Primary Care: Introduction
CHAPTER 1 Primary Care: Introduction Niloufar Tehrani, MD CASE STUDY As a primary care physician, you evaluate a 2-year-old boy who is presenting to the office for the first time….
Talking With Adolescents
CHAPTER 4 Talking With Adolescents Monica Sifuentes, MD CASE STUDY This is a first-time visit for a 15-year-old girl who is accompanied by her mother. The mother is concerned because…
Telephone Management and E-medicine
CHAPTER 5 Telephone Management and E-medicine Emily Borman-Shoap, MD, FAAP, and Iris Wagman Borowsky, MD, PhD, FAAP CASE STUDY The mother of an otherwise healthy 10-month-old girl calls and tells…
Cardiovascular Symptoms: Is It Pregnancy or the Heart?
6 Cardiovascular Symptoms: Is It Pregnancy or the Heart? Melissa Perez and Afshan B. Hameed Key Points •Obstetric care providers should be able to differentiate common complaints of…
Arrhythmias in Pregnancy
16 Arrhythmias in Pregnancy Dana Senderoff Berger and Lee Brian Padove Key Points •Only 10% of symptomatic episodes of palpitations in pregnancy are due to an arrhythmia •Premature…
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Pregnancy
21 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Pregnancy Lauren A. Plante Key Points •Maternal cardiac arrest occurs in 8–8.5 per 100,000 delivery hospitalizations •Manual chest compressions with rescue breaths is inherently…
Vascular Disease and Dissection in Pregnancy
13 Vascular Disease and Dissection in Pregnancy Melinda B. Davis Key Points •Pregnancy increases the risk or aortic dissection by 25-fold above the baseline for the general population…
Endocarditis in Pregnancy
18 Endocarditis in Pregnancy Ann K. Lal and Thaddeus P. Waters Key Points •In pregnancy, the most common risk factors for infective endocarditis (IE) are intravenous drug use…
The Cardio-Obstetric Team
2 The Cardio-Obstetric Team Diana S. Wolfe Key Points •Care of a pregnant woman with cardiac disease requires collaboration between various disciplines •The multidisciplinary team bridges the gap…
Cardiac Diagnostic Testing in Pregnancy
7 Cardiac Diagnostic Testing in Pregnancy Edlira Tam and Cynthia Taub Key Points •Cardiac complications in pregnant women with heart disease occur in 16% of pregnancies and are…
