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 recentlarge-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.




