| Description |
1 online resource (279 pages) |
| Contents |
Front Cover; The Midwives' Guide to Key Medical Conditions: Pregnancy and Childbirth; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter One: The midwife's role; Introduction; Prenatal care; Intrapartum care; Postnatal care; The midwife; References; Chapter Two: Hypertensive conditions; Introduction; Relevant anatomy and physiology; Control of blood pressure; Central regulation; Hormonal regulation; Autoregulation; Hypertension in the general population; Aetiology; Pathophysiology of hypertension; Essential hypertension; Secondary hypertension; Signs and symptoms; Diagnosis; Treatment |
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Lifestyle changesDrug therapy; Prognosis; The heart; The brain; The kidneys; The eyes; Hypertension in pregnancy and childbirth; Overview; Relevant physiological changes in the cardiovascular system in pregnancy; Hypertensive diseases of pregnancy; Classification of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy; Chronic hypertension; Diagnosis; Management of Chronic hypertension; Complications of chronic hypertension in pregnancy; Chronic hypertension with superimposed pre-eclampsia; Gestational hypertension; Causes of gestational hypertension; Diagnosis; Management; Maternal condition; Fetal condition |
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Pre-eclampsiaIncidence; Aetiology; Pathophysiology; Signs and symptoms; Diagnosis; Pathological changes to body systems; Management of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy; Prevention; Prenatal care; Mild to moderate pre-eclampsia; Severe pre-eclampsia; Treatment in labour; Postnatal; Complications of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy; Fulminating pre-eclampsia; Eclampsia; Prognosis; Treatment; HELLP syndrome; Midwifery management; Prognosis; Future pregnancies; The neonate; Support group; References; Chapter Three: Cardiac conditions; Introduction; Relevant anatomy and physiology |
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Physiological changes in pregnancyCardiac disease in pregnancy; Pathophysiology of cardiac disease; Acquired cardiac disorders; Rheumatic heart disease; Ischaemic heart disease and myocardial infarction; Peripartum cardiomyopathy; Cardiac arrhythmias; Tachycardia; Atrial fibrillation; Ventricular fibrillation; Congenital heart disease; Signs and symptoms; Diagnosis; Management of pregnancy and birth; Preconception care; Pregnancy; Labour; Puerperium; Midwifery management; The neonate; Future pregnancies; References; Chapter Four: Thromboembolic conditions; Introduction |
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Relevant anatomy and physiologyHaemostasis (cessation of bleeding); Pathophysiology of thromboembolism; Aetiology; Thrombophilia; Thromboembolic related conditions; Varicose veins; Deep vein thrombosis; Signs and symptoms; Diagnosis; Treatment; Prognosis; Thrombophlebitis and phlebothrombosis; Treatment; Pulmonary embolism; Disseminated intravascular coagulation; Thromboembolic disorders in pregnancy; Introduction; Physiological changes in pregnancy; Incidence; Prevention; Prenatally; Labour; Puerperium; Deep vein thrombosis; Pulmonary embolism; Management and treatment of collapse due to PE |
| Notes |
Role of the midwife in the care of a woman with a pulmonary embolism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Pregnancy -- Complications.
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Childbirth.
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Midwifery.
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Women midwives.
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Midwives.
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Pregnancy Complications
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Midwifery
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Nurse Midwives
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midwives.
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Women midwives
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Midwives
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Midwifery
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Childbirth
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Pregnancy -- Complications
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| Reading List |
HNM322 prescribed text 2024
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bryce, Helen G. H
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| ISBN |
9780702055799 |
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0702055794 |
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