With today's technologic advances and the help of knowledgeable nurses, women have a better chance of having a positive outcome of even a high risk pregnancy and delivery than ever before. Manual of High Risk Pregnancy & Delivery, 4th Edition provides the user with comprehensive information in a concise, accessible format. The book presents various problems in a consistent format that includes incidence, etiology, physiology, pathophysiology, and medical management with protocols for nurse practitioners. It also addresses collaborative problems and desired outcomes.

• Includes current AWHONN Standards of Practice.
• Current information on domestic violence and multiple gestation, including nutritional needs and preterm management.
• Features comprehensive coverage of substance abuse and STIs, including implications for both mother and newborn.
• Incorporates home care pregnancy and delivery throughout.
• Covers the advance practice nurse's role in implementing care
• Discusses trauma during pregnancy and provides guidelines of care for emergency, critical care, and medical-surgical staff.

• Thoroughly updated chapters include the most current evidence-based practice guidelines.
• Includes the latest research on the etiology and treatment of preeclampsia.
• Expanded emphasis on antiphospholipid syndrome and other autoimmune diseases.

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