Maternal-fetal Toxicology

This totally revised and expanded reference presents a problem-based approach to the teratogenic risks of exposure to drugs, chemicals, viruses, and radiation during pregnancy-containing updated material on treatment programs and management approaches, as well as systematic reviews and meta-analyses of specific xenobiotics. Offers entirely new features such as clinical case studies at the beginning of most chapters, as well as end-of-chapter solutions! Summarizing recent large-scale prospective studies on the safety of drugs in pregnancy, initiated by the Motherisk Program in Toronto in collaboration with several American services, the Third Edition of "Maternal-Fetal Toxicology" provides the latest analysis on alcohol consumption during pregnancy and the diagnosis of fetal alcohol syndrome; A guide for herbal products in pregnancy; Timely information for the evaluation of fetal safety in chemical industries; Up-to-the-minute treatment for epilepsy and other chronic conditions in pregnancy; Current management of the neonatal abstinence syndrome; Modern uses of herbal medicine in pregnancy and during lactation and more! Written by a multidisciplinary team of experts in the field, "Maternal-Fetal Toxicology", Third Edition, is a practical and well-researched reference for all obstetricians/gynecologists, toxicologists, family physicians, pharmacologists, pediatricians, nurses, pharmacists, poison control specialists, geneticists, and upper-level undergraduate, graduate, and medical school students in these disciplines.