Book of Medical Disorders in Pregnancy - Tintash

Dedication
This manuscript is dedicated to all my students, who have chosen the field of obstetrics as
their specialty. My youngest son Ahmed Murad Akhter, who is a close friend and
motivator, has done a great job by leaving Stanford and coming back to settle in Pakistan.
He constantly reminded me to document and publish my experience in the literature for
present and future generations. I kept on reading, improved my knowledge and ultimately
compiled this book. I owe my special gratitude to my father and my other two children
Waseem and Natasha, who are both medical doctors and specialists in their fields of
interest-one is a cardiologist and the other is endocrinologist, they have both contributed
in the preparation of this book. My son in law, Dr. Kamran Mahmood, equally deserves
my appreciation for contritruting in his field of interest (Pulmonology). The driving force,
which kept me going and revising various chapters of this book, has been my wife Dr.
Ismat Salim Akhter and grand children whom. I adore and love. I am therefore dedicating
this book to all of them. This book describes a number of important subjects and
procedures all of which can, if practiced wisely, ensure a healthy and better life for
mother and her newborn baby.
Mohammed. S. Akhter MD