This book serves as a guide to a comprehensive range of diagnostic screenings and tests used during pregnancy. It links routine antenatal care with specialist investigations, describing when follow up is required and how to interpret the results. Designed for ease of reference, this resource helps midwives make informed, evidence-based clinical decisions. It also provides guidance about how best to discuss sensitive issues with mothers and how to provide support to parents receiving bad news. This book is an essential resource for midwives and other health professionals involved in delivering antenatal care to women and their families. Expert contributors ensure that the information is reliable and up-to-date, and the easy-to-use format guides practitioners through each procedure, interpretation of results, and appropriate interventions.
1. Front Matter - p. ii 2. SECTION 1 CLINICAL PRACTICE IN CONTEXT - p. x 3. Chapter 1 The development of fetal investigations: historical and sociological perspectives - p. 1 4. Chapter 2 Involving parents: information and informed decisions - p. 15 5. Chapter 3 Pregnancy loss, breaking bad news and supporting parents - p. 29 6. SECTION 2 MATERNAL INVESTIGATIONS - p. 41 7. Chapter 4 Haematology in pregnancy - p. 44 8. Chapter 5 Maternal diseases in pregnancy - p. 67 9. Chapter 6 Infections in pregnancy - p. 85 10. SECTION 3 FETAL INVESTIGATIONS - p. 106 11. Chapter 7 First trimester ultrasound scans - p. 108 12. Chapter 8 The second trimester detailed anomaly scan - p. 123 13. Chapter 9 Biochemical markers in Down's syndrome screening - p. 133 14. Chapter 10 Chromosomal and genetic testing - p. 145 15. Chapter 11 Assessment of fetal wellbeing - p. 168 16. SECTION 4 ONGOING DEVELOPMENTS - p. 180 17. Chapter 12 Antenatal investigations for the future - p. 182
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This book serves as a guide to a comprehensive range of diagnostic screenings and tests used during pregnancy. It links routine antenatal care with specialist investigations, describing when follow up is required and how to interpret the results. Designed for ease of reference, this resource helps midwives make informed, evidence-based clinical decisions. It also provides guidance about how best to discuss sensitive issues with mothers and how to provide support to parents receiving bad news. This book is an essential resource for midwives and other health professionals involved in delivering antenatal care to women and their families. Expert contributors ensure that the information is reliable and up-to-date, and the easy-to-use format guides practitioners through each procedure, interpretation of results, and appropriate interventions.
1. Front Matter - p. ii 2. SECTION 1 CLINICAL PRACTICE IN CONTEXT - p. x 3. Chapter 1 The development of fetal investigations: historical and sociological perspectives - p. 1 4. Chapter 2 Involving parents: information and informed decisions - p. 15 5. Chapter 3 Pregnancy loss, breaking bad news and supporting parents - p. 29 6. SECTION 2 MATERNAL INVESTIGATIONS - p. 41 7. Chapter 4 Haematology in pregnancy - p. 44 8. Chapter 5 Maternal diseases in pregnancy - p. 67 9. Chapter 6 Infections in pregnancy - p. 85 10. SECTION 3 FETAL INVESTIGATIONS - p. 106 11. Chapter 7 First trimester ultrasound scans - p. 108 12. Chapter 8 The second trimester detailed anomaly scan - p. 123 13. Chapter 9 Biochemical markers in Down's syndrome screening - p. 133 14. Chapter 10 Chromosomal and genetic testing - p. 145 15. Chapter 11 Assessment of fetal wellbeing - p. 168 16. SECTION 4 ONGOING DEVELOPMENTS - p. 180 17. Chapter 12 Antenatal investigations for the future - p. 182
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