Women’s Medicine

Obstetrics

Pregnancy overview

• The Diagnosis of Pregnancy
  Albert J. Peters
• Anatomy of the Pelvis
  John O. DeLancey
• Nutrition in Pregnancy
  Irene Hoesli
• Exercise and Physical Activity During Pregnancy
  Pamela Shrock
• Hyperemesis in Pregnancy
• Environmental and Occupational Concerns in Pregnancy
  Linda M. Frazier
• Pregnancy in Adolescence
  Jane E. Dopkins Broecker and Paula J. Adams Hillard
• Preconceptional medicine

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Fetal development and maternal physiology

• Development and Physiology of the Placenta and Membranes
  Robert A. Ahokas and Elizabeth T. McKinney
• Anatomic Aspects of Fetal Development
  Sheldon B. Korones
• Physiology of Pregnancy
  Mel L. Barclay
• Prenatal Development: Growth, Differentiation, and Their Disturbances
  Jan E. Jirásek
• Influence of Pregnancy on the Oral Cavity
  Peter J. Robinson and Michael Schmerman

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Preconceptional counseling and prenatal care

• Prenatal Care Documentation and Triage
  John C. Hauth
• The Prenatal Record and the Initial Prenatal Visit
  Sharon T. Phelan
• Education for Childbirth
  Gayle L. Riedmann
• Preparation for Parenthood
  Gayle L. Riedmann
• Preconception Counseling
  Merry-K. Moose and Robert C. Cefalo

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Common medical and surgical problems of pregnancy

• Thromboembolic Disease
  David C. Shaver
• Dermatologic Diseases in Pregnancy
  Lawrence Charles Parish and Jennifer L. Parish
• Perinatal Infections
  Rebecca L. Shiffman and Richard H. Schwarz
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Pregnancy
• Urinary Tract Infections in Obstetrics and Gynecology
  Gretchen M. Lentz

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Pregnancy complications

• Multiple Gestation: biology and epidemiology
  Fiona L. Mackie, R. Katie Morris and Mark D. Kilby
• Multiple Gestation: Antenatal Care
  Louis G. Keith, Timothy R. Johnson and Geoffrey Machin
• Management of Premature Rupture of the Membranes in Term Patients
  Patrick Duff
• Preterm Premature Rupture of the Membranes
  Brian M. Mercer
• Placenta Previa and Accreta
  H. Jacob Saleh
• Placental Abruption
  Lami Yeo, Cande V. Ananth and Anthony M. Vintzileos
• Postdatism
  Kathleen M. Berkowitz and Thomas J. Garite

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Labor and delivery

• Vaginal Birth After Cesarean
  Christopher C. B-Lynch and Matthew Mak
• Presentation and Mechanisms of Labor
  José A. López-Zeno
• Normal Labor and Delivery
  Lisa Harrington
• Induction of Labor
• Abnormal Labor: Diagnosis and Management
  Kathryn J. Drennan, Sean Blackwell and Robert J. Sokol
• Abnormal Fetal Lie and Presentation
  Martin L. Gimovsky
• Umbilical Cord Prolapse and Other Cord Emergencies
  Marybeth Lore
• Shoulder Dystocia
  Robert B. Gherman and Bernard Gonik
• Postpartum Hemorrhage
• Multiple Gestation: Labor and Delivery
  Louis G. Keith and Timothy R. Johnson
• Higher-Order Multiple Gestations
  Louis G. Keith
• Analgesia and Anesthesia for Labor and Delivery
  Cynthia A. Wong

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Operative obstetrics

• Forceps Delivery and Vacuum Extraction
  Allan G. Charles
• Cesarean Birth: Surgical Techniques
  Osama Naji, Yazan Abdallah and Sara Paterson-Brown
• Cesarean Hysterectomy
  Claire L. Banks, Andrew M. Paterson and Andrew J. Thomson
• Episiotomy
  Aoife Mullally and Deirdre J. Murphy
• Indications and Implications of Episiotomy
  Deborah S. Lyon

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Puerperium

• Puerperal Mastitis
  Barbara B. Hogg
• Postpartum Care
  Deborah S. Lyon
• Circumcision: Ritual and Surgery
  John O’Grady and Carolyn J. Taugher
• Postpartum Sterilization Procedures
  Justin T. Diedrich, Elizabeth O. Schmidt and David L. Eisenberg
• Nutrition and Lactation
  Joan V. Eggert and Larry D. Eggert
• The Normal Neonate: Assessment of Early Physical Findings
  Jonathan E. O’Brien, Tracy Taylor Rinehart, Kelly M. Orzechowski and Dom A. Terrone

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Placental development and pathology

• Placental Development and Early Pregnancy Pathology
  Carolyn M. Salafia and Edwina J. Popek
• Mechanical Pathophysiology of the Placenta
  Carolyn M. Salafia and Edwina J. Popek
• Inflammatory and Vascular Placental Pathology
  Carolyn M. Salafia and Edwina J. Popek
• Placental Transmission of Antibiotics
  Scott W. Roberts, Michael Hnat and Roger E. Bawdon
• Placental Physiology
  Thomas McNanley and James Woods
• Uterine and Placental Blood Flow
  Frank C. Greiss