Imaging of the breast can be one of the most challenging tasks in all of radiology.? This issue not only covers all of the modalities (plain film, multislice CT, MRI, US, and nuclear medicine and molecular imaging it also provides discussions on the controversy regarding when women should be screened, the costs involved in breast imaging, and the appropriate use of screening.

Gynecology provides many opportunities to utilize ultrasound in clinical practice.? Pelvic pain, uterine bleeding, and adnexal masses are reviewed in this issue.? Additionally the use of saline-infused sonohysterography, 3D ultrasound, and the pitfalls of transvaginal imaging are covered.? Lastly the application of ultrasound in the follow-up care for gynecologic cancer is reviewed.

Too often, in the debate over reproductive rights and technologies, we lose sight of the fundamental emotional and psychological issues that define the experience of pregnancy. Robin Gregg here draws on the words and stories of over thirty women to provide a first- hand perspective on pregnancy in the modern age.

In an age where a new advance in reproductive technology occurs seemingly every month, pregnancy has come to be defined by such medical procedures as prenatal screening, amniocentesis, fetal monitoring, induced labor, and cesarean sections. Public policymakers, ethicists, religious figures, and the medical establishment control the debate, drowning out the voices of women who grapple in the most immediate sense with the issues. Even feminist theorists often overlook the nuances and paradoxes of the reproductive revolution as experienced by individual, particular women.

The reader follows these thirty women as they speak about whether to become pregnant, and by what means; how to choose a health provider; what meaning they attribute to their pregnancies; and how they navigate their way through the contradictory pressures they face during pregnancy. The intimate nature of Gregg's research, consisting as it does largely of women's pregnancy narratives, lends her book a vibrancy often lacking in academic writing about reproduction.

The Year Book of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women's Health brings you abstracts of the articles that reported the year's breakthrough developments in obstetrics, gynecology and women's health, carefully selected from more than 500 journals worldwide. Expert commentaries evaluate the clinical importance of each article and discuss its application to your practice. There's no faster or easier way to stay informed! Included in this annual edition are chapters on gynecologic urology, maternal complications in pregnancy, surgical obstetrics, anesthesia and delivery, ovarian cancer, uterine malignancies, etopic pregnancy, and operative gynecology.

Topics?in this issue?include: Genetic Risk and Gynecologic Cancer; Current Management of Preinvasive Cervical Neoplasia; Current Surgical Management of Cervical Neoplasia; Current Surgical Management of Ovarian Cancer; Current Management of Trophoblastic Disease; and New Developments in Radiation Management and Gynecologic Cancers.

Rheumatic (or systemic autoimmune) diseases disproportionately affect young women: the female-to-male ratio for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus during the reproductive years is approximately 9:1. In the mid- to late-twentieth century, women with rheumatic disease diagnoses were often advised to avoid pregnancy due to fear of disease exacerbation and adverse outcome. In more recent years, many women with rheumatic disease have deferred childbearing until a later age due to active disease or unsafe therapies. However, with advances in rheumatology therapies, obstetric monitoring, and reproductive medicine technologies, increasing numbers of women with rheumatic diseases are pursuing pregnancy. As a result, obstetricians and rheumatologists need to be aware of the current state of knowledge and the recommendations for management of pregnancy in these patients. Contraception and Pregnancy in Patients with Rheumatic Disease explains the basics of contraception, fertility treatment, and pregnancy in rheumatic disease patients and serves as a guide and reference tool for both rheumatologists and OB/GYNs. Most general rheumatologists and OB/GYNs have limited experience in caring for rheumatic disease patients during pregnancy, and many do not have ready access to expert colleagues in this area. This book summarizes the current state of knowledge and presents a general approach for assessment of the rheumatic disease patient considering pregnancy, hormonal contraception or infertility treatment.

This issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, Guest Edited by Anthony Odibo and David Krantz, will feature article topics such as: Screening for Chromosomal abnormalities; Cystic fibrosis screening; The role of second-trimester screening, in the post-first trimester screening era; Modifying risk for Aneuploidy with second-trimester ultrasound after a positive serum screen; Cost-effectiveness of Down syndrome screening paradigms; Biochemical and biophysical screening for the risk of Preterm delivery; Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis; Prenatal testing for infectious disease, Thrombophilias, Preeclampsia, Neural Tube Defects; Management of Multiple Pregnancy; Genetic Counseling Issues in Down syndrome Screening; First Trimester Ultrasound Markers; Quality Control of Nuchal Translucency; Clinical Implications of First Trimester Screening; Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes after Positive Screening; First Trimester Combined Screening: Instant Risks Approach.

This issue provides valuable information on the many different pulmonary concerns that arise in pregnancy. Topics include: Radiation in pregnancy, Pharmacotherapy in pregnancy and lactation; Respiratory physiology; Asthma in pregnancy; Cystic Fibrosis in pregnancy, Pulmonary embolism in pregnancy; Interstitial lung disease and connective tissue diseases in pregnancy; Pulmonary hypertension in pregnancy; Tuberculosis in pregnancy; Pneumonia in pregnancy; Sleep in pregnancy; Smoking and smoking cessation in pregnancy; High altitude and pregnancy; Fetal oxygenation and ventilation.

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1. Basics of Ultrasound and Safety Concerns 2. Know the Scanner and its Controls to Optimize the Image 3. Doppler Basics for a Gynecologist 4. Ultrasound in First Trimester Pregnancy 5. 11-14 Weeks Scan 6. Screening for Aneuploidy 7. Second Trimester Scan 8. Placental Evaluation and Trophoblastic Tumors 9. Role of Doppler in IUGR and Pregnancy-induced Hypertension 10. Role of Ultrasound in Medical Disorders in Pregnancy 11. Fetal Thoracic Abnormalities 12. Abnormalities of Cardiovascular System 13. Fetal Urinary Tract Anomalies 14. Gastrointestinal Tract Abnormalities 15. Skeletal Dysplasia: Abnormalities of Skeletal System 16. Fetal Hydrops 17. Fetal Central Nervous System Abnormalities 18. Fetal Behavior in Normal Pregnancy and Diabetic Pregnancy Abnormalities 19. Common Ultrasound-guided Invasive Diagnostic Procedures 20. Three-dimensional and Four-dimensional Ultrasound for Fetal Anomalies 21. Sonography-based Volume Computer-aided Display in Labor 22. Basics of Transvaginal Scan 23. Normal Uterus 24. Normal Ovaries 25. Uterine Mullerian Abnormalities 26. Myometrial Pathologies of Uterus 27. Endometrial Lesions and Doppler 28. Ovarian Pathologies and Endometriosis 29. Tubal Evaluation by Ultrasound 30. Ultrasound Diagnosis of PCOS 31. Baseline Scan 32. Monitoring of Ovulation Induction by Ultrasound 33. Ultrasound-guided Procedures in Assisted Reproduction 34. Transvaginal Assessment of the Cervix 35. Ultrasound in Urogynecology

Pelvic Floor Dysfunction is reviewed in this issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Joseph Schaffer. Authorities in the field have come together to pen articles on Anatomy of the Pelvic Floor Dysfunction; Epidemiology of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction; Clinical Approach and Office Evaluation of the Patient with Pelvic Floor Dysfunction; Pathophysiology of Urinary Incontinence, Voiding Dysfunction, and Overactive Bladder; Behavioral Management of Urinary Incontinence, Voiding Dysfunction, and Overactive Bladder; Pharmacologic Management of Urinary Incontinence, Voiding Dysfunction, and Overactive Bladder; Surgery for Urinary Incontinence and Overactive Bladder; Pathophysiology of Pelvic Organ Prolapse; Non-Surgical Management of Pelvic Organ Prolapse; Vaginal Surgery for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Repair; Abdominal, Laparoscopic, and Robotic Surgery for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Repair; Use of Mesh and Materials in Pelvic Floor Surgery; Obliterative Surgery for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Repair; Pathophysiology of Anal Incontinence, Constipation, and Defecatory Dysfunction; Evaluation and Treatment of Anal Incontinence, Constipation, and Defecatory Dysfunction Pathophysiology of Pelvic Floor Related Pelvic Pain; and Evaluation and Treatment of Pelvic Floor Related Pelvic Pain.

Prevention and Management of Complications from Gynecologic Surgery is reviewed in this issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics. Guest Editor Dr. Howard Sharp has assembled a panel of experts to pen articles on topics including Preventing energy-related injuries; Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of surgical site infections; Major vessel injury; Hysteroscopic complications; Surgical hemostasis; Understanding cognitive errors in laparoscopic surgery; Preventing neurologic injury during surgery; and Gastrointestinal and genitourinary tract injuries.

The Year Book of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women's Health brings you abstracts of the articles that reported the year's breakthrough developments in obstetrics, gynecology and women's health, carefully selected from more than 500 journals worldwide. Expert commentaries evaluate the clinical importance of each article and discuss its application to your practice. There's no faster or easier way to stay informed! Included in this annual edition are chapters on gynecologic urology, maternal complications in pregnancy, surgical obstetrics, anesthesia and delivery, ovarian cancer, uterine malignancies, etopic pregnancy, and operative gynecology.

According to the Latina health paradox, Mexican immigrant women have less complicated pregnancies and more favorable birth outcomes than many other groups, in spite of socioeconomic disadvantage. Alyshia Galvez provides an ethnographic examination of this paradox. What are the ways that Mexican immigrant women care for themselves during their pregnancies? How do they decide to leave behind some of the practices they bring with them on their pathways of migration in favor of biomedical approaches to pregnancy and childbirth? This book takes us from inside the halls of a busy metropolitan hospital's public prenatal clinic and to the Oaxaca and Puebla states in Mexico to look at the ways Mexican women manage their pregnancies. The mystery of the paradox lies perhaps not in the recipes Mexican-born women have for good perinatal health, but in the prenatal encounter in the United States. Patient Citizens, Immigrant Mothers is a migration story and a look at the ways that immigrants are received by our medical institutions and by our society.

This textbook is a comprehensive guide to perinatology for trainees in obstetrics, trainees in paediatrics, and neonatal nurses. Divided into seven sections, the book covers foetal wellbeing, foetal disorders, maternal illness and effects on the foetus, obstetric conditions and effects on the foetus or newborn, congenital infections, and delivery room management. The final section discusses foetal death and still birth, and placental examination. Each section is further divided into various chapters covering different topics relevant to that section. Each chapter is presented in a structured manner, with objectives clearly outlined, a concluding summary, and extensive references. Topics are covered from a multidisciplinary approach, drawing on expertise from both obstetricians and neonatologists. The book includes online access to video lectures, notes and self assessment.

This popular guide uses illustrations and concise, integrated text to describe the essentials of obstetric practice today. From the physiology of reproduction through antenatal care and disorders in pregnancy to labour and the puerperium period, readers will find an easy-to-grasp presentation of the field's most important issues. Features nearly 20 new line drawings to show the latest in obstetric practice. All other illustrations and content thoroughly revised and updated. New material includes: Current uses and types of IUCDs (including the Mirena IUS); Management of early pregnancy including ectopic pregnancy; Preterm labour; and Ventouse (to include Kiwi-style Ventouse Cup).

This book addresses the essential topic of child survival in Tanzania, especially focusing on the role of mutual assistance, which has received little attention to date. Further, it identifies a range of key factors for child survival by combining a literature review, regional data analysis, and case studies. These studies center on rural villages in high Under-5 mortality rate (U5MR) regions and assess their strengths and weaknesses regarding child survival. By focusing on deprived rural areas as of 2002 and evaluating the improvements in the 2012 census data, the book also highlights the potential held by rural semi -subsistence economies. An analysis of the focus villages indicates that children in food-sharing circles had better chances of survival. However, food sharing is not necessarily inclusive; a significant number of children have fallen out of such circles, especially in mainland villages. Furthermore, monetary support for children's medicine has often failed to arrive in time. Lastly, the book argues that, in addition to direct factors such as access to health services, water and sanitation, food intake, and education, it is essential that children receive inclusive support at various levels: family, community, village, national, and international.

This textbook considers the medical, surgical, legal and ethical aspects of establishing and maintaining an office-based egg donation programme. Chapters discuss: indications and success rates; screening and demographics of recipients and donors; preparation of the endometrium; synchronization of cycles; obstetrical outcomes; risks and complications; gestational carriers; consents and contracts; and ethics.