Table of Contents:

Part I:  Scientific Basis of Perinatal Biology

Chapter 1.     Basic Genetics and Patterns of Inheritance

Chapter 2.     Normal Early Development

Chapter 3.     Amniotic Fluid Dynamics

Chapter 4.     Multiple Gestation:  The Biology of Twinning

Chapter 5.     Biology and Physiology of the Reproductive Tract and Control of Myometrial Contraction

Chapter 6.     Characteristics of Parturition

Chapter 7.     The Immunology of Pregnancy

Chapter 8.     Maternal Cardiovascular and Renal Adaptation to Pregnancy

Chapter 9.     Endocrinology of Pregnancy

Chapter 10.   The Breast and the Physiology of Lactation

Chapter 11.   Maternal Nutrition

Chapter 12.   The Puerperium

Chapter 13.   Fetal Cardiovascular Physiology

Chapter 14.   Fetal Breathing and Body Movements

Chapter 15.   Placental Respiratory Gas Exchange and Fetal Oxygenation

Chapter 16.   Fetal Lung Development

Chapter 17.   Evidence-Based Practice in Perinatal Medicine

Part II:  Fetal Disorders:  Diagnosis and Therapy

Chapter 18.   Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Disorders

Chapter 19.   Effects of Therapeutic, Diagnostic, and Environmental Agents and Exposure to Social and Illicit Drugs

Chapter 20.   General Principles and Applications of Ultrasonography

Chapter 21.   Assessment of Fetal Health

Chapter 22.   Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance

Chapter 23.   Fetal Acid-Base Balance

Chapter 24.   Significance of Amniotic Fluid Meconium

Chapter 25.   Assessment and Induction of Fetal Pulmonary Maturity

Chapter 26.   Fetal Cadiac Arrhythmias:  Diagnosis and Therapy

Chapter 27.   Fetal Therapy:  Medical and Surgical Approaches

Chapter 28.   Intrauterine Growth Restriction

Chapter 29.   Multiple Gestation:  Clinical Characteristics and Management

Chapter 30.   Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn

Chapter 31.   Nonimmune Hydrops

Part III:  Maternal Complications

Chapter 32.   Recurrent Pregnancy Loss

Chapter 33.   Abnormal Cervical Competence

Chapter 34.   Preterm Labor and Delivery

Chapter 35.   Post-Term Pregnancy

Chapter 36.   Clinical Aspects of Normal and Abnormal Labor

Chapter 37.   Placenta Previa and Abruptio Placentae

Chapter 38.   Premature Rupture of the Membranes

Chapter 39.   Maternal and Fetal Infectious Disorders

Chapter 40.   Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Chapter 41.   Cardiac Diseaes

Chapter 42.   Thromboembolic Disease

Chapter 43.   Pregnancy-Related Hypertension

Chapter 44.   Renal Disorders

Chapter 45.   Intensive Care Monitoring of the Critically Ill Pregnant Patient

Chapter 46.   Respiratory Diseases in Pregnancy

Chapter 47.   Maternal Hematologic Disorders

Chapter 48.   Thrombophilias in Pregnancy

Chapter 49.   Diabetes in Pregnancy

Chapter 50.   Thyroid Disease and Pregnancy

Chapter 51.   Other Endocrine Disorders of Pregnancy

Chapter 52.   Gastrointestinal Disease in Pregnancy

Chapter 53.   Diseases of the Liver, Biliary System, and Pancreas

Chapter 54.   Rheumatologic and Connective Tissue Disorders

Chapter 55.   Neurologic Disorders

Chapter 56.   Management of Depression and Psychoses during Pregnancy and the Puerperium

Chapter 57.    The Skin and Pregnancy

Chapter 58.   Pelvic Malignancies, Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia, and Nonpelvic Malignancies

Chapter 59.   Anesthetic Considerations for Complicated Pregnancies

Part IV:  The Neonate

Chapter 60.   Identification and Management of Problems in the High-Risk Neonate

Chapter 61.   Cerebral Palsy