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The Placenta: To Know Me Is to Love Me--A Reference Guide for Gross Placental Examination (Book & Companion Atlas CD) - Softcover

 
9780967035413: The Placenta: To Know Me Is to Love Me--A Reference Guide for Gross Placental Examination (Book & Companion Atlas CD)

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Reference guide: finally! A concise yet complete, easy-to-use reference guide designed to be used everyday in the delivery room and in the Surgical Pathology gross room, by everyone charged with gross placental examination. Obstetricians, general practitioners, pathologists, residents, nurse midwives, OB nurses, physician assistants and pathologists' assistants will benefit from its contents.

Companion Atlas CD: compliments the reference guide and features 400 color placental images in a Web Presentation. The CD was created using PowerPoint 2000 (not required to view CD), to run off you Windows based internet browser. Limited copyright permission is extended to the buyer, allowing use of the images in personal educational presentations that will not be sold, widely distributed or placed on the internet. Images are sorted by placental structure, cross indexed by anatomic and pathologic features, and accessed by hyperlinks. Salient features are identified and annotated. The images highlight normal characteristics, and common as well as uncommon placental pathology, including rarely seen specimens such as:

Breus' mole; fetal surface stem vessel thrombosis with avascular villi; IUD in extraplacental membranes of term placenta; ruptured vasa previa; furcate insertion of umbilical cord; maternal floor infarction; 5-6 week gestation intact amniotic sac with embryo and yolk sac, within chorionic sac; amniotic band syndrome with anencephaly; hysterectomy specimen with choriocarcinoma; extensive entanglement of monoamniotic monochorionic cords in triplet placenta; acardiac fetus; diamniotic dichorionic twin placenta including complete molar transformation of one placenta; spontaneous triamniotic monochorionic triplet placenta.

The reference guide's unique clinical-pathological correlation approach allows quick review of the possible placental findings associated with specific maternal and fetal conditions, and the fetal consequences thereof, a focus which is also helpful for those providing prenatal care.

Section I. Clinicopathological Correlations is the "driving force" of the guide. It is divided into chapters based upon the maternal, fetal and placental indications for placental examination. Each indication is subsequently concisely described by its Definition, Clinical Associations, Gross Features, Microscopic Features, Etiology and Significance. For clarification of features of the normal and the abnormal placenta, turn to Section II. Placental Pathology. For an explanation of terminology used in prenatal clinical histories, turn to Section III. Clinical Definitions. In recent years, the placenta has played an increasingly important role in litigation, particularly in cases on behalf of neurologically impaired children. To review the placenta's impact on litigation, turn to Section IV. Legal Implications. Additionally, there are over 70 commonly used abbreviations, 23 clinical and pathological tables and 41 schematics, illustrations and photomicrographs. The user friendly table of contents and index provide quick and easy access to desired information, cross referenced through out all sections of the guide.

For example, a patient presents with the following clinical history: 38 year old woman, Gravida 2, Para 1, Fullterm 0, Preterm 0, Abortion 1, 36 weeks gestation, 1 pack/day cigarette smoker for 20 years, third trimester bleeding, questionable IUGR, Cesarean section for partial placenta previa.

Can't remember what IUGR stands for? Turn to Abbreviations: IUGR, page 1: "Intrauterine Growth Retardation."

To review causes of third trimester bleeding, turn to Section III: Chapter 13 Clinical Definitions: Hemorrhage, Third Trimester, page 129: "Is an ominous complication of pregnancy although bleeding in late pregnancy is not uncommon. 10-15% of cases require medical attention. Third trimester bleeding is a major cause of maternal death, and perinatal morbidity and mortality. Most serious bleeding (2-3% o

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About the Author

Doris Schuler-Maloney received her Master's of Science Degree from the University of Maryland at Baltimore and works at Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa as a Pathologists' Assistant. Dr. Steve Lee completed his Pathology Residency at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts and participated in the Pathology Fellowship program at Boston Hospital for Women. He works as a pathologist specializing in Surgical Pathology and Electron Microscopy at Mercy Hospital Medical Center In Des Moines, Iowa. Together they have examined thousands of placentas at the Surgical Pathology gross bench and at autopsy. Marty Boesenberg trained as a Cytotechnologist at Mercy Hospital Medical Center and currently is the Program Director for the Mercy Hospital School of Cytotechnology.

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ISBN 10:  0967035406 ISBN 13:  9780967035406
Publisher: Dsm Pathworks, 1998
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