This textbook describes the haematological complications of obstetrics, pregnancy and gynaecology.

Preface; Dedication; 1. Disseminated intravascular coagulation in obstetrics, pregnancy and gynecology: criteria for diagnosis and management Rodger Bick and Deborah Hoppensteadt; 2. Recurrent miscarriage syndrome and infertility due to blood coagulation protein and platelet defects Rodger Bick; 3. Von Willebrand disease and other bleeding disorders in obstetrics Franklin Fuda and Ravindra Sarode; 4. Hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn due to ABO, Rh and other blood group alloantibodies Katharine Downes and Ravindra Sarode; 5. Thrombophilia in pregnancy and obstetrics Rodger Bick and William Baker; 6. Thromboprophylaxis and treatment of thrombosis in pregnancy Lowthar Heilmann and Rodger Bick; 7. Diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in pregnancy William Baker and Rodger Bick; 8. Hemorrhagic and thrombotic lesions of the placenta Raymond Redline; 9. Iron deficiency, folate and vitamin b12 deficiency in pregnancy, obstetrics and gynecology William Baker and Ray Lee; 10. Thrombosis prophylaxis and risk factors of thrombosis in gynecologic oncology Georg Fredrik von Templehoff; 11. Low molecular weight heparins in pregnancy Deborah Hoppensteadt, Jawed Fareed, Harry Messmore, Omer Iqbal, William Wehrmacher and Rodger Bick; 12. Postpartum hemorrhage - diagnosis, pharmacologic therapy, interventional radiologic therapy, and surgical therapy William Baker and Joseph Monsour; 13. Hemoglobinopathies in pregnancy Adeboye Adewoye and Martin Steinberg; 14. Genetic counseling and prenatal diagnosis Karen Heller and Robyn Horsager; 15. Thrombocytopenia in pregnancy Ravinda Sarode and Eugene Frenkel; 16. Neonatal immune thrombocytopenias Katharine Downes and Ravinda Sarode; 17. The rational use of blood and its components in obstetrical and gynecological bleeding complications Katharine Downes and Ravinda Sarode; 18. Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in pregnancy Barbara Haley, Rodger Bick and Eugene Frenkel; 19. Coagulation defects as a cause for menstrual disorders Albert Phillips.