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Informationen zum Autor Amira El-Messidi graduated with an MDCM degree from McGill University in 2002. After completion of her residency and fellowship at the University of Ottawa, she joined McGill as a staff in 2009 and is currently an Associate Professor at McGill's Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Consultant of Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Her career contributions to excellence in postgraduate education have attracted honours including 10 departmental awards to date, a scholarship to McGill's 'Teachers' Scholars Program for Educators in Health Science', the Faculty of Medicine's Maude-Abbott Prize, the Carl Nimrod Educator Award for Excellence in Education, the National Faculty Award from the American College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists' Council on Resident Education, and the Excellence in Teaching Award from the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics. She served as examiner for the Medical Council of Canada and Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada for both Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine. She was also Associate Editor for the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada. Her main research interests are in hypertensive syndromes and diabetes in pregnancy. She has numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals. Alan D. Cameron was a Consultant Obstetrician in Glasgow for 28 years. He undertook his subspeciality training in Maternal Fetal Medicine in the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He was rewarded with an Honorary Professorship from the University of Glasgow in 2007. His main research interests are in prenatal diagnosis and fetal therapy. He has published over 100 articles on peer reviewed journals and 13 chapters in textbooks. He was the main author for 'Fetal Medicine for the MRCOG and beyond' originally published in 2003 with a second edition in 2011. He was President of the British Maternal and Fetal Medicine Society from 2005–08. From 2013–16 he was Vice President for Clinical Quality at the RCOG. In 2019 he was appointed as the national clinical lead for obstetrics to the Maternity and Children Quality Improvement Collaborative (MCQIC). In 2020 Alan was the local president of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ISUOG) virtual congress and scientific chair for the EBCOG Hybrid congress in 2021. Alan has been a speciality maternity advisor to Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch since 2019 and was appointed as clinical advisor to HSIB in 2020. Klappentext Using this book, obstetric practitioners and trainees will learn focused history-taking and evidence-based counselling and management from preconception/early pregnancy to the postpartum period. Innovatively designed in OSCE format, it will help prepare for high-stakes certification examinations. Zusammenfassung Using this book, obstetric practitioners and trainees will learn focused history-taking and evidence-based counselling and management from preconception/early pregnancy to the postpartum period. Innovatively designed in OSCE format, it will help prepare for high-stakes certification examinations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Section I. Obstetric aspects of antenatal care: foreword; 1. Routine prenatal care and immunizations; 2. Advanced maternal age; 3. Teenage pregnancy; 4. Hyperemesis gravidarum; 5. Prenatal genetic screening; 6. Obesity in pregnancy; 7. Preterm labor; 8. Incompetent cervix; 9. Fetal growth restriction; 10. Alloimmunization; 11. Multiple gestation: dichorionic pregnancy; 12. Multiple gestation: monochorionic pregnancy; 13. Prenatal care of fetal congenital anomalies; 14. Intrauterine fetal death; Section II. Labor & Delivery: 15. Labor at term; 16. Post-term pregnancy and induction of labor; 17. Counselling: cesarean section on-demand; 18. Trial of labor after cesarean section; 19. Shoulder dystocia; 20. Fetal malpresentation and breech delivery; 21. Amniotic fluid embolism and disseminated intravascular...
