HIV and infectious disease in pregnancy, including herpes, syphilis and hepatitis

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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 24 HIV and infectious disease in pregnancy, including herpes, syphilis and hepatitis Jacqueline E. A. K. Bamfo, Matthew D. Phillips, M. Kingston, K. Chan and Ian Clegg…

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Regional analgesia techniques for labour

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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…

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Renal disease

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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…

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Endocrine disease in pregnancy, including diabetes mellitus, thyroid and adrenal disease

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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…

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Respiratory disease in pregnancy

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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…

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Cardiac disease in pregnancy

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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…

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Sepsis and influenza in pregnancy

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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….

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Hypertension in pregnancy, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia

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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…

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Anaesthesia for other obstetric indications: cervical suture, external cephalic version, controlled ARM, manual removal of placenta and perineal repair

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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…

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