This book is a comprehensive guide to the assessment and management of high risk pregnancy.

Divided into eleven sections, the text begins with discussion on antenatal care, nutrition, genetic screening and ultrasonography-guided interventions in pregnancy.

The following sections cover different factors that cause a pregnancy to be high risk including haematological disorders, early pregnancy complications, medical disorders such as gestational diabetes and cardiac disease, obstetric complications such as eclampsia and preterm labour, infections, foetal growth problems, and autoimmune diseases.

The finals chapters discuss delivery complications and miscellaneous topics such as intrauterine foetal death, cerebrovascular accidents, ART pregnancies, and medicolegal aspects.

The book is further enhanced by clinical photographs, diagrams and tables.

Key points

Comprehensive guide to management of high risk pregnancy
Detailed discussion on screening and prevention of complications
Presents recent advances in the field
Highly illustrated with clinical photographs, diagrams and tables
Author information

Richa Baharani MD FICOG Dip
Senior Consultant, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Jabalpur Hospital and Research Centre, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India

Pushpa Pandey MD
Senior Consultant, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Bombay Hospital and Research Centre, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India

Shashi Khare MS FICOG
Former Dean, Professor and Head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College , Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India

Sushma Dikhit MS MRCOG
Senior Consultant and Head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Max Superspecialty Hospital, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India