This text is intended to serve as a reference guide for clinicians who consult pregnant women presenting with abdominal and pelvic pain. Many health care providers care for pregnant women including attending physicians, resident physicians, advanced practice nurses, certified nurse, midwives, labor and delivery nurses, operating room and post-anesthesia care nurses, medical students and others. aThe book addresses obstetrical and non-obstetrical aspects to the diagnostic process. aKey features include:O the anatomical and physiological alterations of pregnancyaO physical examination and management challenges in the first, second and third trimestersO laboratory findings in the gravid femaleaO diagnostic imaging in the gravid femaleaO assessment of the fetus(es)aO Surgical and anesthetic issues in the gravid femaleO Medico-legal challenges in caring for pregnant womenO Perinatal and neonatal issuesThe Diagnosis and Management of the Acute Abdomen in Pregnancy will serve practitioners as a quick-reference guide to those who encounter pregnant women in pain.
Table of Contents Foreword Harry S. Jonas Preface Dev Maulik Chapter 1 Maternal Anatomical and Physiological Adaption to Pregnancy Peter Bogach Greenspan Chapter 2 Overview of the Normal Development of the Human Embryo and Fetus David C. Mundy and Gustavo Vilchez Chapter 3 General Principles in the Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen Peter Bogach Greenspan Chapter 4 Imaging the Gravid Female Stephanie A. Reid and Justin Stowell Chapter 5 Laboratory Studies Kamani M. Lankachandra Chapter 6 Obstetrical Etiologies of Abdominal Pain Peter Bogach Greenspan Chapter 7 Gynecological Etiologies of Abdominal Pain in Pregnancy Layan Alrahmani, Javier F. Magrina, Paul M. Magtibay III, Paul M. Magtibay Chapter 8 Gastrointestinal Etiologies of Abdominal Pain in Pregnancy Farzad Alemi, Teisha Shiozaki, Alexis Graham-Stephenson, Alexandra Bors, Chapter 9 Urological Etiologies of Abdominal Pain Joshua A. Broghammer and Marcus Austenfeld Chapter 10 Trauma during Pregnancy Stanley M. Augustin, Maxwell Almenoff, and Aaron Sparks Chapter 11 Surgical Principles in the Gravid Female Peter Bogach Greenspan Chapter 12 Principles and Practice of Anesthetic Management in the Gravid Patient Undergoing Abdominal Surgery Tibor G. Mohacsi and Kathleen A. Leavitt Chapter 13 Postoperative Care Issues Peter Bogach Greenspan Chapter 14 Legal Concerns in Complicated Obstetrical Cases Marilyn M. Pesto, Janet I. Mittenfelner and Andrew Spaedy
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