Manual of high risk pregnancy & delivery / Elizabeth Stepp Gilbert.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physiologic and nutritional adaptations to pregnancy -- General nursing assessment of the high risk expectant family -- Assessment of fetal well-being -- Perinatal screening, diagnoses, and fetal therapies -- Integrative therapies in pregnancy and childbirth -- Psychologic adaptations -- Perinatal death and bereavement care -- Ethical decision making -- Legal issues and risk management -- Diabetes -- Cardiac disease -- Renal disease -- Autoimmune rheumatic diseases -- Venous thromboembolic disease -- Pulmonary disease and respiratory distress -- Spontaneous abortion -- Ectopic pregnancy -- Gestational trophoblastic disease -- Placental abnormalities -- Disseminated intravascular coagulation -- Hemolytic incompatibility -- Hypertensive disorders -- Preterm labor and multiple gestation -- Premature rupture of membranes -- Trauma -- Sexually and nonsexually transmitted genitourinary infections -- Substance abuse -- Labor stimulation -- Dysfunctional labor -- Prolonged pregnancy.

As the only book of its kind, this text provides a complete resource for care of the high risk patient and her complex needs. It helps you provide the best care and increase positive outcomes with coverage of today's newest technology, physiologic considerations, psychologic implications, health disorders, and other complications in pregnancy. This book also describes how to screen for risk factors, provide preventive management, and intervene appropriately when problems arise. It's a concise, hands-on reference for both inpatient and outpatient settings. --Book Jacket.