Fetal Assessment
Fetal Assessment Sarahn M. Wheeler Edith Gurewitsch Allen Antenatal fetal surveillance is performed using various modalities that allow care providers to closely monitor fetuses at risk for uteroplacental insufficiency. Its…
GYNECOLOGY
Normal Labor and Delivery, Operative Delivery, and Malpresentations
Normal Labor and Delivery, Operative Delivery, and Malpresentations John L. Wu Betty Chou Labor is defined as repetitive uterine contractions of sufficient frequency, intensity, and duration to cause progressive cervical…
Preconception Counseling and Prenatal Care
Preconception Counseling and Prenatal Care William Fletcher Melissa L. Russo PRECONCEPTION CARE AND COUNSELING Preconception care and counseling are important to identify any medical, pharmacologic, behavioral, or social risks to…
Critical Care
Critical Care Emily S. Wu Meredith L. Birsner INTRODUCTION Intensive care unit (ICU) admission is indicated for patients requiring intensive monitoring and physiologic support for organ failure. Indications for intensive…
Breast Diseases
Breast Diseases Abigail D. Winder Jill Edwardson Breast cancer is a common and devastating health issue for many women. One in eight women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime….
Primary and Preventive Care
Primary and Preventive Care Hannah Anastasio Silka Patel Obstetrician-gynecologists are in a unique position to interact with women across the reproductive and age spectrum and are seen by many patients…
Hereditary Gynecologic Cancers
CHAPTER 3 Hereditary Gynecologic Cancers KAREN H. LU ANDREW BERCHUCK NOAH D. KAUFF INTRODUCTION Identifying a woman with gynecologic cancer as having a hereditary cancer syndrome has tremendous implications for both…
Gestational Trophoblastic Disease: Molar Pregnancy and Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia
CHAPTER 27 Gestational Trophoblastic Disease: Molar Pregnancy and Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia JULIA N C. SCHINK JOHN R. LURAIN Gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) describes a continuum of interrelated lesions that arise from…
