Table of Contents

Obstetrics in Broad Perspective Maternal Anatomy Implantation and Development of the Placenta and Membranes Fetal Growth and Development Maternal Physiology Parturition Preconceptional Counseling Prenatal Care Abortion Ectopic Pregnancy Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Genetics Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal Therapy Teratology, Drugs, and Other Medications Antepartum Assessment Ultrasound and Doppler Normal Labor and Delivery Intrapartum Assessment Anesthesia Abnormal Labor and Delivery Abnormalities of Amniotic Fluid Induction of Labor Forceps and Vacuum Delivery Breech Cesarean Delivery and Postpartum Hysterectomy Prior Cesarean Delivery Abnormalities of the Placenta and Membranes The Newborn Infant Diseases and Injuries of the Fetus and Newbornw Puerperium Puerperal Infection Contraception Sterilization Hypertension Hemorrhage Preterm Birth Postterm Pregnancy Fetal Growth Disorders Multifetal Pregnancy Abnormalities of the Reproductive Tract General Consideration and Maternal Evaluation Critical Care Obesity Cardiovascular Diseases Chronic Hypertension Pulmonary Disorders Thromboembolism Renal Disorders Gastrointestinal Disorders The Liver Hematological Disorders Diabetes Thyroid and Other Endocrine Disorders Connective Tissue Diseases Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Dermatological Disorders Neoplastic Diseases Infections Sexually Transmitted Diseases

About the Author

F. Gary Cunningham, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Jack A. Pritchard Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Beatrice & Miguel Elias Distinguished Chair in Obstetrics & Gynecology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Chief of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas Kenneth J. Leveno, MD, Gillette Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Vice-Chair for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Chief of Obstetrics, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas Steven Bloom, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
In addition to co-authoring the forthcoming Williams Manual of Obstetrics, Dr. Bloom will join the author team for Williams 22 and is the likely “heir apparent” to primary authorship of Williams when Gary Cunningham and Ken Leveno retire.
Larry C. Gilstrap, III, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Texas, Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas