Protocols for High-Risk Pregnancies

This practical tool covers the most important issues confronting the health professional caring for patients with high-risk pregnancies. It guides the clinician in the diagnosis and therapy for various complications.

Some patients present risk factors at the beginning of pregnancy, while others develop risk factors during the course of pregnancy. It is clearly important to be able to identify any risk factors as soon as they present in order to provide optimum care to high-risk patients. The protocols in this book are straightforward, practical and cost-effective; any unnecessary tests or procedures have been eliminated.