Co-published with the Association of Women's Health, Obstetrics & Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), this comprehensive book on advanced obstetrics practice focuses on the care of childbearing women with complications during pregnancy and the related professional concerns of perinatal professionals caring for them. This substantially revised edition reflects the significant change in this specialty area and the need to collaborate in practice to maximize patient outcomes. All chapters have been revised by RN-MD author teams. This edition includes the AWHONN Perinatal Morbidity Advisory Panel Top 5 Issues: obesity, thromboembolic disease, diabetes, perinatal infections, and cardiac disease. The entire first section presents the realities of today's practice including ethics, collaboration, and patient safety. Nineteen chapters detail the primary complications of pregnancy.

Section 1:        Foundations for Practice               Chapter 1        Obstetric Practice: State of the Specialty                                     Jeffrey P. Phelan and Bonnie Flood Chez                                            Chapter 2        Collaboration in Clinical Practice                                     Nan H. Troiano, Shailen S. Shah, and Mary Ellen Burke Sosa               Chapter 3        Ethical Challenges Frank A. Chervenak, Laurence B. McCullough, and Bonnie Flood Chez   Section II:       Clinical Practice Adjuncts   Chapter 4        Invasive Hemodynamic and Oxygen Transport Monitoring during Pregnancy                         Nan H. Troiano and Sreedhar Gaddipati               Chapter 5        Mechanical Ventilation during Pregnancy                                     Nan H. Troiano and Thomas M. Jenkins               Chapter 6        Pharmacologic Agents Suzanne McMurtry Baird, Stephen D. Krau and Michael A. Belfort   Section III:     Clinical Application               Chapter 7        Hypertension in Pregnancy                                     Carol J. Harvey and Baha M. Sibai               Chapter 8        Cardiac Disorders in Pregnancy                                     Sreedhar Gaddipati and Nan H. Troiano                     Chapter 9        Pulmonary Disorders in Pregnancy                                     Brian A. Mason and Karen Dorman   Chapter 10      Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Continuous Insulin Infusion Management in Pregnancy                         Maribeth Inturrisi, Nancy C. Lintner and Kimberlee Sorem               Chapter 11      Anesthesia Emergencies in the Obstetric Setting                                     Patricia M. Witcher and Keith McLendon               Chapter 12      Induction of Labor                                     Washington C. Hill and Carol J. Harvey                      Chapter 13      Acute Renal Failure                                     Betsy B. Kennedy, Carol J. Harvey and George R. Saade               Chapter 14      Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Pregnancy                                     Deborah Anne Cruz, Patricia M. Constanty and Shailen S. Shah               Chapter 15      Obstetric Hemorrhage                                     Carol J. Harvey and Gary A. Dildy               Chapter 16      Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation in Pregnancy                                     Melissa C. Sisson and Marcy Mann               Chapter 17      Venous Thromboembolism in Pregnancy                                     Patricia M. Witcher and Lewis Hamner III               Chapter 18      Sepsis in Pregnancy                                     Julie M. R. Arafeh and Bonnie K. Dwyer               Chapter 19      Amniotic Fluid Embolus                                     Renee\u2019 Jones and Steven L. Clark               Chapter 20      Perinatal Infection                                     Patrick Duff               Chapter 21      Trauma in Pregnancy                                     Donna J. Ruth and Richard S. Miller               Chapter 22      Maternal Obesity: Effects on Pregnancy                                     Amy H. Picklesimer and Karen Dorman   Section IV:     Clinical Care Guidelines           Nan Hess-Eggleston, Nan H. Troiano, Carol J. Harvey, and Bonnie Flood Chez   Guidelines for the Initial Assessment and Triage of Obstetric Patients   Guidelines for Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring   Guidelines for Use of Acoustic Stimulation   Guidelines for the Care of Patients in Labor   Guidelines for the Care of Patients in Preterm Labor   Guidelines for the Care of Patients with Diagnosed or Suspected Placenta Previa   Guidelines for the Care of Obstetric Patients with Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)   Guidelines for the Care of Patients with Preeclampsia - Eclampsia   Guidelines for the Care of Patients Undergoing Induction of Labor   Guidelines for the Care of Patients Undergoing Induction of Labor due to    Intrauterine Fetal Demise   Guidelines for the Care of the Obstetric Trauma Patient   Guidelines for Care of the Patient Requiring Transport   Guidelines for the Critically Ill Obstetric Patient