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Therapeutic Problems in Pregnancy

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  1. P. J. Lewis

    1. Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen Charlotte’s Hospital for Women, London, UK

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Hypertension in Pregnancy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages xi-xi
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    2. The Use of Antihypertensive Drugs in Pregnancy

      • L. J. Beilin, C. W. G. Redman
      Pages 1-18

    6. The Management of Hypertension in the Pregnant Woman

      • P. J. Lewis, M. de Swiet, G. V. P. Chamberlain, C. J. Bulpitt
      Pages 53-65

  3. Cardiovascular Therapy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
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    3. Drug Treatment and Prophylaxis of Thromboembolism in Pregnancy

      • M. de Swiet, Elizabeth Letsky, Heather J. Mellows
      Pages 81-89

  4. Medical Disorders

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
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    2. Thyroid Therapy in Pregnancy

      • I. D. Ramsay
      Pages 93-102

    5. Diabetic Therapy and Pregnancy

      • Nina Essex
      Pages 117-124

  5. Drugs and the Fetus

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    3. Maternal Drug Therapy and Neonatal Jaundice

      • Louise A. Friedman, P. J. Lewis
      Pages 141-151

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 163-165
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About this book

The image of obstetrics as a largely manipulative art has changed radically in recent years. The risk to a healthy mother of pregnancy and labour has been markedly reduced and morbidity not mortality is the yardstick by which the quality of maternal care is judged. We are now able to devote far more attention to the fetus whose growth patterns and behaviour in utero can be studied in detail by modern and sophisticated technical aids with a resultant improvement in perinatal mortality. A patient with a pre-existing general disease, however, still presents a problem which is best managed by close co-operation between obstetrician and physician. Essential hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, thyroid disease and epilepsy are examples of disorders which require great care throughout pregnancy and during labour if good maternal and fetal results are to be obtained. There are many questions still to be answered. What is the place of hypotensive therapy in essential hypertension complicating pregnancy? When should delivery take place in the pregnant diabetic? How should the patient be delivered? What should be her management during labour? What is the risk of fetal abnormality in the epileptic patient who becomes pregnant whilst on anti-epileptic drugs? These questions and others have been the subject of a recent symposium in the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen Charlotte’s Hospital for Women, London, UK

    P. J. Lewis

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Therapeutic Problems in Pregnancy

  • Editors: P. J. Lewis

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7927-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: MTP Press Limited 1977

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-011-7929-4Published: 29 April 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-7927-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 165

  • Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Gynecology

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