Handbook of Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies, 4th Edition

2034 Pages·2010·8 MB·English

by  Guy I. Benrubi

2010
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Handbook of
obstetric and gynecologic emergencies / edited by Guy I. Benrubi. —4th
ed.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-1-60547-666-7 (alk. paper) ISBN-10: 1-60547-666-8
1. Obstetrical emergencies—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Gynecologic
emergencies— Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Benrubi, Guy I.
[DNLM: 1. Pregnancy Complications—diagnosis. 2. Pregnancy
Complications—therapy.
3. Emergencies. 4. Emergency Treatment—methods. 5. Genital
Diseases, Female—diagnosis.
6. Genital Diseases, Female—therapy. WQ 240 H2362 2010]
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Edited
Guy I. Benrubi MD
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs
Robert J. Thompson Professor and Chair
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida
CONTRIBUTORS
A. Ben Abdu MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Tennessee
College of Medicine
Chattanooga, Tennessee
C. David Adair MD
Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Obstetrics
and Gynecology
Section on Maternal Fetal Medicine
University of Tennessee
College of Medicine
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Pam Adams RN, EMT-P
Registered Nurse/Paramedic
President
OB STAT, Inc.
Arden, North Carolina
Sarah Adams MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Gynecologic Oncology
University of Pennsylvania Hospitals
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Kurt Barnhart MD, MSCE
Associate Professor of Obstetrics
and Gynecology
Director, Women's Health Clinical
Research Center
Assistant Dean for Clinical
Research Operations
University of Pennsylvania School
of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Paula H. Bednarek MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics
and Gynecology
Oregon Health & Science
University
Portland, Oregon
Guy I. Benrubi MD
Senior Associate Dean
for Clinical Affairs
Robert J. Thompson Professor
and Chair
Department of Obstetrics
and Gynecology
University of Florida College
of Medicine-Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida
Kelly A. Best MD
Assistant Professor
Associate Residency Program
Director
Department of Obstetrics
and Gynecology
University of Florida College
of Medicine-Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida
Rosanne L. Botha MD
Family Planning Fellow
Oregon Health & Science
University
Portland, Oregon
David Caro MD
Associate Professor
Residency Program Director
Department of Emergency
Medicine
University of Florida College
of Medicine-Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida
Joseph G. Cernigliaro MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Rochester, Minnesota
Consultant, Department
of Radiology
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, Florida
Stephen A. Contag MD
Clinical Instructor Maternal Fetal
Medicine
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Isaac Delke MD
Professor
Department of Obstetrics
and Gynecology
University of Florida College
of Medicine-Jacksonville
Chief, Division of Maternal-Fetal
Medicine
Director, Obstetrics
Director, HIV in Pregnancy
Program
Shands Jacksonville Medical
Center
Jacksonville, Florida
Charles J. Dunton MD
Professor of Obstetrics
and Gynecology
Jefferson Medical College
Active Staff Physician
Main Line Gynecology
Oncology, Lankenau Hospital
Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
Alison B. Edelman MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Assistant Director, Family
Planning Fellowship
Department of Obstetrics
and Gynecology
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon
Gwyn Grabner RDMS
Registered Diagnostic Medical
Sonographer
University of Florida College
of Medicine-Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida
Victor J. Hassid MD
Fellow, Division of Plastic Surgery
University of Illinois College of
Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
Linda Hastings PharmD
Pediatric Practitioner
Department of Pharmacy
Shands Jacksonville
Medical Center
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Florida College
of Pharmacy
Jacksonville, Florida
Thanh T. Hogan PharmD
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Florida College
of Pharmacy
Director of Pharmacy
Shands Jacksonville Medical Center
Jacksonville, Florida
Cheryl B. Iglesia MD, FACOG
Director, Section of Female Pelvic
Medicine and Reconstructive
Surgery
Washington Hospital Center
Associate Professor,
Georgetown University School
of Medicine
Washington, District of Columbia
David C. Jones MD
Director, Fetal Diagnostic Center
Fletcher Allen Health Care
Associate Professor of Obstetrics,
Gynecology & Reproductive
Sciences
University of Vermont College
of Medicine
Burlington, Vermont
James L. Jones MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics
and Gynecology
University of Florida College
of Medicine-Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida
Jason Joseph MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Tennessee
College of Medicine
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Saju D. Joy MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Wake Forest University
Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Andrew M. Kaunitz MD
Professor and Associate
Chairman
Department of Obstetrics
and Gynecology
University of Florida College
of Medicine-Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida
Joseph H. Kipikasa MD
Associate Professor, Section