Management of preterm birth : best practices in prediction, prevention, and treatment /: best practices in prediction, prevention, and treatment. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Guest editor, Alice Reeves Goepfert ; consulting editor, William F. Rayburn.
• Other Names: Goepfert, Alice Reeves
• Contents: Front Cover; Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America; Copyright Page; Contributors; Table of Contents; Foreword: Management Strategies to Prevent Preterm Birth; Preface; Chapter 1. Progesterone for Preterm Birth Prevention; COST OF PREMATURITY; PRETERM BIRTH WORLDWIDE; ETIOLOGY OF PRETERM BIRTH; ROLE OF PROGESTERONE IN PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE FOR THE PREVENTION OF PRETERM BIRTH; UNANSWERED QUESTIONS; SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Periodontal Disease and Preterm Birth; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Cervical Cerclage for the Prevention of Preterm Birth. CERCLAGE FOR RISK FACTORSCERVICAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY AND THE PREDICTION OF PRETERM BIRTH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY-INDICATED CERCLAGE; CERVICAL ASSESSMENT BY ULTRASONOGRAPHY: BEYOND LENGTH; THE BEST CERVICAL LENGTH CUTOFF FOR INTERVENTION; ADJUNCT THERAPY; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Late Preterm Birth: Management Dilemmas; BACKGROUND AND EPIDEMIOLOGY; LATE PRETERM MORBIDITY; LATE PRETERM MORTALITY; LONG-TERM LATE PRETERM OUTCOME DATA; MANAGEMENT OF LATE PRETERM PREGNANCY; OBSTETRIC COMPLICATIONS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES. Chapter 5. Antenatal Corticosteroids in the Management of Preterm Birth: Are We Back Where We Started?TRENDS IN PRETERM BIRTH; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; EFFICACY OF ANTENATAL CORTICOSTEROID TREATMENT; EFFICACY IN SPECIAL PATIENT POPULATIONS; SAFETY OF ANTENATAL CORTICOSTEROID TREATMENT; CHOICE OF ANTENATAL CORTICOSTEROID; TIMING OF EFFECTIVENESS; TIMING OF ADMINISTRATION; GUIDELINES BY MAJOR SOCIETIES; FUTURE RESEARCH; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Antibiotics in the Management of PROM and Preterm Labor; ANTIBIOTICS FOR PROM; ANTIBIOTICS FOR PRETERM LABOR; SUMMARY; REFERENCES. Chapter 7. Tocolytic Therapy for Acute Preterm LaborMAGNESIUM SULFATE; BETA-MIMETICS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; PROSTAGLANDIN INHIBITORS; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. Early Term Births: Considerations in Management; PREVALENCE AND SUBTYPES; NEONATAL OUTCOMES; MATERNAL OUTCOMES; MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Index.
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia, Pa : Saunders
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 618.39; Premature labor -- Diagnosis; Premature labor -- Prevention; Premature infants -- Care; MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781455742981; 1455742988
• Related ISBNs: 9781455739004; 1455739006
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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