Maternal-Fetal Medicine⁠ Clerkship : A Guide for Senior Medical Students / edited by Edith Antonio MD, Nina K. Ayala MD, ScM.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Antonio, Edith.

Contributor:

Antonio MD

Series:

Contemporary Surgical Clerkships, 2730-9428

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Surgery.

Gynecology.

Reproductive health.

Reproductive Medicine.

Local Subjects:

Surgery.

Gynecology.

Reproductive Medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (602 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2025.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2025.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

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ISBN:

3-031-96541-8

9783031965418

OCLC:

1565350570