Respiratory Disease in Pregnancy

List of contributors; Section 1. The Basics – for the Obstetrician: 1. Respiratory physiology and terminology Timothy Crozier; 2. Pulmonary assessment in pregnancy Tabassum Firoz; 3. Approach to common respiratory problems in pregnancy Karen Patterson; Section 2. The Basics – for the Non-Obstetrician: 4. Cardiopulmonary physiological alterations in pregnancy Niamh Hayes and Thomas Drew; 5. Gas exchange across the placenta Brahmdeep S. Saini, Janna L. Morrison and Mike Seed; Section 3. Pulmonary Conditions Not Specific to Pregnancy: 6. Pulmonary infections in pregnancy Priya Daniel, Timothy Hills and Wei Shen Lim; 7. Asthma in pregnancy Danish Ahmad and Erika Yoo; 8. Cystic fibrosis in pregnancy Melanie Chin and D. Elizabeth Tullis; 9. Restrictive lung disease in pregnancy Stephen Lapinsky; 10. Pulmonary thromboembolic disease in pregnancy Wee-Shian Chan; 11. Pulmonary hypertension in pregnancy Liesbeth ten Klooster, Vicki J. Wilson, Ruth Newton, Karen Selby, Suarabh V Gandhi and David G Kiely; 12. Sickle chest syndromes in pregnancy Ann Kinga Malinowski and Nadine Shehata; 13. Sleep-disordered breathing in pregnancy Jennifer E. Dominguez and Ghada Bourjeily; 14. Acute respiratory distress syndrome and respiratory failure in pregnancy Justin Seashore and Alexander Duarte; 15. Other pulmonary conditions in pregnancy Muhammed Ehtisham, Humnah Khudayar and Patricia Russo-Magno; Section 4. Pulmonary Conditions Related to Pregnancy: 16. Dyspnea of pregnancy Stephen Lapinsky and Ghada Bourjeily; 17. Amniotic fluid embolism syndrome Marie Baldisseri; 18. Pregnancy-associated pulmonary edema Lisa Moore; Section 5. Other Pulmonary Issues in Pregnancy: 19. Smoking in pregnancy Catherine Chamberlain; 20. Radiological imaging of the chest in pregnancy Shital Gandhi and Siobhan Bacon; 21. Respiratory drug therapy in pregnancy Nika Mehta; 22. Biological and immunosuppressive respiratory therapy in pregnancy Bernadette Jenner and Catherine Nelson-Piercy; 23. Oxygen therapy in pregnancy Daniela Vaquez and Gustavo A. Plotnikow; 24. Airway management in pregnancy Kyle Jespersen and Michaela K. Farber; 25. Mechanical ventilation in pregnancy José Rojas-Suarez and Jezid Miranda; Index.