Intrapartum Care for the MRCOG and Beyond / Edition 2

by Thomas Baskett, Sabaratnam Arulkumaran

Overview

This book provides a comprehensive overview of clinical intrapartum care, with an emphasis on a pragmatic approach which promotes the necessary vigilant care while also supporting the wishes of the pregnant woman who wants minimal interference. This second edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect current practice and developments in the field since publication of the first edition, with six new chapters added on topics that are of increasing importance: improving intrapartum care, lower genital tract trauma, emergency obstetric hysterectomy, acute uterine inversion, disseminated intravascular coagulation and acute tocolysis. The book is primarily designed to provide a comprehensive summary for candidates preparing for the Part 2 MRCOG examination, and as such covers the RCOG curriculum for intrapartum care. It is also a valuable guide for all healthcare professionals working in the field, including trainees, consultants and midwives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781906985400
Publisher:	Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)
Publication date:	10/01/2011
Series:	Membership of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Beyond
Edition description:	2nd Revised ed.
Pages:	302
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.46(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Thomas F. Baskett is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.

Sabaratnam Arulkumaran is Head of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at St George's University of London. He is President-elect of the International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and immediate Past President of the RCOG.

Table of Contents

1. Improving intrapartum care; 2. First stage of labour; 3. Second stage of labour; 4. Fetal surveillance in labour; 5. Third stage of labour; 6. Lower genital tract trauma; 7. Induction of labour; 8. Preterm labour and prelabour rupture of membranes; 9. Assisted vaginal delivery; 10. Shoulder dystocia; 11. Breech vaginal delivery; 12. Twin and triplet delivery; 13. Caesarean section; 14. Vaginal birth after caesarean section; 15. Uterine rupture; 16. Emergency obstetric hysterectomy; 17. Cord prolapse; 18. Antepartum haemorrhage; 19. Postpartum haemorrhage; 20. Acute uterine inversion; 21. Amniotic fluid embolism; 22. Disseminated intravascular coagulation; 23. Acute tocolysis; 24. Severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia; 25. Neonatal resuscitation Gareth J. Richards; 26. Perinatal loss: management of late fetal death and stillbirth Austin Ugwumadu and Melanie O'Byrne; Index.