The Midwives Guide to Key Medical Conditions: Pregnancy and Childbirth, 3rd Edition

Designed to help midwives optimally manage pregnancy and childbirth in women with systemic disease, The Midwives' Guide to Key Medical Conditions, 3rd Edition, provides up-to-date guidance on how to recognize the early onset of disease-related pregnancy complications and determine when it may be necessary to refer patients to another member of the healthcare team. Using an accessible writing style and clear illustrations throughout, this highly regarded text is edited and written by well-known authorities in the field to ensure that information is relevant to midwives in training or practice.

New to this edition

• COVID Chapter dealing with its impact on pregnancy and childbirth
• Make sure that all conditions highlighted in the recent MBRRACE reports are included
• Full reference updates
• Evidence base to be updated, management of women with these needs to be brought in line with present day protocols and procedures, and current priorities to be addressed

Key Features

• Reviews the underlying anatomy and physiology for relevant body systems, and explains the normal physiological changes that occur during pregnancy
• Summarises the relative risk of each specific disorder in the context of overall maternal mortality
• Explains the pathophysiology of a given condition, with an emphasis on its impact on pregnancy
• Covers key topics such as personalised care, common medications used in pregnancy, and conditions such as pre-eclampsia and intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP)
• Includes new content on COVID-19 in pregnancy and childbirth
• Explores the relevant management of the neonate and the likely impact of the medical disorder on future pregnancies
• Reflects current protocols and procedures throughout, including conditions highlighted in the most recent Ockendon and MBRRACE reports, recent changes in NHS policy, and the most updated references
• Places particular emphasis on the management of critical illness and medical emergencies, covering risk management and the use of pathways of care, management of obesity, sepsis and infectious diseases, and other pre-existing chronic disorders