Pre-conception Care Antenatal Care Intrapartum Care Postnatal Care General Considerations Emergency Management Preventing Maternal Mortality Back to Basics Campaign 1 Midwifery Care and Medical Disorders INTRODUCTION This chapter will give an…
2.1 Physiological Skin Changes in Pregnancy 2.2 Dermatoses Specific to Pregnancy 2.3 Eczema 2.4 Psoriasis 2.1 Physiological Skin Changes in Pregnancy Skin changes occur during pregnancy under hormonal influence. Usually reassurance by the midwife or…
4.1 Mild Structural Heart Disease 4.2 Moderate Structural Heart Disease 4.3 Severe Structural Heart Disease 4.4 Rheumatic and Valvular Heart Disease 4.5 Marfan’s Syndrome 4.6 Functional Heart Disease: Cardiomyopathy 4.7 Functional Heart Disease: Arrhythmias 4.8 Ischaemic Heart Disease:…
14.1 Iron Deficiency Anaemia 14.2 Megaloblastic Anaemia 14.3 Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation 14.4 Von Willebrand’s Disease and Other Bleeding Disorders 14.5 Thrombocytopenia in Pregnancy 14.6 Thalassaemia 14.7 Sickle Cell Disorders 14.1 Iron Deficiency Anaemia Incidence 5–10% pregnant women from…
18.1 Gestational Trophoblastic Disease (Hydatidiform Mole and Choriocarcinoma) 18.2 Cervical Cancer 18.3 Cervical Screening 18.4 Breast Cancer 18.5 Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma 18.6 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma 18.7 Ovarian Neoplasia 18.8 Malignant Melanoma 18.1 Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Incidence 1 in 714 live births…
12.1 Viral Hepatitis 12.2 Human Immunodeficiency Virus 12.3 Malaria 12.4 Chickenpox 12.5 Toxoplasmosis 12.6 Listeriosis 12.7 Herpes Simplex Virus 12.8 Streptococcal Sepsis 12.1 Viral Hepatitis Incidence Viral hepatitis C – estimated at 250–500 million worldwide Viral hepatitis B –…
3.1 Chronic Hypertension 3.2 Pre-eclampsia 3.3 Severe Pre-eclampsia and Eclampsia 3.4 HELLP Syndrome 3.1 Chronic Hypertension Incidence 2% of pregnancies Risk for Childbearing High Risk INTRODUCTION Hypertension in pregnancy is defined as a systolic blood…
15.1 Thrombophilia and Inherited Clotting Disorders 15.2 Deep Vein Thrombosis 15.3 Pulmonary Embolism 15.4 Thromboprophylaxis 15.1 Thrombophilia and Inherited Clotting Disorders Incidence Approximately 10% of the general population have an inherited thrombophilia Risk for Childbearing…
11.1 Rheumatoid Arthritis 11.2 Raynaud’s Phenomenon 11.3 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 11.4 Antiphospholipid (Hughes) Syndrome 11.1 Rheumatoid Arthritis Incidence Women 36:100 000; Men 14:100 000 UK1 Population Prevalence Women 1.16%; Men 0.44% UK1 (similar in USA and Northern…
16.1 Substance Misuse 16.2 Alcohol Addiction 16.3 Tobacco and Cannabis Use 16.4 Cocaine Addiction 16.5 Opiate Addiction 16.6 Stimulant Addiction 16.1 Substance Misuse Incidence ≥10% pregnant women screened positive for illicit substances1–3 Risk for Childbearing Low to…
