Description
Book SynopsisThis book is a guide to labour and delivery management for trainees in obstetrics and gynaecology, and midwives.
Divided into three sections, the text begins with detailed discussion on labour, from preparation before labour and delivery, through the different stages of labour, to postpartum care.
The next section covers caesarean delivery, and the third, ‘special labour’ which explains labour complications, twins, prelabour rupture of membranes, and more.
The book is authored by recognised experts from the USA and Italy, and is based on evidence from randomised controlled trials (RCTs).
Clinical photographs, diagrams and tables further enhance learning.
Key points
- Guide to labour and delivery management for trainees in obstetrics and gynaecology, and midwives
- Text based on evidence from randomised controlled trials (RCTs)
- Recognised author team from USA and Italy
- Includes clinical photographs, diagrams and tables
Table of ContentsSECTION 1: LABOR
- Preparation before Labor and Delivery
- Prediction of the Onset of Labor
- Quality and Safety in Labor and Delivery
- Place of Labor and Delivery
- Providers
- Admission to Labor and Delivery
- First Stage of Labor
- Arrest in the First Stage of Labor
- Second Stage of Labor
- Abnormal Second Stage of Labor
- Intrapartum Fetal Monitoring
- Management of Abnormal Fetal Heart Rate
- Anesthesia and Analgesia
- Third Stage of Labor
- Postpartum Care
- Operative Vaginal Delivery
SECTION 2: CESAREAN DELIVERY
- Cesarean Delivery: Indications and Optimal Rate
- Cesarean Delivery: Preoperative Care
- Cesarean Delivery Technique
SECTION 3: SPECIAL LABOR
- Induction of Labor
- Prelabor Rupture of Membranes at Term or Late-preterm
- Labor Complications
- Malpresentation and Malposition
- Twins and Higher-order Multiple Gestations
- Third Stage Complications
- Breastfeeding and Contraception
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