Main description:

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.
The book addresses obstetrical and non-obstetrical aspects to the diagnostic process. Key features include:
* the anatomical and physiological alterations of pregnancy * physical examination and management challenges in the first, second and third trimesters
* laboratory findings in the gravid female * diagnostic imaging in the gravid female * assessment of the fetus(es) * Surgical and anesthetic issues in the gravid female
* Medico-legal challenges in caring for pregnant women
* Perinatal and neonatal issues
The 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.

Contents:

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