Protocols for High Risk Pregnancies

Part 1: Hazards to Pregnancy:; Alcohol; Drug Addiction; Teratogens; Smoking; Ionizing Radiation; Microwaves and Ultrasound; Exercise; Part 2: Antenatal Testing:; Routine Antenatal Laboratory Tests; Assessment of Gestational Age; a-Fetoprotein Screening for Neural Tube Defects; Tiple Screening for Aneuploidy; Ultrasound Fetal Survey; Amniotic Fluid Indices of Maturity; Clinical Use of Doppler; Fetal Echocardiography; Biophysical Profile; Part 3: Special Procedures:; Chorionic Villus Sampling; Genetic Amniocentesis; Third Trimester Amniocentesis; Fetal Blood Sampling; Intrauterine Transfusion; Induction of Labor; Amnioinfusion for Relief of Cord Compressions; New Genetic Tests; Part 4: Maternal Disease:; Sickle-Cell Disease; Autoimmune and Isoimmune Thrombocytopenic Purpura; Autoimmune Disease; Systemic Lupus Erythematosus; Cardiac Disease; Renal Disease; Other Renal Diseases; Obesity; Gestational Diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus; Hypothyroidism; Acute Hepatitis; Asthma; Epilepsy; Hypertension; Immunization; Cytomegalovirus; Herpes Simplex; Influenza; Lyme Disease; HIV; Parvovirus Biq; Syphillis; Rubella; Group B Streptococcus; Taxoplasmosis; Varicella; Tuberculosis; Parasitic Infections; Urinary Tract Infections; Acute Abdominal Pain Due to Nonobstetrical Causes; Mastitis; Antibiotics In Pregnancy; Part 5: Obstetrical Problems:; First Trimester Vaginal Bleeding; Incompetant Cervix; Nausea and Vomiting; Syncope; Fetal Malformations; Recurrent Fetal Wastage: Genetic Evaluation; Recurrent Fetal Wastage: Non-Genetic Causes; Blighted Ovum; Missed Abortion and Fetal Death; Oligohydramnios; Polyhydramnios; Preeclampsia; Intrauterine Growth Retardation; Rh and Other Blood Group Immunizations; Early Detection of Preterm Labor; Tocolysis; Premature Rupture of the Membranes; Amnionitis; Third Trimester Bleeding; Amniotic Fluid Embolus; Septic Shock; Neonatal Death: Caring for the Parents; Part 6: Labor and Delivery:; Medications in Labor; Intrapartum Fetal Monitoring; Dysfunctional Labor; Breech Delivery; Shoulder Dystocia; Twins; Postdate Pregnancies; Postpartum Hemorrhage; Postpartum Endometritis; Wound Dehiscence; Part 7: Clinical Reference Tables:; Appendix A: Commonly Used Ultrasound Measurements; Appendix B: Changes in Laboratory Values During Pregnancy; Appendix C: Evaluation of Fetal Defects and Maternal Disease; Appendix D: Newborn Statistical Analysis