Figure 23.1 Flowchart for management of patients with self-reported penicillin allergy. Investigations for antibiotic allergy include the use of skin prick (SPT) and intradermal (IDT) tests. If the skin tests…
Figure 10.1 Mechanism of dural puncture epidural effect. The dural puncture epidural (DPE) technique. Following the introduction of a 17 to 18 gauge epidural needle through the ligamentum flavum, a…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 19 Endocrine disease in pregnancy, including diabetes mellitus, thyroid and adrenal disease Jenny Myers and Dan Mallaber Diabetes Introduction Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 20 Renal disease Jessica Longbottom and W. Ross Macnab Introduction Chronic renal insufficiency occurs in 0.03–0.2% of all pregnancies. Although rare, these parturients have a…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 17 Respiratory disease in pregnancy Christopher Kelly, Simon Maguire and Craig Carroll Introduction A number of significant physiological changes occur within the maternal respiratory system…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 16 Cardiac disease in pregnancy W. Ross Macnab, Anita Macnab and Akbar Vohra Cardiac disease is a significant cause of maternal mortality worldwide. In the…
Figure 15.1 Structure of influenza virus (http://www.cdc.gov/flu/images/influenza-virus-fulltext.jpg accessed 25/2/2013). Influenza viruses are single stranded RNA viruses that make up three genera (Influenza A, B and C) of the family orthomyxoviridae….
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 14 Hypertension in pregnancy, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia Suna Monaghan, Jenny Myers and Lorna A. Howie Introduction Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are one of the most…
Figure 13.1 Insertion of McDonald suture. (Source Gabbe et al., 2013, with permission of Elsevier.) Abdominal cerclage This is reserved for patients with an extremely short cervix or in patients…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 11 Regional anaesthesia for operative delivery Cathy Armstrong and Khaled Girgirah Introduction The rate of general anaesthesia (GA) for caesarean section (CS) has fallen from…
