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Neurologic Disorders in Pregnancy

Open full size image Key Abbreviations American Academy of Neurology AAN American Heart Association AHA Antiseizure drug ASD Arteriovenous AV Arteriovenous malformation AVM Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder ADHD Australian Register of Antiepileptic Drugs in Pregnancy APR Autism spectrum disorder ASD Autosomal-dominant frontal lobe epilepsy ADFLE Autosomal-dominant temporal lobe epilepsy ADTLE Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC Central nervous system CNS Cerebral venous thrombosis CVT Cerebrospinal fluid CSF…

Gastrointestinal Diseases in Pregnancy

Open full size image Key Abbreviations Colorectal cancer CRC C-reactive protein CRP Crohn disease CD Dibutyl pthalate DBP Erythrocyte sedimentation rate ESR Esophagogastroduodenoscopy EGD Fermentable oligo-, di-, and monosaccharides and polyols FODMAPs Gastroesophageal reflux disease GERD Gastrointestinal GI Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer HNPCC Histamine 2-receptor antagonists H2RA Human chorionic gonadotropin hCG Hyperemesis gravidarum HG Ileal pouch anal anastomosis IPAA Inflammatory bowel disease IBD Irritable bowel syndrome…

Hepatic Disorders During Pregnancy

Open full size image Key Abbreviations Acute fatty liver of pregnancy AFLP Autoimmune hepatitis AIH Acute intermittent porphyria AIP Alanine transaminase ALT Aspartate transaminase AST Budd-Chiari syndrome BCS Complete blood count CBC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC Cytomegalovirus CMV Computed tomography CT Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy DIC Epstein-Barr virus EBV Esophagogastroduodenoscopy EGD Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography ERCP Fetal alcohol syndrome FAS Focal nodular hyperplasia FNH Gestational…

Collagen Vascular Diseases in Pregnancy

Open full size image Key Abbreviations American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ACOG American College of Rheumatology ACR Anticardiolipin antibody aCL Antinuclear antibody ANA Antiphospholipid antibody aPL Antiphospholipid syndrome APS Anti-β2–glycoprotein I antibody aβ2-GP-I Azathioprine AZA Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome CAPS Congenital heart block CHB C-reactive protein CRP Deep venous thrombosis DVT Erythrocyte sedimentation rate ESR Estimated glomerular filtration rate EGFR Hydroxychloroquine HCQ Intrauterine growth restriction IUGR…

Thromboembolic Disorders in Pregnancy

Open full size image Key Abbreviations Activated partial thromboplastin time aPTT American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ACOG Activated protein C APC Adenosine diphosphate ADP Antiphospholipid antibody APA Antiphospholipid syndrome APS Computed tomography CT Computed tomographic pulmonary angiography CTPA Deep venous thrombosis DVT Disseminated intravascular coagulation DIC Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA Factor V Leiden FVL Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia HIT Inferior vena cava IVC International normalized ratio INR…

Hematologic Complications of Pregnancy

Open full size image Key Abbreviations Chorionic villus sampling CVS Hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets HELLP Hemolytic uremic syndrome HUS Human immunodeficiency virus HIV Immune thrombocytopenic purpura ITP Immunoglobulin G IgG Intravenous immunoglobulin IVIG Mean corpuscular volume MCV Polymerase chain reaction PCR Red blood cell RBC Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura TTP Unusually large multimers of von Willebrand factor ULVWf Urinary tract infection UTI von Willebrand cleaving…

Pituitary and Adrenal Disorders in Pregnancy

Open full size image Key Abbreviations Adrenocorticotropic hormone ACTH Arginine vasopressin AVP Clinically nonfunctioning adenoma CNFA Desmopressin DDAVP Diabetes insipidus DI Follicle-stimulating hormone FSH Growth hormone GH Human chorionic gonadotropin hCG Insulin-like growth factor I IGF-1 Luteinizing hormone LH Magnetic resonance imaging MRI Prolactin PRL Thyroid-stimulating hormone TSH Anterior Pituitary Anterior Pituitary Hormone Changes in Pregnancy During pregnancy, the normal pituitary gland enlarges considerably as a…

Thyroid and Parathyroid Diseases in Pregnancy

Open full size image Key Abbreviations 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D 1,25[OH] 2 D 3 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ACOG American Thyroid Association ATA Antithyroglobulin antibody TgAb Antithyroid drug ATD Carbimazole CMZ Endocrine Society ES Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia FHH Familial isolated primary hyperparathyroidism FIHPT Fine-needle aspiration biopsy FNAB Free thyroxine FT 4 Free thyroxine index FT 4 I Free triiodothyronine FT 3 Free triiodothyronine index FT 3…

Obesity in Pregnancy

Open full size image Key Abbreviations Body mass index BMI Centers for Disease Control CDC Confidence interval CI Electrocardiogram ECG Electronic fetal monitoring EFM Gram G Intensive care unit ICU Induction of labor IOL Large for gestational age LGA Labor and delivery L&D National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey NHANES Neonatal intensive care unit NICU Noninvasive prenatal testing NIPT Vaginal birth after cesarean VBAC Venous thromboembolism…

Diabetes Mellitus Complicating Pregnancy

Open full size image Key Abbreviations American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ACOG American Diabetes Association ADA Australian Carbohydrate Intolerance Study in Pregnant Women ACHOIS Biophysical profile BPP Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion CSII Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate DMPA Diabetic ketoacidosis DKA Disposition index DI Free fatty acid FFA Gestational diabetes mellitus GDM Glucose tolerance test GTT Glucose transporter GLUT Hemoglobin A1c HbA1c High-density lipoprotein HDL Hyaline membrane…

Renal Disease in Pregnancy

Open full size image Key Abbreviations Acute kidney injury AKI Acute kidney injury network AKIN Acute respiratory distress syndrome ARDS Acute tubular necrosis ATN Angiotensin converting enzyme ACE Angiotensin receptor blockers ARBs Asymptomatic bacteriuria ASB Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome aHUS Autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease ADPKD Blood urea nitrogen BUN Body surface area BSA Chronic hypertension CHTN Chronic kidney disease CKD Chronic kidney disease epidemiology collaboration CKD-EPI…

Respiratory Disease in Pregnancy

Open full size image Key Abbreviations Acid-fast bacilli AFB Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome AIDS Acute respiratory distress syndrome ARDS American Thoracic Society ATS Bacillus Calmette-Guérin BCG CF transmembrane conductance regulator CFTR CF-related diabetes CFRD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus CA-MRSA Community-acquired pneumonia CAP Confidence interval CI Cystic fibrosis CF Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal ECCO 2 R Epidemiologic Study of Cystic Fibrosis ESCF Forced…

Heart Disease in Pregnancy

Open full size image Key Abbreviations Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time aPTT Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ARDS Aortic Diameter AD Body Surface Area BSA β Natriuretic Peptide BNP Cardiac Index CI Cardiac Output CO Central Venous Pressure CVP Electrocardiogram ECG Heart Rate HR Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin LMWH Mean Arterial Pressure MAP New York Heart Association NYHA Patent Ductus Arteriosus PDA Positive End-Expiratory Pressure PEEP Pulmonary Artery Wedge Pressure…

Maternal Mortality: A Global Perspective

Open full size image Key Abbreviations Acquired immune deficiency syndrome AIDS Emergency obstetric care EmOC Female genital mutilation/cutting FGM/FGC International Federation of Obstetricians and Gynecologists FIGO Global Library of Women's Medicine GLOWM Gross national income GNI Human immunodeficiency virus HIV International Conference on Population and Development ICPD Intrauterine device IUD Long-acting reversible contraception LARC Low-income country LIC Millennium Development Goals MDGs Middle-income country MIC Maternal mortality…

Red Cell Alloimmunization

Open full size image Key Abbreviations American Association of Blood Banks AABB American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ACOG Cytomegalovirus CMV Circulating cell-free fetal DNA ccffDNA Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA Diphosphatidylglycerol DPG Fetomaternal hemorrhage FMH Grams per deciliter g/dL Hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn HDFN Hemolytic disease of the newborn HDN Intraperitoneal transfusion IPT International unit(s) IU Intrauterine transfusion IUT Intravascular transfusion IVT Intravenous immune…

Multiple Gestations

Open full size image Key Abbreviations 17-Hydroxyprogesterone caproate 17-OH-P American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ACOG Arterioarterial AA Arteriovenous AV Artificial reproductive technology ART Body mass index BMI Deepest vertical pocket DVP Dichorionic DC Dichorionic diamniotic DCDA Disseminated intravascular coagulation DIC Dizygotic DZ Estimated fetal weight EFW Fetal fibronectin fFN Follicle-stimulating hormone FSH Gestational diabetes GDM Institute of Medicine IOM Intrauterine fetal death IUFD Intrauterine growth…

Preeclampsia and Hypertensive Disorders

Open full size image Key Abbreviations Acute fatty liver of pregnancy AFLP Acute respiratory distress syndrome ARDS Alanine transaminase ALT American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ACOG Angiotensin-converting enzyme ACE Aspartate transaminase AST Biophysical profile BPP Blood pressure BP Body mass index BMI Central venous pressure CVP Computed tomography CT Confidence interval CI Disseminated intravascular coagulation DIC Electrocardiogram ECG Electroencephalography EEG False-positive rate FPR Fetal growth…

Premature Rupture of the Membranes

Open full size image Key Abbreviations By mouth (per os) PO Confidence interval CI Fetal fibronectin fFN Group B Streptococcus GBS Herpes simplex virus HSV Human immunodeficiency virus HIV Insulin-like growth factor–binding protein 1 IGFBP-1 Intramuscular IM Intravenous IV Intraventricular hemorrhage IVH Lamellar body count LBC Maternal-Fetal Medicine Unit MFMU Matrix metalloproteinase MMP National Institute of Child Health and Human Development NICHD Neonatal intensive care unit…

Preterm Labor and Birth

Open full size image Key Abbreviations Adrenocorticotropic hormone ACTH Assisted reproductive technology ART Bacterial vaginosis BV Biophysical profile BPP Bronchopulmonary dysplasia BPD Confidence interval CI Corticotropin-releasing hormone CRH Cyclic adenosine monophosphate cAMP Cyclooxygenase COX Estrogen receptor ER Extremely low birthweight ELBW Ex utero intrapartum treatment EXIT Fetal inflammatory response syndrome FIRS Glycosaminoglycan GAG Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor G-CSF Group B Streptococcus GBS Interleukin-6 IL-6 Intravenous IV Intraventricular…

Cervical Insufficiency

Open full size image Key Abbreviations 17-α-hydroxyprogesterone 17-OH-P American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ACOG Cervical insufficiency CI Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia CIN Cervical length CL Diethylstilbestrol DES Interquartile range IQR Intraamniotic infection IAI Intramuscular IM Large loop excision of the transformation zone LLETZ Loop electrosurgical excision procedure LEEP National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development NICHD Preterm birth PTB Preterm premature rupture of the membranes…