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Long recognized as the authoritative leader in the field, Creasy and Resnik´s Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 8th Edition , continues to provide the latest evidence-based guidelines for obstetric and neonatal management, helping you minimize complications and offer patients the best possible care. Written by renowned experts in obstetrics, gynecology, and perinatology, this comprehensive resource has been thoroughly updated and reflects new information in every area , including recent tremendous advances in genetics, imaging, and more.

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PART 1: SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF PERINATAL BIOLOGY

Chapter 1. Human Basic Genetics and Patterns of Inheritance

Chapter 2. Molecular Genetic Technology

Chapter 3. Normal Early Development

Chapter 4. Amniotic Fluid Dynamics

Chapter 5. Multiple Gestation: The Biology of Twinning

Chapter 6. Physiology of Parturition

Chapter 7. Pathogenesis of Spontaneous Preterm Birth

Chapter 8. Immunology of Pregnancy

Chapter 9. Maternal Cardiovascular, Respiratory, and Renal Adaptation to Pregnancy

Chapter 10. Endocrinology of Pregnancy

Chapter 11. The Breast and the Physiology of Lactation

Chapter 12. Maternal Nutrition

Chapter 13. Fetal Cardiovascular Physiology

Chapter 14. Behavioral States in the Fetus: Relationship to Fetal Health and Development

Chapter 15. Placental Respiratory Gas Exchange and Fetal Oxygenation

Chapter 16. Fetal Lung Development and Surfactant

Chapter 17. Evidence-Based Practice in Perinatal Medicine

PART 2: OBSTETRIC IMAGING

Section I: Principles of Fetal Imaging

Chapter 18. Performing and Documenting the Fetal Anatomy Ultrasound Examination

Chapter 19. Doppler Ultrasound: Select Fetal and Maternal Applications

Chapter 20. Clinical Applications of Three-Dimensional Sonography in Obstetrics

Chapter 21. MRI in Obstetrical Imaging

Section II: Lesions

Chapter 22. Central Nervous System Imaging

22ACephalocele

22BChoroid Plexus Cysts

22CHoloprosencephaly

22DPorencephalic Cyst

22EVentriculomegaly: Aqueductal Stenosis

22FVentriculomegaly: Arnold-Chiari Malformation

22GVentriculomegaly: Borderline Lateral Cerebral Ventriculomegaly

22HVentriculomegaly: Dandy-Walker Malformation and Variant

22IAgenesis of the Corpus Callosum

22JArachnoid Cyst

22KExencephaly and Anencephaly

22LHydranencephaly

22MMicrocephaly

22NVein of Galen Aneurysm

Chapter 23. Imaging of the Face and Neck

23ACleft Lip and Palate

23BCystic Hygroma

23CMicrognathia

23DAbnormal Orbits

23E Goiter

Chapter 24. Thoracic Imaging

24ACongenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

24BCystic Lung Lesions, CPAM/CCAM, and Sequestration

24CCongenital High Airway Obstruction

24DPleural Effusion

Chapter 25. Fetal Cardiac Malformations and Arrhythmias: Detection, Diagnosis, Management, and Prognosis

Chapter 26. Abdominal Imaging

26AAbdominal Ascites

26B Intestinal Atresias

26CGastroschisis

26D Omphalocele

26E Cystic Abdominal Lesions

26FEchogenic Abdominal Lesions

26GLimb-Body Stalk Lesions

26H Umbilical Vein Varix

26I Esophageal Atresia

Chapter 27. Urogenital Imaging

Chapter 28. Skeletal Imaging

Chapter 29. Placenta and Umbilical Cord Imaging

29AMarginal and Velamentous Umbilical Cord Insertion

29BMolar Gestation

29CPlacenta Accreta-Increta-Percreta

29DPlacental Echolucencies: Lakes, Cysts, Chorangioma

29EPlacenta Previa

29FSingle Umbilical Artery

29GAmniotic Fluid Volume

29HCircumvallate Placenta

29ISubchorionic Hematoma

29JSuccenturiate Placenta

29KVasa Previa

Chapter 30. Uterus and Adnexae Imaging

30AAdnexal Mass, Complex and Simple

30BUterine Anomalies

30CUterine Myomas

Chapter 31. First-Trimester Imaging

31AFetal Structural Anomalies

31BNuchal Translucency

31CNasal Bone

PART 3: FETAL DISORDERS: DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY

Chapter 32. Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Disorders

Chapter 33. Teratogenesis and Environmental Exposure

Chapter 34. Assessment of Fetal Health

Chapter 35. Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance

Chapter 36. Assessment and Induction of Fetal Pulmonary Maturity

Chapter 37. Invasive Fetal Therapy

Chapter 38. Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn

Chapter 39. Nonimmune Hydrops

Chapter 40. Multiple Gestation: Clinical Characteristics and Management

PART 4: DISORDERS AT THE MATERNAL-FETAL INTERFACE

Chapter 41. Prevention and Management of Preterm Parturition

Chapter 42. Premature Rupture of the Membranes

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