| Abstract: |
This monograph presents updated information about pregnancy in women with gastrointestinal disorders. The monograph offers eight chapters, covering constipation, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, and fecal incontinence; the use of endoscopy in pregnancy; heartburn, nausea, and vomiting during pregnancy; hyperemesis gravidarum and nutritional support, including nutritional requirements, venous access, and monitoring of pregnant patients on total parenteral nutrition (TPN); liver diseases in pregnancy, including the use of imaging studies, the safety of drugs in pregnancy, liver disorders unique to pregnancy, and pregnancy in liver transplant patients; surgical problems in the pregnant patient; and pregnancy in women with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The chapter about surgical problems reviews appendicitis, biliary tract diseases, pancreatitis, trauma, intestinal obstruction, splenic artery aneurysms, hepatic lesions, hemorrhoids, inflammatory bowel disease, and colorectal malignancy. Each chapter focuses on bringing readers up to date on the research in the area covered, the recommended treatments, and patient management concerns, notably issues of maternal and fetal safety. Each chapter concludes with a list of references. |