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Williams obstetrics / Obstetrics [edited by] F. Gary Cunningham ... [et al.]. - 22nd ed. - New York : McGraw-Hill Professional, c2005. - xi, 1441p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CONTENTS
I. Overview --
II. Anatomy and physiology --
III. Antepartum --
IV. Labor and delivery --
V. Fetus and newborn --
VI. The puerperium --
VII. Obstetrical complications --
VIII. Medical and surgical complications. 1. Obstetrics in broad perspective --
2. Maternal anatomy --
3. Implantation embryogenesis, and placental development --
4. Fetal growth and development --
5. Maternal physiology --
6. Parturition --
7.Preconceptional counseling --
8. Prenatal care --
9. Abortion --
10. Ectopic pregnancy --
11. Gestational trophoblastic disease --
12. Genetics --
13. Prenatal diagnosis and fetal therapy --
14. Teratology, drugs, and other medications --
15. Antepartum assessment --
16. Ultrasonography and doppler --
17. Normal labor and delivery --
18. Intrapartum assessment --
19. Obstetrical anesthesia --
20. Dystocia: abnormal labor --
21. Disorders of amnionic fluid volume --
22. Induction of labor --
23. Forceps delivery an vacuum extraction --
24. Breech presentation and delivery --
25. Caesarean delivery and peripartum hysterectomy --
26. Prior Caesarean delivery --
27. Abnormalities of the placenta, umbilical cord, and membranes --
28.Newborn infant --
29. Diseases and injuries of the fetus and newborn --
30. Puerperium --
31. Puerperal infection --
32. Contraception --
33. Sterilization --
34. Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy --
35. Obstetrical hemorrhage --
36. Preterm birth --
37. Postterm pregnancy --
38. Fetal growth disorders --
39. Multifetal gestation --
40. Abnormalities of the reproductive tract --
41. General considerations and maternal evaluation --
42. Critical care and trauma --
43. Obesity --
44. Cardiovascular disease --
45. Chronic hypertension --
46. Pulmonary disorders --
47. Thromboembolic disorders --
48. Renal and urinary tract disorders --
49. Gastrointestinal disorders --
50. Hepatic, biliary tract, and pancreatic disorders --
51. Hematological disorders --
52. Diabetes --
53. Thyroid and other endocrine disorders --
54. Connective tissue disorders --
55. Neurological and psychiatric disorders --
56. Dermatological disorders --
57. Neoplastic diseases --
58. Infection --
59. Sexually transmitted diseases.

A reference on obstetrics practice. It features maternal and fetal health care and presents diagnostic ultrasound images.

ISBN: 0071413154 (alk. paper) 007148275X

LCCN: 2004061105

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Obstetrics.

LC Class. No.: RG524.W7 2005