After 30 years, Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies remains your go-to choice for authoritative guidance on managing todays obstetric patient. International experts put the latest knowledge in this specialty at your fingertips, with current and relevant information on everything from fetal origins of adult disease, to improving global maternal health, to important topics in day-to-day obstetrical practice. Highly readable, well-illustrated, and easy to understand, this bestselling obstetrics reference is an ideal tool for residents and clinicians.
Take advantage of the collective wisdom of global experts in the field, including two new editors Drs. Vincenzo Berghella and William Grobman -- and nearly 30 new contributors. Gain a new perspective
on a wide range of today's key issues - all evidence-based and easy to read. Sweeping updates throughout including four new chapters: Vaginal Birth after Cesarean Delivery; Placenta Accreta; Obesity; and Improving Global Maternal Health: Challenges and Opportunities New Glossary of the most frequently used key abbreviations for easy reference Expanded use of bolded statements and key points as well as additional tables, flow diagrams, and bulleted lists facilitates and enhances the mastery of each chapter
More than 100 images
in the Obstetrical Ultrasound chapter provide an important resource for normal and abnormal fetal anatomy 