Cardio-Obstetrics

Name: Cardio-Obstetrics
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781138317963
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A Practical Guide to Care for Pregnant Cardiac Patients

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Cardio-Obstetrics addresses the critical intersection of cardiac disease and pregnancy, highlighting how gaps in knowledge and communication contribute to maternal morbidity and mortality. This authoritative text offers comprehensive guidance from both obstetrics and cardiology perspectives to support the multidisciplinary care team managing high-risk pregnant women with cardiac conditions. It covers team organisation, preconception counselling, cardiovascular screening, risk stratification, and detailed management protocols using straightforward checklists and algorithms.
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Cardio-Obstetrics is an essential resource for obstetricians, maternal-fetal medicine specialists, cardiologists, anaesthesiologists, hospitalists, emergency physicians, primary care providers, and nursing staff involved in the care of pregnant women with cardiac disease.

The book encompasses detailed obstetrics and cardiology perspectives that are crucial in the management of the commonly encountered cardiac conditions in pregnancy.

Description

Cardiac disease is one of the leading causes of maternal morbidity and mortality. Catastrophic outcomes typically encountered are due to gaps in knowledge and communication between health care providers. There is a great need for a standardised approach for care of this very high-risk group of pregnant women.

The book encompasses detailed obstetrics and cardiology perspectives that are crucial in the management of the commonly encountered cardiac conditions in pregnancy. This text aims to provide guidance to the whole team caring for a pregnant cardiac patient, consisting of obstetricians, maternal-fetal medicine experts, hospitalists, cardiologists, obstetric anaesthesiologists, emergency physicians, primary care providers, and nurses.

Cardio-Obstetrics features:

Cardio-Obstetric team organisation
Preconception counselling and family planning considerations
Cardiovascular disease screening and risk stratification of a pregnant cardiac patient
Management of a wide spectrum of cardiovascular diagnoses through the use of checklists and algorithms in a simple format
Essential key points for each cardiac diagnosis

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138317963

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 07 April 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: CRC Press

Illustration: 75 Tables, black and white; 45 Line drawings, color; 46 Line drawings, black and white; 2 Halftones, color; 47 Illustrations, color; 46 Illustrations, black and white

Contributors:

Edited by Afshan B. Hameed
Edited by Diana S. Wolfe

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 216.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 1600g

Pages: 206

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction

About the Author

Afshan B. Hameed, MD, FACC, FACOG, Professor of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Cardiology, University of California, Irvine

Diana S. Wolfe, MD, MPH, FACOP, Associate Professor of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, New York