Cancer of the Uterine Corpus
Cancer of the Uterine Corpus Amelia M. Jernigan Amanda Nickles Fader Endometrial cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women and the most common gynecologic malignancy, accounting for 6%…
GYNECOLOGY
Anatomy of the Female Pelvis
Anatomy of the Female Pelvis Lauren Owens Isabel Green ABDOMINAL WALL The anterior abdominal wall lies ventrally and is outlined superiorly by the lower edge of the rib cage; caudally…
Obstetric Anesthesia
Obstetric Anesthesia Abigail D. Winder Jamie Murphy Labor and delivery is a time of intense pain, often influenced by the psychological, emotional, social, cultural, and physical state of the parturient….
Postpartum Care and Breast-feeding
Postpartum Care and Breast-feeding Meghan E. Pratts Shari Lawson POSTPARTUM CARE Immediate postpartum care includes monitoring vital signs, managing and relieving pain, and observing for complications. Patients who have had…
HIV in Pregnancy
HIV in Pregnancy Sangini Sheth Jenell Coleman The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) first reported unusual opportunistic infections in previously healthy gay men in 1981. By 1982, the…
Alloimmunization
Alloimmunization Berendena I. M. Vander Tuig Karin J. Blakemore Alloimmunization in pregnancy refers to maternal antibody formation against fetal red blood cell (RBC) or platelet antigens. Antibody-coated erythrocytes or platelets…
Surgical Disease and Trauma in Pregnancy
Surgical Disease and Trauma in Pregnancy Emily S. Wu Nancy A. Hueppchen GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS One in 500 pregnant women will require nonobstetric surgery. The goals for diagnosis and management of…
Hematologic Disorders of Pregnancy
Hematologic Disorders of Pregnancy Nina Resetkova Linda M. Szymanski ANEMIA The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s definition of anemia in pregnancy is hemoglobin (Hgb) or hematocrit (Hct) value less…
Autoimmune Disease in Pregnancy
Autoimmune Disease in Pregnancy Katherine Latimer Donna Neale Autoimmune disease is characterized by the production of antibodies against selfantigens. One of many medical mysteries is how the fetus, that is…
Gastrointestinal Disease in Pregnancy
Gastrointestinal Disease in Pregnancy Christopher C. DeStephano Abimbola Aina-Mumuney GASTROINTESTINAL PHYSIOLOGY AND ANATOMY IN PREGNANCY During pregnancy, anatomic and physiologic changes undergone by the gastrointestinal tract can influence the diagnosis…
