Severe Medical Complications in Pregnancy Lucia Larson and Karen Rosene-Montella 19 Pregnant women with potentially serious medical illnesses are a challenge to the clinician. Women can develop new medical illnesses…
Trauma in Pregnancy Roxanne Vrees 16 Trauma is estimated to complicate 1 in 12 pregnancies and is the leading cause of nonobstetric maternal death in the United States (Mendez-Figueroa, Dahlke,…
Preterm Labor Linda A. Hunter 14 Defined as a delivery that occurs prior to 37 weeks gestation, preterm birth is the leading cause of perinatal mortality and long-term infant morbidity…
Substance Use and Other Psychiatric Disorders in Pregnancy Catherine R. Friedman 26 Pregnancy is a unique time of change in an individual’s family, social, medical, and interpersonal support systems as…
Preeclampsia With Severe Features, Eclampsia, and Hypertensive Issues Agatha S. Critchfield and Asha J. Heard 17 Acute hypertension in pregnancy is a severe obstetric complication that requires immediate evaluation and…
Early Complications of Multiple Gestations Karen Archabald 9 The incidence of twin gestations has increased over time, with data from the 2014 Centers for Disease Control National Vital Statistics revealing…
Limited or No Prenatal Care at Term Linda Steinhardt 13 The essential elements of care for the pregnant woman at term who presents to the obstetric triage unit or emergency…
Sepsis in Pregnancy Catherine M. Albright 23 Maternal sepsis, especially puerperal sepsis, is a common pregnancy-related condition; in the United States, it is a leading cause of maternal mortality, accounting…
Management of Biohazardous Exposure in Pregnancy Dotti C. James, Mary Ann Maher, and Amanda S. Trudell Cambridge 22 At any point in time in the United States, 3 million women…
Medical Conditions in Early Pregnancy Asha J. Heard and Agatha S. Critchfield 11 Medical conditions can occur in early pregnancy and, although rare, can cause significant maternal and fetal morbidity….
