Main description:

This book is a comprehensive guide to high risk cases in obstetrics for postgraduate students.

Beginning with an overview, the following sections discuss numerous disorders and diseases and their treatment during pregnancy. The book covers common disorders such as anaemia and preeclampsia, and more complicated problems including STDs, antepartum haemorrhage and renal diseases.

More than 100 images and illustrations, and extensive references for further reading, are included.

Key points

Comprehensive guide to high cases in obstetrics
Discusses common and more complicated disorders
More than 100 images and illustrations
Includes extensive references for further reading

Contents:

Chapter 1: High Risk Pregnancy
Chapter 2: Anaemia in Pregnancy
Chapter 3: Pregnancy Induced Hypertension
Chapter 4: Diabetes in Pregnancy
Chapter 5: Thyroid Diseases in Pregnancy
Chapter 6: Rh Isoimmunisation
Chapter 7: Nonimmune Hydrops Foetalis
Chapter 8: Epilepsy in Pregnancy
Chapter 9: Chorea Gravidarum (Rheumatic Chorea in Pregnancy)
Chapter 10: Liver Diseases in Pregnancy
Chapter 11: Renal Diseases and Pregnancy
Chapter 12: Tuberculosis in Pregnancy
Chapter 13: Skin Diseases in Pregnancy
Chapter 14: Infectious Diseases during Pregnancy
Chapter 15: STDs during Pregnancy
Chapter 16: HIV in Pregnancy
Chapter 17: Antepartum Haemorrhage I Placenta Previa, Placenta Accreta and Vasa Pevia
Chapter 18: Antepartum Haemorrhage II Placental Abruption
Chapter 19: Gynecological Cancers in Pregnancy
Chapter 20: Teenage Pregnancy
Chapter 21: Puerperal Pyrexia
Chapter 22: Ectopic Pregnancy
Chapter 23: Anesthesia for Obstetrics