1. Obstetric anesthesia for the parturient with complex medical diseases Jack Peace and Feyce Peralta; 2. Point-of-care ultrasound for obstetrics: basics and introductory chapter Elvera L. Baron and Daniel Katz; 3. Focused cardiac ultrasound for cardiac disorders Clemens M. Ortner and M. Waseem Athar; 4. Challenging cardiac disorders in pregnancy Hanna Hussey, Patrick Hussey and Marie-Louise Meng; 5. Uncommon cardiac dysrhythmias in pregnancy Ravishankar Agaram and Marie Davidson; 6. Arterial vascular diseases Ethan Jackson, Anitra Romfh, Yon Sung and Natalie Bodmer; 7. Uncommon respiratory disorders in pregnancy Alexandra Nicholas; 8. Airway issues Roanne Preston and Clare Burlinson; 9. Use of neuraxial ultrasound for axial skeletal conditions Alexandria Papadelis and Carlo Pancaro; 10. Myopathies and the parturient Britany L. Raymond and Jeanette R. Bauchat; 11. Parturients of short stature Robert French-O'Carroll, Katherine M. Seligman and Andrea J. Traynor; 12.Disorders of the vertebral column Robert Jee and Edward T. Crosby; 13. Miscellaneous skeletal and connective tissue disorders Caroline Grange and Sally Shiels; 14. Disorders of the central nervous system disease in pregnancy Rakesh Vadhera and Lakshmi Ram; 15. Spinal cord disorders Roanne Preston and Jonathan Collins; 16. Peripheral neuropathies Cynthia Wong; 17. Disorders of intermediaries of metabolism and malignant hyperthermia David B. Maclean and Stephen H. Halpern; 18. Hepatic conditions Arash Motamed, Thang Tran and Mohamed Eloustaz; 19. Renal diseases in pregnancy Kate Petty; 20. Rare endocrine disorders Jill M. Mhyre, Jessica Merrill and Waseem Athar; 21. Disorders of blood, coagulation, and bone marrow M. Joanne Douglas and James Brown; 22. Infectious diseases in pregnancy C. Tyler Smith, Christina Megli and Catherine Chappell; 23. Dermatologic conditions in pregnancy Dave Berman; 24. Psychiatric disorders Allana Munro and Ron George; 25. Substance abuse Grace Lim; 26. Autoimmune disease Caroline Grange and Annika Smith; 27. Genetic disorders David J. Combs and Vesela P. Kovacheva; 28. Anesthesia for rare fetal and placental conditions Marla B. Ferschl and Mark D. Rollins.