High Risk Pregnancy

Latest News
• Dad And Mom Play Role in Pregnancy Complication (03/21/2001, Reuters)
• Homicide: Common Cause of Death in Pregnant Women (03/20/2001, Reuters)
• Male Genital Defect More Common with Older Moms (03/07/2001, Reuters)
• Newborn Lung Treatment Poses Risk of Intestinal Perforation (01/10/2001, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

General/Overviews

• Anticipating the Birth of a Premature Infant: Chances for Disability (University of Wisconsin)
• Anticipating the Birth of a Premature Infant: Chances for Survival (University of Wisconsin)
• Later-Age Pregnancy: Preparing for the Happy, Healthy Event After 40 (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Low Birthweight (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)

Diagnosis/Symptoms

• Amniocentesis (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
• Prenatal Diagnosis: Amniocentesis and CVS (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Prenatal Screening Tests: Maternal Serum Alpha Fetoprotein Test and Triple Test (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

Disease Management

• What Women Need to Know: The HIV Treatment Guidelines for Pregnant Women (National Pediatric & Family HIV Resource Center) - links to PDF file

Prevention/Screening

• Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS) (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
• Maternal Blood Screening (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
• Safe Motherhood: Preventing Pregnancy-Related Illness and Death (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Research

• Newborn Lung Treatment Poses Risk of Intestinal Perforation (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

Specific Conditions/Aspects

• Childhood Illnesses in Pregnancy: Chickenpox and Fifth Disease (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
• Drug Therapy for IBD During Pregnancy (Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America)
• Ectopic and Molar Pregnancy (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
• Food-Borne Risks in Pregnancy (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
• Genital Herpes (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
• Gestational Trophoblastic Disease (American Cancer Society)
• Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor (National Cancer Institute)
• Group B Strep Infection (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
• HELLP Syndrome and Your Pregnancy (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• HIV and Pregnancy: What Is the Risk to My Baby? (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Hypothyroidism During Pregnancy Linked to Lower IQ For Child (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• Increased Risk of Dying from Pregnancy among Hispanic Women in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Mitral Valve Prolapse and Pregnancy (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Multiple Gestation And Multifetal Pregnancy Reduction (American Society for Reproductive Medicine) - links to PDF file
• Osteogenesis Imperfecta Issues: Pregnancy (Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation)
• Preeclampsia (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Pregnancy After Age 30 (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
• Pregnancy and HIV (Health Care Financing Administration)
• Pregnancy and Heart Disease (American Heart Association)
• Pregnancy and IBD (Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America)
• Pregnancy and Lupus (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
• Pregnancy and Multiple Sclerosis (National Multiple Sclerosis Society)
• Pregnancy and the Developing Child (Epilepsy Foundation of America)
• Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension (High Blood Pressure of Pregnancy) (MedicineNet, Inc.)
• Rh Disease (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
• Risk of Ectopic Pregnancy After Tubal Sterilization (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Rubella (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation) - discusses birth defects
• STDs and Pregnancy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Sickle Cell Disease (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
• Toxoplasmosis (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
• Twins: A Parents' Guide (Virtual Hospital)

Treatment

• PDQ-Treatment-Patients: Breast Cancer and Pregnancy (National Cancer Institute)
• PDQ-Treatment-Patients: Hodgkin's Disease During Pregnancy (National Cancer Institute)
• PDQ-Treatment-Patients: Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma During Pregnancy (National Cancer Institute)

Organizations

• Triplet Connection

Statistics

• Congenital Syphilis: United States, 1998 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• FASTATS: Birthweight and Gestation (National Center for Health Statistics)
• FASTATS: Multiple Births (National Center for Health Statistics)
• FASTATS: Pregnancy Risk Factors (National Center for Health Statistics)
• Fact About State-Specific Preterm Births (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Infant Mortality Rates, Fetal Mortality Rates, & Perinatal Mortality Rates, According to Race, U.S., Selected Yrs, 1950-1996 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - links to PDF file
• Low Birthweight Live Births, Mother's Race, Hispanic Origin, Smoking Status--United States, Selected Years, 1970-1996 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - links to PDF file
• Multiple Births Multiply During Past Two Decades (National Center for Health Statistics)
• Pregnancy-Related Deaths and Maternal Mortality (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Preterm Singleton Births--United States, 1989-1996 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• STD's in Women and Infants (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - links to PDF file
• Trends in Twin and Triplet Births: 1980-1997 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - links to PDF file

Women

• Pregnancy Pointers for Women with Psychiatric History (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill)

Español/Spanish

• Amniocentesis (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
• Análisis de Azúcar en la Sangre (University of Utah, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, Health Sciences Center)
• Cómo Comer Bien Cuando Ud. Debe Estar en Cama (University of Utah, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, Health Sciences Center)
• Embarazo Después de los 30 (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
• Herpes Genital (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
• Infección de Estreptococo del Grupo B (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
• Lo que Tiene que Saber la Mujer: Directrices para la Mujer Embarazada Acerca de como Tratar el VIH (National Pediatric & Family HIV Resource Center) - links to PDF file
• PDQ-Tratamiento-Pacientes: Cáncer del Seno (Mama) Durante el Embarazo (National Cancer Institute)
• PDQ-Tratamiento-Pacientes: Tumor Trofoblástico de la Gestación (National Cancer Institute)
• PDQ-Tratmiento-Pacientes: Enfermedad de Hodgkin Durante el Embarazo (National Cancer Institute)
• Rubéola (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
• VIH y el SIDA en el Embarazo (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)