Recommended in the Brandon/Hill selected list of print books and journals for the small medical library - April 2003 This volume is a timely and practical guide to the ambulatory management of obstetric conditions that previously required hospitalization but can now be treated on an outpatient basis. Noted experts discuss the benefits and safety of ambulatory care and offer recommendations for outpatient management of common medical and obstetric conditions. Coverage includes chapters on the role of antenatal testing, the safety and cost-effectiveness of early postpartum discharge, the psychosocial impact of prolonged antenatal hospitalization, the medicolegal ramifications of ambulatory obstetrics, and the use of the telephone for outpatient counseling. Also included is a chapter on smoking cessation for pregnant patients

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Foreword u Ambulatory Obstetrics Washington Clark Hill, MD Ambulatory Obstetric Management Arnold W. Cohen, MD Ambulatory Management of Preterm Labor Cynthia S. Shellhaas, MD and Jay D. Iams, MD The Home Management of Preterm Premature Rupture of the Membranes Michael C. Bartfield, MD and S. J. Carlan, MD Outpatient Management of Pyelonephritis Deborah A. Wing, MD Managing Placenta Previa and Placenta Abruptio as an Outpatient Felice Baron, MD and Washington Clark Hill, MD Outpatient Management of Hypertension Andrea G. Witlin, MD and Baha M. Sibai, MD Anticoagulant Management of the Outpatient Pregnant Patient Haywood L. Brown, MD and Renee A. Bobrowski, MD Outpatient Management of Asthma During Pregnancy M. Sean Esplin, MD and Steven L. Clark, MD Ambulatory Management of Multiple Gestation Stanley A. Gall, MD Ambulatory Care of the Pregnant Patient with Diabetes Carol J. Homko, RN, MS, CDE and E. Albert Reece, MD Ambulatory Management of Hyperemesis Gravidarum T. Murphy Goodwin, MD Cervical Ripening of the Pregnant Patient Ronald A. Chez, MD Early Postpartum Discharge Cynthia G. Brumfeld, MD Psychosocial Impact of High-risk Pregnancy: Hospital and Home Care Maureen Heaman, RN, MN Ambulatory Obstetrical Care: Strategies to Reduce Telephone Liability Jeffrey P. Phelan, MD Outpatient Antepartum Testing David A. Miller, MD Smoking Cessation for the Ambulatory Obstetric Patient Haywood L. Brown, MD INDE