Description
Book Synopsis"Given the increasing complexities of co-morbidities in women of childbearing age, this book provides a case study approach to several critical conditions which challenge all health care professionals working in this field. The case study approach will help midwives, doctors, midwifery and medical students to ground their clinical skills training on each specific situation by working through the questions and answer format. Of particular importance is the emphasis on inter-professional team working and the links between theory and practice."Dr. Rita Borg Xuereb, Head of Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Malta
"The authors are to be commended as this is the first book of its kind and is well overdue ... The content is excellent, well referenced and covers all of the important issues ... The layout makes the book easy to read and the inclusion of pre-reading, self-assessment of knowledge and case studies engages the reader and st
Table of Contents
Preface
Glossary of Common Abbreviations used throughout the Book
Case Study 1: Recognition of the Critically Ill Woman
Case Study 2: Obesity - Risk Management Issues
Case Study 3: Pre-Eclampsia, Eclampsia and HELLP Syndrome (Haemolysis, Elevation of Liver Enzymes and Low Platelets)
Case Study 4: Thromboembolism
Case Study 5: Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation(DIC)
Case Study 6: Obstetric Cholestasis
Case Study 7: Haemoglobinopathies
Case Study 8: Ante-Partum and Postpartum Haemorrhage
Case Study 9: Uterine Inversion and Ruptured Uterus
Case Study 10: Anaphylaxis
Case Study 11: Sepsis
Case Study 12: Cardiac Arrest
Case Study 13: Diabetic Coma
Case Study 14: Shoulder Dystocia
Appendix 14.1: Shoulder Dystocia Proforma
