Handbook of clinical laboratory testing during pregnancy

Gronowski, Ann M., (editor.). Lockitch, Gillian (foreword.).

Summary: Aids clinicians and laboratorians in the area of diagnosis during pregnancy using laboratory testing. It is the first handbook to focus exclusively on the use of laboratory tests during pregnancy, including the effects of normal physiological changes on test results; the proper use of laboratory tests; interpretation of results; changes in reference ranges; monitoring the pregnant patient; and new technologies such as molecular diagnostics. Included is a comprehensive appendix of normal reference ranges in pregnant women making this an excellent resource for any medical professional.

Record details

ISBN: 1468498622
ISBN: 9781468498622
Physical Description: print
xvii, 454 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Publisher: Totowa, New Jersey : Humana Press, [2004]
Copyright: ©2004

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Human Pregnancy: An Overview / Ann M. Gronowski -- 2. Human Chorionic Gonadotropin / Laurence A. Cole -- 3. Biological Markers of Preterm Delivery / Alan M. Peaceman -- 4. Markers of Fetal Lung Maturity / Edward R. Ashwood -- 5. Maternal Prenatal Screening for Fetal Defects / Jacob A. Canick -- 6. Chromosome Analysis in Prenatal Diagnosis / Alan Thornhill -- 7. Diagnosis and Monitoring of Ectopic and Abnormal Pregnancies / Gary Lipscomb -- 8. Thyroid Disease During Pregnancy: Assessment of the Mother / Ann M. Gronowski -- 9. Thyroid Disease During Pregnancy: Assessment of the Fetus / Ann M. Gronowski -- 10. Hematology and Hemostasis During Pregnancy / Charles S. Eby -- 11. Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn / David G. Grenache -- 12. Prenatal Screening and Diagnosis of Congenital Infections / Lynn Bry -- 13. Laboratory Testing for Group B Streptococcus in the Pregnant Patient / Sebastian Faro -- 14. Immunologic Diseases of Pregnancy / William A. Bennett -- 15. Recurrent Pregnancy Loss / Carolyn B. Coulam -- 16. Multifetal Gestations / Louis G. Keith -- 17. Diabetes in Pregnancy / Lois Jovanovic -- 18. Preeclampsia, Eclampsia, and Hypertension / Melanie M. Watkins -- 19. Liver Diseases in Pregnancy / Yoel Sadovsky.