1. Overview of High-Risk Pregnancy
- John T. Queenan MD1,
- Catherine Y. Spong MD2,
- Charles J. Lockwood MD3
Published Online: 4 JAN 2012
DOI: 10.1002/9781119963783.ch1
Copyright © 2012 John Wiley and Sons, Ltd
Book Title
Queenan's Management of High-Risk Pregnancy: An Evidence-Based Approach, Sixth Edition
Additional Information
How to Cite
Queenan, J. T., Spong, C. Y. and Lockwood, C. J. (2012) Overview of High-Risk Pregnancy, in Queenan's Management of High-Risk Pregnancy: An Evidence-Based Approach, Sixth Edition (eds J. T. Queenan, C. Y. Spong and C. J. Lockwood), Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781119963783.ch1
Editor Information
- 1
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
- 2
Bethesda, MD, USA
- 3
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Publication History
- Published Online: 4 JAN 2012
- Published Print: 24 FEB 2012
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9780470655764
Online ISBN: 9781119963783
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- factors of high-risk pregnancy;
- United States, and changing demographics;
- identifying risk factors;
- Rh immunization risk factor;
- special Rh clinics for Rh-immunized mothers;
- perinatal medicine;
- fetal condition with biophysical profile;
- evidence-based perinatology;
- better methods, for fetal jeopardy and health;
- preimplantation genetics
Summary
With the changing demographics of the United States population, including increasing maternal age and weight during pregnancy, higher rates of pregnancies conceived by artificial reprodutive technologies and increasing numbers of cesarean deliveries, complicated pregnancies have risen. Although most pregnancies are low risk with favorable outcomes, high-risk pregnancies — the subject of this book — may have potentially serious occurrences. We classify any pregnancy in which there is a maternal or fetal factor that may adversely affect the outcome as high risk. In these cases, the likelihood of a positive outcome is significantly reduced. In order to improve the outcome of a high-risk pregnancy, we must identify risk factors and attempt to mitigate problems in pregnancy and labor.