This quick-reference guide is the first book written specifically for the many third- and fourth-year medical students rotating on maternal-fetal medicine service.The book focuses on the diagnosis and management of the most common pathologic entities. Each chapter covers history, physical examination, imaging, and common diagnoses. For each diagnosis, the book sets out the typical presentation, options for non-operative and operative management, and expected outcomes. Chapters include key illustrations, quick-reference charts, tables, diagrams, and bulleted lists. Students can read the text from cover to cover to gain a general foundation of knowledge that can be built upon when they begin their rotation, then use specific chapters to review a sub-specialty before starting a new rotation or seeing a patient with a sub-specialty attending.

Practical and user-friendly, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Clerkship is the ideal, on-the-spot resource for medical students and practitioners seeking fast facts on diagnosis and management. Its bullet-pointed outline format makes it a perfect quick-reference, and its content breadth covers the most commonly encountered problems in clinical practice.

A practical, quick-reference guide for early rotations and clerkships in maternal-fetal medicine Comprehensive and high-yield, including plentiful bullet-points, charts, and diagrams An excellent resource for third- and fourth-year medical students

Autorentext

Edith Antonio, MD is a first-year resident in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Brown University.

Nina K. Ayala, MD is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Brown University.

Inhalt

Fundamentals of Perinatal Biology .- Normal Early Development.- Amniotic Fluid Dynamics.- The Biology of Twinning.- Physiologic changes of pregnancy.- Fetal Cardiovascular Physiology.- Fetal Lung Development and Surfactant.- Fetal Disorders .- Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Disorders.- Fetal Cardiac Malformations.- Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance.- Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn.- Management of Multiple Gestation.- Maternal-Fetal Interface Disorders .- Preterm Labor and Birth.- Cervical Insufficiency.- Pre-labor Rupture of Membranes.- Post-term Pregnancy.- Fetal Growth Restriction.- Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy.- Maternal Complications .- Abnormal Placentation.- Maternal and Fetal Infections.- Diabetes in Pregnancy.- Management of Psychiatric Disorders in Pregnancy.