Editorial

Sandra Lowe, Catherine Nelson-Piercy, and Karen Rosene-Montella

Welcome to Obstetric Medicine: the Medicine of Pregnancy
Obstet Med 1(1): 1; doi:10.1258/om.2008.08e001 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Review articles

Gwyneth Lewis

Maternal mortality in the developing world: why do mothers really die?
Obstet Med 1(1): 2-6; doi:10.1258/om.2008.080019 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael de Swiet

Maternal mortality in the developed world: lessons from the UK confidential enquiry
Obstet Med 1(1): 7-10; doi:10.1258/om.2008.080020 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Original articles

Nadine Sauvé, Raymond O Powrie, Lucia Larson, Maureen G Phipps, Sherry Weitzen, Donna Fitzpatrick, and Karen Rosene-Montella

The impact of an educational pamphlet on knowledge and anxiety in women with preeclampsia
Obstet Med 1(1): 11-17; doi:10.1258/om.2008.070001 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Catherine A Marnoch, Lucia Larson, Sherry Weitzen, Maureen G Phipps, C James Sung, and Raymond O Powrie

A practical approach to using spot urine protein/creatinine ratios for assessing proteinuria in pregnancy
Obstet Med 1(1): 18-23; doi:10.1258/om.2008.080001 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Case report

Eleftheria Lefkou, Ula Mahadeva, Andy Jones, Jane Hancock, and Beverley J Hunt

Kawasaki syndrome during pregnancy: a case report and literature review
Obstet Med 1(1): 24-28; doi:10.1258/om.2008.080009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Abstracts of ISOM Meeting

ISOM Meeting in conjunction with the 16th World Congress of ISSHP, September 2008 Diabetes and obesity
Obstet Med 1(1): 29-33; doi:10.1258/om.2008.08i001 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thrombosis/thrombophilias and adverse pregnancy outcomes
Obstet Med 1(1): 33-39; doi:10.1258/om.2008.08i002 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Preeclampsia and long-term maternal risk
Obstet Med 1(1): 39-42; doi:10.1258/om.2008.08i003 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Renal disease/preeclampsia and hypertension
Obstet Med 1(1): 42-46; doi:10.1258/om.2008.08i004 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Angiogenesis
Obstet Med 1(1): 46-49; doi:10.1258/om.2008.08i005 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Miscellaneous abstracts and case reports
Obstet Med 1(1): 49-53; doi:10.1258/om.2008.08i006 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Book review

Lucy Bowyer

The Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH). Saving Mothers’ Lives: reviewing maternal deaths to make motherhood safer 2003–2005. The Seventh Report of the Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths in the UK
Obstet Med 1(1): 54; doi:10.1258/om.2008.080017 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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