Ambulatory obstetrics / [edited by] Washington Clark Hill.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hill, Washington Clark.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obstetrics.

Pregnancy--Complications.

Pregnancy.

Ambulatory medical care.

Pregnancy Complications--therapy.

Ambulatory Care.

Medical Subjects:

Pregnancy Complications--therapy.

Ambulatory Care.

Obstetrics.

Physical Description:

xiii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002.

Summary:

This volume is a timely and practical guide to the ambulatory management of obstetric conditions that previously required hospitalization but can now be treated on an outpatient basis. Noted experts discuss the benefits and safety of ambulatory care and offer recommendations for outpatient management of common medical and obstetric conditions. Coverage includes chapters on the role of antenatal testing, the safety and cost-effectiveness of early postpartum discharge, the psychosocial impact of prolonged antenatal hospitalization, the medicolegal ramifications of ambulatory obstetrics, and the use of the telephone for outpatient counseling. Also included is a chapter on smoking cessation for pregnant patients.

Contents:

1. Ambulatory Obstetric Management / Arnold W. Cohen 1

2. Ambulatory Management of Preterm Labor / Cynthia S. Shellhaas, Jay D. Iams 13

3. The Home Management of Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes / Michael C. Bartfield, Stephen J. Carlan 34

4. Outpatient Management of Pyelonephritis / Deborah A. Wing 50

5. Managing Placenta Previa and Abruptio Placentae on an Outpatient Basis / Felice Baron, Washington C. Hill 65

6. Outpatient Management of Hypertension / Andrea G. Witlin, Baha M. Sibai 73

7. Anticoagulant Treatment of the Outpatient Pregnant Patient / Haywood L. Brown, Renee A. Bobrowski 87

8. Outpatient Management of Asthma During Pregnancy / M. Sean Esplin, Steven L. Clark 100

9. Ambulatory Management of Multiple Gestation / Stanley A. Gall 111

10. Ambulatory Care of the Pregnant Patient with Diabetes / Carol J. Homko, E. Albert Reece 136

11. Ambulatory Management of Hyperemesis Gravidarum / T. Murphy Goodwin 156

12. Cervical Ripening in the Pregnant Patient / Ronald A. Chez 168

13. Early Postpartum Discharge / Cynthia G. Brumfield 175

14. Psychosocial Impact of High-Risk Pregnancy: Hospital and Home Care / Maureen I. Heaman 194

15. Ambulatory Obstetric Care: Strategies to Reduce Telephone Liability / Jeffrey P. Phelan 212

16. Outpatient Antepartum Testing / David A. Miller 221

17. Smoking Cessation for the Ambulatory Obstetric Patient: Clinical Perspectives, Intervention, and Cessation Strategies / Haywood L. Brown, Steven K. Hopf 233.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0397518552

OCLC:

48046235