Acute Pelvic Infection
45Acute Pelvic Infection Jonathan D.C. Ross University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK Summary box 45.1 Overview of pelvic infection Pelvic inflammatory disease is a common and often asymptomatic…
Rape and Sexual Assault and Female Genital Mutilation
67Rape and Sexual Assault and Female Genital Mutilation Catherine White St Mary’s Sexual Assault Referral Centre, Central Manchester University Hospitals, Manchester, UK Sexual violence against girls and women is a…
Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
48Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Andrew W. Horne and Hilary O.D. Critchley MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, The Queen’s Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh, UK Definition There has been confusion…
Recurrent Miscarriage
41Recurrent Miscarriage D. Keith Edmonds1,2 1 Imperial College London, London, UK 2 Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, London, UK Definition Recurrent miscarriage has several definitions. The Royal College of Obstetricians…
Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases and Other Medical Disorders in Pregnancy
15Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases and Other Medical Disorders in Pregnancy Andrew McCarthy1 and May Ching Soh1,2,3 1 Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK 2 Women’s…
Diabetes in Pregnancy
9Diabetes in Pregnancy Sarah N. Ali1 and Anne Dornhorst2 1 Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology/General Internal Medicine, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK 2 Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology…
The Law and the Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
69The Law and the Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Bertie Leigh Hempsons, London, UK In the last edition I noted that one plausible approach to the predicament of the law in managing…
Gynaecological Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence
39Gynaecological Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence D. Keith Edmonds1,2 1 Imperial College London, London, UK 2 Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, London, UK Gynaecological problems in the child and at…
Psychiatric Problems in Pregnancy and Post Partum
14Psychiatric Problems in Pregnancy and Post Partum Joanna V. MacLean1,2 and Teri B. Pearlstein1,2 1 Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown…
