Meet the editor

Hassan S. Abduljabbar, MD, FRCSC, American Board Diplomat, is a professor of the Medical College, King Abdulaziz University, and the president of the Saudi Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is a graduate of King Abdulaziz University, June 1980, and College of Medicine & Allied Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with an MD (overall grade: excellent secondary honor). He obtained his Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of

Canada degree FRCS (C) in November 1986 after four years of training at the University of Western Ontario. Then, in December 1988, he obtained American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology certification.

 He was the chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and is now the president of the Saudi Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is a referee of many international scientific medical journals and an examiner of Master degrees and PhD degrees as well as in the Saudi and Arab Examination Board. He writes weekly scientific subjects in local newspapers (*Al Bilad*).

His publications in local and international journals exceed 50 articles. He is the editor of three books, *Steroid Basics* (Open Access Books—IntechOpen), *Steroid Clinical* (Open Access Books—IntechOpen), and *Obstetrics* (Open Access Books—IntechOpen), and a chapter in the book *Placenta* (Open Access Books—IntechOpen). He is also the author of 100 MCQ books for medical students. He has four books in the Arabic language.

**Preface III**

Basic knowledge **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

Clinical Application **27**

**Chapter 2 29**

**Chapter 3 35**

**Chapter 4 55**

**Chapter 5 71**

Maternal Mortality **83**

**Chapter 6 85**

**Section 1**

Contents

**Section 2**

Placental Abnormalities *by Alexander L. Juusela*

Miscarriage and Maternal Health *by John D. Ojule and Rosemary N. Ogu*

Sonographic Parameter to Use?

Undernutrition during Pregnancy

*by Hong Soo Wong*

*by Hoang Anh Nguyen*

Hydrops Fetalis *by Renuka Sekar*

**Section 3**

Assessment of Fetal Gestational Age in the First

Trimester in Normal and Abnormal Pregnancies: Which

Maternal and Fetal Complications Due to Decreased

*by Sonia Jurado, Kaelly Saraiva, Cauane Marceliano,*

Nitric Oxide Synthesis during Gestation

*Vanessa Souza and Izabela Vieira*
