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General Considerations
Medical Complications
Infectious Diseases In Pregnancy
Surgical Problems
Fetal Physiology
Obstetric Imaging, Monitoring And Special Considerations
Antenatal Diagnosis

Maternal–Fetal Medicine

General considerations

Basic Genetics for Maternal Fetal Medicine
Ceris Ifan Owen and Sahar Mansour
Care of the High-Risk Mother
Richard Depp
Toward Perinatal Electronic Medical Record For Obstetrics
Robert J. Sokol and Sean Blackwell
Psychological Aspects of High-Risk Pregnancy
Ruth P. Zager
Anesthesia in High-Risk Obstetrics
Cynthia A. Wong

Medical complications

Chronic Hypertension in Pregnancy
Baha M. Sibai and Mark C. Chames
Renal Disease and Pregnancy
Michael Hnat and Baha M. Sibai
Preeclampsia and Eclampsia
Kristin H. Coppage and Baha M. Sibai
Cardiorespiratory Physiology of Pregnancy
Barbara B. Head, James E. Ferguson III and James E. Ferguson II
Acquired Heart Disease in Pregnancy
Marla A. Mendelson
Pregnancy in the Woman With Preexisting Cardiovascular Disease
Marla A. Mendelson
Diagnosis and Management of Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnancy
Donald R. Coustan
Obstetric Management of Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnancy
Luis B. Curet and Jose L. Gonzalez
Anemia Associated with Pregnancy
John C. Morrison and Marc R. Parrish
Thromboembolic Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment During Pregnancy
Christian M. Pettker and Charles J. Lockwood
The Nervous System in Pregnancy
Michael S. Marsh
Autoimmune Connective Tissue Disease in Pregnancy
Alan M. Peaceman and Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman
Endocrine Diseases in Pregnancy
Angela M. Leung and Jorge H. Mestman
Pulmonary Physiology and Airway Management
Raymond Glassenberg and Barry A. Shapiro
Pulmonary Disease in Pregnancy
Barbara M. Leighton and James E. Fish
Liver Diseases in Pregnancy
Soledad M. Larraín and Mary E. Rinella
Gastrointestinal Complications in Pregnancy
Arvydas Vanagunas
Hemodynamic Monitoring of the Critically Ill Patient
Luis D. Pacheco
Fluid Management in the Complicated Obstetric Patient
Mark W. Tomlinson and David B. Cotton
Neurologic Sequelae of Birth
Beth Ann Pope and Michael J. Painter

Infectious diseases in pregnancy

Infection in Maternal-Fetal Medicine: An Overview
Rudolph P. Galask, Bryan Larsen and Marilyn J. Ohm
Antibiotics in Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Edward R. Newton
Intra-amniotic and Postpartum Infections
Michael G. Gravett
Serious Postpartum Infections
David A. Eschenbach
Specific Bacterial Infections: Listeria
Walter Chaim and David A. Eschenbach
Specific Bacterial Infections: Group B Streptococcus
David A. Eschenbach
Hepatitis Virus Infections During Pregnancy
Neil S. Silverman
Cytomegalovirus in Pregnancy
Carolyn Gardella
Herpes, Varicella, and Rubella
Kim A. Boggess and David A. Eschenbach
Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Obstetrics
Heather D. Watts
Chlamydia trachomatis and Genital Mycoplasms
David A. Eschenbach
Tuberculosis and Pregnancy
Edward R. Newton
Toxoplasmosis in Pregnancy
Katherine A. Van kessell and David A. Eschenbach
Parasitic Diseases During Pregnancy
Steven J. Reynolds, Robert C. Bollinger and Thomas C. Quinn
Immunization in Pregnancy
Stanley A. Gall

Surgical problems

Cervical Insufficiency
Lorie M. Harper and John Owen
Surgical Problems in Pregnancy
Edward R. Newton
Management of the Obstetric Patient With Malignancy
Noah A. Goldman, Men-Jean Lee and Giuseppe Priore

Fetal physiology

Fetal Circulation
Julian T. Parer
Obstetric and Fetal Pharmacology
George P. Giacoia and Donald R. Mattison

Obstetric imaging, monitoring and special considerations

Diagnostic Obstetric Ultrasound
William J. Watson and John W. Seeds
Fetal Arrhythmias
Barbara V. Parilla and Janette F. Strasburger
Alloimmune Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn (Erythroblastosis Fetalis): Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention
John M. Bowman
Intrapartum Fetal Monitoring
Kathryn J. Drennan, Gregory L. Goyert and Robert J. Sokol
Neonatal Resuscitation
Robin H. Steinhorn and Marissa De Ungria
Ultrasound Bioeffects for the Perinatologist
Jacques S. Abramowicz, Peter A. Lewin and Barry B. Goldberg
Ultrasound Diagnosis of Fetal Anomalies
Rudy E. Sabbagha, Ralph K. Tamura and Elias R. Sabbagha
Assessment of Gestational Age by Ultrasound
Scott N. MacGregor and Rudy E. Sabbagha
Altered Fetal Growth
Ralph K. Tamura, Rudy E. Sabbagha and Svena D. Julien
Amniotic Fluid: Physiology and Assessment
Richard L. Fischer
The Biophysical Profile
Margaret D. Walsh
Nonstress and Contraction Stress Testing
Lawrence D. Devoe
Multifetal Pregnancy Reduction
Mark I. Evans and David W. Britt
Labor Inhibition
Marilynn C. Frederiksen
Diagnostic Ultrasound in the First Trimester of Pregnancy
Leeber S. Cohen
Potential Effects on the Conceptus From Diagnostic Roentgenographic and Radionuclide Studies
Louis K. Wagner, Paul L. Carson and Thomas L. Chenevert
Biologic Effects of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Thomas L. Chenevert, Paul L. Carson and Louis K. Wagner

Antenatal diagnosis

Genetic History Taking and Counseling
Joe Leigh Simpson and Sherman Elias
Genetic Counseling
Marion S. Verp
Invasive Prenatal Genetic Techniques
Lee P. Shulman, Joe Leigh Simpson and Sherman Elias
Antenatal Diagnosis of Chromosomal Abnormalities
Marion S. Verp
Biochemical Screening
Mark I. Evans and Howard S. Cuckle
Molecular and Mendelian Disorders
Tracy L. Prosen and W. Allen Hogge
Fetal Neural Tube Defects: Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment
Nancy C. Rose and Michael T. Mennuti
Cordocentesis
Janice L. Henderson and Carl P. Weiner
Direct Fetal Transfusion
Kenneth J. Moise, Jr