section 9. Malignant conditions:
24. Myelproliferative neoplasms and pregnancy
25. Management of acute haematological malignancy in pregnancy
26. Late effects of chemo-radiotherapy on fertility and pregnancy