Creasy and Resnik's Maternal-Fetal Medicine: Principles and Practice: Expert Consult: Print Online with Updates by Robert K. Creasy, Robert Resnik, Jay D. Iams

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In your practice, you require advanced knowledge of the obstetrical, medical, genetic and surgical complications of pregnancy and their effects on the mother and fetus. With both basic science and clinical information, six new chapters, and an updated color design, you need look no further than the 6th edition of this long-time best seller.
Completely revised and updated, this popular reference now is a complete online resource thanks to the added functionality of Expert Consult — www.expertconsult.com.

• Includes both basic science and clinical information to give you comprehensive knowledge of the biology of pregnancy.
  
• Acts as an excellent resource for OB/GYNs studying for their Maternal-Fetal Medicine boards — and for practitioners who need quick access to practical information.

• Features a companion website at www.expertconsult.com with fully searchable text and quarterly content updates to help you keep up with rapid advances in the field.
  
• Provides an updated and focused reference list to keep you up to date on the standards of care in maternal-fetal medicine today.
  
• Keeps you current with a new section: Disorders at the Maternal-Fetal Interface...and 6 new chapters: Biology of Parturition, Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, Intrapartum Assessment of Fetal Health, Pathogenesis of Pre-term Birth, Maternal and Fetal Infectious Disorders, and Benign Gynecological Conditions of Pregnancy.
  
• Features over 50% new authorship with increased focus on international perspectives.
  
• Includes the following hot topics in Maternal-Fetal Medicine:
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  Biology of Parturition
  o FetalGrowth
  o Prenatal Genetic Screening and Diagnosis
  o Fetal Cardiac Malformations and Arrhythmias
  o Thyroid Disease and Pregnancy
  o Management of Depression and Psychoses during Pregnancy and the Puerperium
  
• Focuses on evidence based medicine, the current best practice in MFM for diagnosing and treating high risk pregnancies.
  
• Includes new illustrations and an updated, color design.

Thomas Ambro

This third edition covers the principles and pathophysiology of various medical conditions and their relationships with pregnancy. The purpose is to provide a review of normal physiology of pregnancy and the pathophysiologic alternations that occur in the presence of systemic maternal disease. The book's authors were successful in meeting their objectives. The authors are targeting medical students, residents, fellows, and practitioners in their objective. The book seems beyond the scope of what medical students would require, although the early chapters covering genetics, the placenta, and physiologic changes in pregnancy provide a valuable and understandable foundation for students at any career stage. The table of contents and index of the book are very helpful in locating information of a particular area of interest in a timely fashion. The illustrations, all in black-and-white, are numerous, helpful, and of sufficient quality. The ultrasound reproductions in chapter 14 are of little value, principally because their print quality is suboptimal. The bibliography is extensive, current, and easy to use in its alphabetical arrangement. Overall, this is a fine textbook that is thorough, easy to use, and current. The expanded sections and expansions in the treatment recommendations make this new edition an improvement over previous editions.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Thomas Ambro, MD (Medical College of Wisconsin)
Description: This third edition covers the principles and pathophysiology of various medical conditions and their relationships with pregnancy.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide a review of normal physiology of pregnancy and the pathophysiologic alternations that occur in the presence of systemic maternal disease. The book's authors were successful in meeting their objectives.
Audience: The authors are targeting medical students, residents, fellows, and practitioners in their objective. The book seems beyond the scope of what medical students would require, although the early chapters covering genetics, the placenta, and physiologic changes in pregnancy provide a valuable and understandable foundation for students at any career stage.
Features: The table of contents and index of the book are very helpful in locating information of a particular area of interest in a timely fashion. The illustrations, all in black-and-white, are numerous, helpful, and of sufficient quality. The ultrasound reproductions in chapter 14 are of little value, principally because their print quality is suboptimal. The bibliography is extensive, current, and easy to use in its alphabetical arrangement.
Assessment: Overall, this is a fine textbook that is thorough, easy to use, and current. The expanded sections and expansions in the treatment recommendations make this new edition an improvement over previous editions.

Booknews

This second edition (first 1984) includes: extensive and current coverage of genetics; uses of ultrasound, including Doppler flow and cardiac evaluations; new information on connective tissue disorders; new coverage of neonatology. Three major topics: early fetal development and environment; fetal diagnostic and treatment modalities; maternal and fetal pathophsyiology. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Rating

3 Stars from Doody

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