Obstetric Medicine Book

Contributors     xi
Multiple Choice Questions     1
Pre-existing Hypertension     1
Pregnant Women with Pre-existing Hypertension     2
Pre-eclampsia     3
Maternal Supraventricular Tachycardia     4
Prophylaxis of Endocarditis     6
Thromboembolic Disease in Pregnancy     7
Deep Vein Thrombosis     8
Treatment Options for Diabetes in Pregnancy     9
Women with Established Diabetes     10
Gestational Diabetes     12
Postnatal Care of Women with Diabetes     13
Thrombocytopenia     15
Folate Supplementation     16
Neuropathies and Palsies in Pregnancy     17
Epilepsy     17
Cerebral Vein Thrombosis     18
Eclampsia     19
Thyroid Dysfunction     20
Postpartum Thyroiditis     21
Pituitary Hormones     22
Prolactinomas in Pregnancy     23
Erythema Nodosum     24
Rheumatoid Arthritis     25
Inflammatory Bowel Disease     26
Ulcerative Colitis     27
Hyperemesis Gravidarum     28
The Liver in Pregnancy     29
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)     30
Hepatitis C Infection     31
Sclerosing Cholangitis in Pregnancy     32
Tuberculosis in Pregnancy in UK     33
Radiation     34
Phenylketonuria in Pregnancy     36
Psychiatry     37
Extended Matching Questions     41
Hypertension     41
Heart Sounds and Murmurs     42
Anaemia     44
Chest Pain     45
Causes of Adrenal Dysfunction     47
Connective Tissue Disease     50
Liver Disease     52
Short Answer Questions/Data Interpretation/Clinical Scenarios     57
Hypertension and Proteinuria     57
Hypertension and Proteinuria     59
Postpartum Breathlessness     60
Fetal Tachycardia     63
Abdominal Pain and Anaemia     65
Abnormal Blood Gases     67
Abdominal Pain and Abnormal Liver Function     68
Diabetes     70
Facial Weakness     72
Essay Questions     75
Mitral Valve Replacement     75
Sickle Cell Disease     77
Hyperthyroidism      78
Diabetes     82
Polyuria and Polydypsia     83
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus     85
Deep Venous Thrombosis     88
Jaundice     91
Chicken Pox     93
Case Studies     97
Sickle Cell Disease     97
Hyponatraemia     99
Ischaemic Heart Disease     102
Cardiac Transplant     104
Postpartum Eclampsia     106
Hyperemesis Gravidarum     109
Postpartum Cerebral Haemorrhage     114
Hypokalaemia     116
Hepatitis A     119
Renal Artery Stenosis     124
Thyroid Cancer     127
Abdominal Pain     129
Mitral Stenosis     131
Spontaneous Pneumothorax     134
Severe Pre-eclampsia and Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome     138
Hypersplenism     142
Spina Bifida with Severe Kyphoscoliosis     146
Pemphigoid Gestationis     148
Takayasu's Arteritis     151
Pneumonia     156
Type IV Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Two Management Dilemmas     159
Supraventricular Tachycardia     163
Glossary      173
Index     177