Headache in Pregnancy
Publisher Summary Headache is a common symptom, reported by more than 80% of women of childbearing age. Migraine is an episodic headache disorder with a 1-year prevalence of approximately 18%…
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Pregnancy and Multiple Sclerosis
Publisher Summary Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common debilitating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) of young adults, with a prevalence of approximately 1 per 1000 in the…
Anatomy of the Pelvis
E-Fig. A2-1 Major components of the bony pelvis, frontal superior view E-Fig. A2-2 Major ligaments and notches of the female pelvis, posterior view of the female pelvis E-Fig. A2-3 Muscles…
Maternal and Perinatal Infection in Pregnancy: Viral
Key Abbreviations Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome AIDS Antiretroviral ARV American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ACOG Chemokine receptor type 5 CCR5 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC Central nervous system CNS Combination antiretroviral therapy cART Congenital rubella…
Skin Disease and Pregnancy
Key Abbreviations Atopic dermatitis AD Atopic eruption of pregnancy AEP Estrogen receptor ER Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy ICP Malignant melanoma MM Pemphigoid gestationis PG Polymorphic eruption of pregnancy PEP Prurigo of pregnancy PP Pruritic folliculitis of pregnancy PFP Psoralen…
Maternal and Perinatal Infection in Pregnancy: Bacterial
Key Abbreviations Acute respiratory distress syndrome ARDS Body mass index BMI Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC Central venous pressure CVP Computed tomography CT Group B Streptococcus GBS Human immunodeficiency virus HIV Listeria monocytogenes LM…
Malignant Diseases and Pregnancy
Key Abbreviations Acute lymphoblastic leukemia ALL Acute myeloid leukemia AML Acute nonlymphocytic leukemia ANLL Alpha-fetoprotein AFP Beta human chorionic gonadotropin β-hCG Carcinoembryonic antigen CEA Central nervous system CNS Chronic myelocytic leukemia CML Computed tomography CT Fine-needle aspiration FNA Food and…
Ethical and Legal Issues in Perinatology
Key Abbreviations American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics ACMG American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ACOG Apolipoprotein E APOE Assisted reproductive technology ART Cell-free DNA cfDNA Chorionic villus sampling CVS Chromosomal microarray analysis CMA Copy number…
Improving Global Maternal Health: Challenges and Opportunities
Key Abbreviations Acquired immune deficiency syndrome AIDS Cesarean delivery CD Contraceptive prevalence rate CPR Female genital mutilation/cutting FGM/C Global Library of Women’s Medicine GLOWM Gross national income GNI Human immunodeficiency virus HIV International Conference on Population and…
Normal Values in Pregnancy and Ultrasound Measurements
Henry L. Galan Laura Goetzl Invasive Cardiac Monitoring 1214 Noninvasive Cardiac Monitoring 1214 Arterial Blood Gas Values (Third Trimester) 1215 Pulmonary Function Tests 1215 Pulmonary Function Tests, Mean Values 1215 Peak Flows…
