Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Part I SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF PERINATAL BIOLOGY 1.Basic Genetics and Patterns of Inheritance 2.Normal Early Development 3.Amniotic Fluid Dynamics 4.Multiple Gestation: The Biology of Twinning 5.Biology and Physiology of the Reproductive Tract and Control of Myometrial Contraction 6.Biology of Parturition 7.The Immunology of Pregnancy 8.Maternal Cardiovascular and Renal Adaptation to Pregnancy 9.Endocrinology of Pregnancy 10.The Breast and the Physiology of Lactation 11.Maternal Nutrition 12.The Puerperium 13.Fetal Cardiovascular Physiology 14.Fetal Breathing and Body Movements 15.Placental Respiratory Gas Exchange and Fetal Oxygenation 16.Fetal Lund Development 17.Statistical Considerations in Perinatal Medicine Part II FETAL DISORDERS: DX AND THERAPY 18.Screening and DX of Congenital Disorders 19.Effects of Therapeutic, Diagnostic, and Environmental Agents and Social and Illicit Drug Exposure 20.Ultrasound Evaluation of Fetal Anatomy and Growth 21.Antenatal Assessment of Fetal Status 22.Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance 23.Fetal Acid-Base Balance 24.Significance of Amniotic Fluid Meconium 25.Assessment and Induction of Fetal Pulmonary Maturity 26.Fetal Cardiac Arrhythmias: Diagnosis and Therapy 27.Fetal Therapy: Medical And Surgical Approaches 28.Intrauterine Growth Restriction 29.Multiple Gestation: Clinical Characteristics and Management 30.Hemolytic Disease 31.Nonimmune Hydrops Part III MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS 32.Recurrent Pregnancy Loss 33.Cervical Incompetence 34.Preterm Labor and Delivery 35.Post-Term Pregnancy 36.Clinical Aspects of Normal and Abnormal Labor 37.Placenta Previa and Abruptio Placenta 38.Premature Rupture of the Membranes 39.Maternal and Fetal Infectious Disorders 40.Human Immunodeficiency Virus 41.Cardiac Diseases 42.Thromboembolic Disease 43.Pregnancy-Related Hypertension 44.Renal Disorders 45.Intensive Care Monitoring of the Critically Ill Pregnant Patient 46.Pulmonary Disorders 47.Maternal Hematologic Disorders 48.Thrombophylic Disorders 49.Diabetes in Pregnancy 50.Thyroid Disease and Pregnancy 51.Other Endocrine Disorders of Pregnancy 52.Gastrointestinal disease in Pregnancy 53.Disease of the Liver, Biliary System and Pancreas 54.Rheumatologic and Connective Tissue Disorders 55.Neurologic Disorders 56.Management of Depression and Psychoses During Pregnancy and the Puerperium 57.The Skin and Pregnancy 58.Cancer in Pregnancy 59.Anesthetic Considerations for Complicated Pregnancies Part IV The Neonate 60.Identification and Management of Problems in the High-Risk Neonate 61.Cerebral Palsy