The Diagnosis and Management of the Acute Abdomen in Pregnancy , 1st ed. 2018

Coordinator: Greenspan Peter Bogach

Language: English

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This text is intended to serve as a reference guide for clinicians who consult pregnant women presenting with abdominal and pelvic pain. Many health care providers care for pregnant women including attending physicians, resident physicians, advanced practice nurses, certified nurse, midwives, labor and delivery nurses, operating room and post-anesthesia care nurses, medical students and others.  

The book addresses obstetrical and non-obstetrical aspects to the diagnostic process.  Key features include:

? the anatomical and physiological alterations of pregnancy
 
? physical examination and management challenges in the first, second and third trimesters

? laboratory findings in the gravid female
 
? diagnostic imaging in the gravid female
 
? assessment of the fetus(es)
 
? Surgical and anesthetic issues in the gravid female

? Medico-legal challenges in caring for pregnant women

? Perinatal and neonatal issues

The Diagnosis and Management of the Acute Abdomen in Pregnancy will serve practitioners as a quick-reference guide to those who encounter pregnant women in pain.

Table of Contents

 

Foreword        Harry S. Jonas

Preface                        Dev Maulik

Chapter 1        Maternal Anatomical and Physiological Adaption to Pregnancy

                        Peter Bogach Greenspan

Chapter 2        Overview of the Normal Development of the Human Embryo and Fetus

                        David C. Mundy and Gustavo Vilchez

Chapter 3        General Principles in the Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen

                        Peter Bogach Greenspan

Chapter 4        Imaging the Gravid Female

                        Stephanie A. Reid and Justin Stowell

Chapter 5        Laboratory Studies

                        Kamani M. Lankachandra

Chapter 6        Obstetrical Etiologies of Abdominal Pain

                        Peter Bogach Greenspan

Chapter 7        Gynecological Etiologies of Abdominal Pain in Pregnancy

                        Layan Alrahmani, Javier F. Magrina, Paul M. Magtibay III, Paul M. Magtibay

Chapter 8        Gastrointestinal Etiologies of Abdominal Pain in Pregnancy

                        Farzad Alemi, Teisha Shiozaki, Alexis Graham-Stephenson, Alexandra Bors,

Chapter 9        Urological Etiologies of Abdominal Pain

                        Joshua A. Broghammer and Marcus Austenfeld

Chapter 10      Trauma during Pregnancy

                        Stanley M. Augustin, Maxwell Almenoff, and Aaron Sparks

Chapter 11      Surgical Principles in the Gravid Female

                        Peter Bogach Greenspan

Chapter 12      Principles and Practice of Anesthetic Management in the Gravid Patient                                         Undergoing Abdominal Surgery

                        Tibor G. Mohácsi and Kathleen A. Leavitt

Chapter 13      Postoperative Care Issues

                        Peter Bogach Greenspan

Chapter 14      Legal Concerns in Complicated Obstetrical Cases

                        Marilyn M. Pesto, Janet I. Mittenfelner and Andrew Spaedy

 

Peter B. Greenspan, DO, FACOG, FACS
Vice Chairman, Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Truman Medical Center Lakewood
7900 Lee’s Summit Road
Kansas City, Missouri 64139-1236

Provides a quick reference guide for clinicians

Written by experts in the field

Addresses the unique problems of the gravid woman with an acute abdomen