Chapter 4 Fetal Growth Restriction and Hypertensive Diseases of Pregnancy Christopher W. G. Redman and Anne Cathrine Staff Introduction Hypertension can present in pregnancy in three ways: chronic hypertension, a…
Chapter 3 Differential Diagnosis of Fetal Growth Restriction Sana Usman , Anna Lawin-O’Brien , and Christoph Lees The Initial Diagnosis History Fetal growth and birth weight are determined not only…
Chapter 4 Fetal Growth Restriction and Hypertensive Diseases of Pregnancy Christopher W. G. Redman and Anne Cathrine Staff Introduction Hypertension can present in pregnancy in three ways: chronic hypertension, a…
Chapter 2 Definition of Fetal Growth Restriction and Uteroplacental Insufficiency J. W. Ganzevoort and Basky Thilaganathan Introduction To understand any discussion, it is of paramount importance to be consistent in…
Chapter 1 What Is Optimal Fetal Growth? Blanka Vasak and Gerard H. A. Visser Introduction Normal fetal growth is usually defined as an estimated fetal weight between the 10th and…
Abstract Most breast abscesses develop as a complication of lactation mastitis. The incidence ranges from 0.4 to 11 per cent of all lactating mothers. Lactational breast abscesses are most often…
Abstract Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a clinical syndrome caused by ascending spread of infection from the vagina and/or endocervix into the pelvis causing endometritis, salpingitis, parametritis, oophritis, tubovarian abscess…
Abstract Preterm labour is defined as the delivery of the fetus when birth occurs between 20 and 37 completed weeks. Preterm labour is one of the major causes of neonatal…
Abstract The name ‘proto-zoa’ literally means ‘first animals’, and early classification systems grouped the protozoa as basal members of the animal kingdom. However, they were recognised as a discrete assemblage…
Abstract The World Health Organization defines puerperal sepsis as ‘infection of the genital tract occurring at any time between the onset of the rupture of membranes or labor and the…
