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Provides primary care physicians with practical knowledge needed to approach medically complicated pregnant patients, with sections on areas such as preparing for pregnancy, maternal and fetal testing, behavioral and emotional health in pregnancy, hypertension and renal disease, endocrine problems, cardiovascular disease, oncology, neurologic disorders, and infectious disease. Most chapters begin with tables of normal values for diagnostic tests that reflect physiologic changes of pregnancy and conclude with a drug table for use when medications are indicated. Lee is professor of medicine, pediatrics, and obstetrics at State University of New York at Buffalo.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR


Book Description
Primary care physicians managing medical illness in pregnant patients are routinely faced with additional difficulties. Motivated by a desire to serve both the pregnant woman and her unborn child, the physician may hesitate in treating the illness. An incomplete investigation or inadequate care may be the result. Medical Care of the Pregnant Patient provides primary care physicians with the practical knowledge needed to approach medically complicated pregnant patients. Topics include preparing for pregnancy, obstetric monitoring, hypertension, renal disease, cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, rheumatic disorders, gastrointestinal and liver disease, cancer, nervous system disorders, infectious diseases, diseases of the skin, and postpartum disorders. Chapters generally begin with a table of normal values for diagnostic tests that reflect the physiologic changes of pregnancy and conclude with a drug table for use in a clinical context when one of the medications listed is indicated. Medical Care of the Pregnant Patient is the result of a collaborative effort between editors and authors from different backgrounds, one that reflects the true interdisciplinary nature of obstetric medicine. In its depth, diversity, and topicality, Medical Care of the Pregnant Patient provides primary care physicians with a new understanding of medical illness in pregnancy.


Book Info
State Univ. of New York, Buffalo. Provides primary care physicians with practical knowledge needed to treat medically complicated pregnant patients. Topics include preparing for pregnancy, obstetric monitoring, hypertension, renal disease, cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, and more. Softcover. DNLM: Pregnancy Complications--therapy.

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The book contains black-and-white illustrations.

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Provides primary care physicians with practical knowledge needed to approach medically complicated pregnant patients, with sections on areas such as preparing for pregnancy, maternal and fetal testing, behavioral and emotional health in pregnancy, hypertension and renal disease, endocrine problems, cardiovascular disease, oncology, neurologic disorders, and infectious disease. Most chapters begin with tables of normal values for diagnostic tests that reflect physiologic changes of pregnancy and conclude with a drug table for use when medications are indicated. Lee is professor of medicine, pediatrics, and obstetrics at State University of New York at Buffalo. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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