The Midwives’ Guide to Key Medical Conditions is designed to help practitioners manage pregnancy and childbirth in women with systemic disease, recognize the early onset of disease-related pregnancy complications, and determine when it may be necessary to refer patients to another member of the healthcare team. The volume is ideal for all midwives, whether qualified or in training.
Key Features
- Written by well-known authorities in the field to ensure that the information is perfectly tailored to the midwifery student
- Accessible writing style and clear artwork program helps make learning easy
- Recaps on the underlying anatomy and physiology for the relevant body system
- Explains the normal physiological changes that occur during pregnancy
- Summarises the relative risk of the specific disorder in the context of overall maternal mortality
- Explains the pathophysiology of a given condition, with emphasis on its impact on pregnancy
- Explores the relevant management the neonate and the likely impact of the medical disorder on future pregnancies
- Places particular emphasis on the management of critical illness and medical emergencies
New Features
- Risk management and the use of pathways of care
- Management of obesity
- Sepsis and infectious diseases
- Additional pre-existing chronic disorders
1. The midwife's role
2. Hypertensive disorders
3. Cardiac disorders
4. Thromboembolic disorders
5. Haematological disorders
6. Respiratory problems
7. Renal disorders
8. Epilepsy and other neurological conditions
9. Disorders of the endocrine system
10. Eating disorders
11. Disorders of the gastrointestinal system
12. Sepsis and infections in pregnancy and childbirth
13. Other medical conditions related to pregnancy and childbirth
Amazon review comments (previous editions)
As a student midwife I have found this book invaluable to my training. It covers common medical conditions and their effects on pregnancy. The volume has proved especially useful for several of my second year assignments which focus more on the 'abnormal’ pregnancy. I will continue to use this book throughout my training and once qualified.
This book is very well written and provides in-depth knowledge on key medical conditions. It is an essential part of any student midwife's reading list, easy to read yet containing the right level of information required. Brilliant!
Excellent resource for lectures and writing assignments. Well written, easy to understand and relevant to my degree course. I would highly recommend it!
Excellent book and ideal as it gets straight to the point without useless information.
Fantastic.. it has been used in most assignments and has lots of useful and up-to-date information in it. A must for midwifery students!
Excellent textbook to support student midwives developing knowledge surrounding key medical conditions
A comprehensive guide to key medical conditions that can manifest in pregnancy and maternity continuum. Clear but descriptive, evidence and referenced. An excellent resource for midwives.
Highly recommend. Easy to access in layout and terminology.
This textbook has been recommended within reading lists for sessions around medical conditions.
Fantastic book, with really clear and succinct details about the key medical conditions. Easy to follow and understand.
a good core resource, slightly lacking in in-depth info but good overview/introductory reading for key medical conditions
Excellent all round book on medical conditions effecting pregnancy.
This book is really easy to read and understand. The layout is logical and great for midwifery students looking at how medical conditions affect pregnancy and vice versa. A very useful book.
Clear and concise
very good for complex pregnancy needs teaching, some aspects not fully updated (like epilepsy)
Remains an excellent text
Excellent book, easy to read and follow and a great base for undergraduate midwifery studies. Essential reading for medical disorders. It compliments further reading well.