Must-have expertise for today's challenging fast-changing field! This classic reference is your place to turn for all of the guidelines you need on the diagnosis, therapy, and management of both normal and high-risk patients. Inside you'll find state-of-the-art guidance on the challenges you face, with new chapters covering placental anatomy and physiology · non-invasive prenatal diagnostic techniques · abnormal labor · operative vaginal delivery · cervical incompetence · amniotic fluid disorders · thrombophilias · and thromboembolic disorders, plus comprehensive updates throughout. Plus, you'll have access to the complete contents online - fully searchable - as well as all of the illustrations for use in electronic presentations. The result is essential, practice-proven know-how you need to enhance your clinical success.

• Cover the important foundations of basic science and physiology of normal and complicated obstetrics.
• Includes evidence based information on normal obstetric practice.
• Presents in-depth information on problems encountered in clinical practice, as well as high-risk obstetrics.

• Presents the work of four new associate editors - broadening the book's international appeal - as well as more than 20 new contributors for fresh practice perspectives.
• Offers new chapters covering placental anatomy and physiology · non-invasive prenatal diagnostic techniques · abnormal labor · operative vaginal delivery · cervical incompetence · amniotic fluid disorders · thrombophilias · and thromboembolic disorders.
• Features a new full-color format for easier reference, as well as a new appendix of normalvalues.
• Distills the expertise of leading contributors from the fields of maternal-fetal medicine, anesthesiology, neonatology, internal medicine, dermatology, genetics, and ethics - providing a real-life, interdisciplinary perspective.

Gabbe, Steven G., MD (Univ of Washington); Niebyl, Jennifer R., MD (Univ of Iowa); Simpson, Joe Leigh, MD (Baylor Coll of Medicine)The contributors represent the specialties of obstetrics and gynecology, reproductive endocrinology, biophysics/physiology, anesthesiology, maternal/fetal medicine, pharmacology, pediatrics, and human genetics. Most are from U.S. academic hospitals and universities. Institutions prominently represented include Boston Univ, Univ of Washington, UNC-Chapel Hill, Baylor, Cornell, Univ of Alabama, Stanford, Ohio State, Medical Coll of Wisconsin, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Thomas Jefferson Univ, Univ of Michigan, and Johns Hopkins.

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