Revised and updated for its Fourth Edition, this practical, portable, and affordable handbook is designed for rapid reference in the office or emergency room. It focuses on diagnosis and treatment of common emergencies in female patients and features numerous treatment algorithms, bulleted lists, and tables, plus ample illustrations including ultrasound. Coverage addresses all emergent conditions and non-emergent problems, such as sexually transmitted diseases, that frequently present in emergency departments. This edition has been updated to address current challenges such as complications arising from medical and surgical abortion, medical and psychological problems arising from sexual assault and other gynecologic traumas, and emergent conditions due to chemical-biological warfare.

1: Medical Emergencies in the Pregnant Patient

Saju D. Joy and Stephen A. Contag

2: Acute Abdominal Pain in Pregnancy

Kelly A. Best

3: Ectopic Pregnancy

Mary E. Rausch, Andrew M. Kaunitz, and Kurt Barnhart

4: Trauma in Pregnancy

Victor J. Hassid and Miren A. Schinco

5: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation During Pregnancy

David Caro and Stephen Topp

6: Perimortem Cesarean Delivery

Deborah S. Lyon

7: Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: Preeclampsia/Eclampsia

Luis Sanchez-Ramos

8: Bleeding in Pregnancy

David C. Jones

9: Infections in Pregnancy

C. David Adair, Shawn Stallings, and A. Ben Abdu

10: Pregnant Women and Chemical-Biological Warfare

Shawn P. Stallings, Jason Joseph, Joseph H. Kipikasa, and C. David Adair

11: Mosquito Borne Illnesses: Western Nile Virus

Carlos Torres, Allison H. Luper, and C. David Adair

12: Delivery in the Emergency Department

Isaac Delke

13: Transport of the Pregnant Patient

Pam Adams and C. David Adair

14: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection and Pregnancy: Labor and Delivery Management

Isaac Delke

15: Postpartum Emergencies

David C. Jones

16: Role of Imaging Modalities in Obstetric Emergencies

Lama L. Tolaymat and Gwyn Grabner

17: Drug Therapy in Pregnancy

Thanh T. Hogan, Kristina E. Ward, Andrea L. McKeever, William Renfro, and Linda Hastings

18: Complications of Medical and Surgical Abortion

Rosanne L. Botha, Paula H. Bednarek, Andrew M. Kaunitz, and Alison B. Edelman

19: Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Shireen Madani Sims

20: Vulvar and Vaginal Diseases

Guy I. Benrubi

21: Menorrhagia and Abnormal Vaginal Bleeding

Deborah S. Lyon

22: Pelvic Mass

Karl H.S. Smith

23: Torsion of Ovary

Mehdi Parva and Charles J. Dunton

24: Oncologic Emergencies

Sarah Adams and Stephen Rubin

25: Postoperative Complications and Postoperative Emergencies

Brent E. Seibel

26: Emergency Evaluation and Treatment of the Sexual Assault Victim

James L. Jones and Jay M. Whitworth

27: Gynecologic Traumas

Tracey Maurer

28: Imaging in Gynecologic Emergencies

Marcia E. Murakami and Joseph G. Cernigliaro

29: Urogynecologic Urgencies and Emergencies

Bela I. Kudish and Cheryl B. Iglesia

30: Emergency Room Communication Issues: Dealing with Crisis

Marghani M. Reever and Deborah S. Lyon