Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies

This issue of "Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America", guest edited by Dr. Henry Galan, pertains to emergencies that are unique to obstetrics and gynecology. Topics in this issue include management of pregnancy in a jehovah's witness, intimate partner violence, approach to the acute abdomen in pregnancy, current management of ectopic pregnancy, postpartum hemorrhage, blood component therapy in obstetrics, early goal directed therapy for sepsis during pregnancy, thromboembolism in pregnancy, shoulder dystocia, diabetic ketoacidosis in pregnancy, amniotic fluid embolism, trauma in pregnancy, cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pregnancy, angiographic and interventional options in obstetric and gynecologic emergencies, and liability in high-risk obstetrics.