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- An up-to-date and comprehensive guide of all the essential obstetrics information specifically needed by the primary and family medicine physician
- Addresses the major issues and problems related to each stage of pregnancy and outlines management protocols
- Key points for each topic are summarized in tabular form for quick reference and diagnostic flow charts illuminate all aspects of the decision-making process
Part of the book series: Current Clinical Practice (CCP)
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Table of contents (31 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Preconception and Prenatal Care
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Front Matter
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Complications of Pregnancy
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book surveys the normal obstetrics encountered in primary care and serves as a practical guide to the evaluation and management of common prenatal, peripartum and postpartum complications. Thoroughly revised and updated, Obstetrics in Family Medicine, Second Edition, addresses the major issues and problems related to each stage and outlines management protocols. It provides critical information about physical and ultrasound examinations, laboratory tests, drug toxicities, and screening techniques and highlights new and emerging areas of obstetrical care, such as prenatal testing protocols, treatment options for HIV in pregnancy and antenatal monitoring. Key points for each topic are summarized in tabular form for quick reference and diagnostic flow charts illuminate all aspects of the decision-making process. Concise and clinically oriented, this book is designed to help primary and family medicine physicians improve the quality of women’s health care.      Â
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Family Medicine, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, USA
Paul Lyons
About the author
Paul Lyons, MD
Department of Family Medicine
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Obstetrics in Family Medicine
Book Subtitle: A Practical Guide
Authors: Paul Lyons
Series Title: Current Clinical Practice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20077-4
Publisher: Humana Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-20077-4Published: 31 August 2015
Series ISSN: 2364-1150
Series E-ISSN: 2364-1169
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XVII, 221
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations