Main description:

A Practical Guide to Obstetrics & Gynecology offers complete coverage of the practical aspects of obstetrics and gynaecology from both examination and viva point of view. This book covers important topics like history taking and examination, long cases in obstetrics and gynaecology, detailed normal labour room procedures and minor OT procedures in gynaecology.

Also included are discussions on contraception, imaging, instruments and specimens, and drugs used in obstetrics and gynaecology. The book features an appendix covering useful topics such as scoring systems, tests, classification systems, tables, charts, formulae and nutritional values.

A Practical Guide to Obstetrics & Gynecology contains an accompanying CD, covering basics related to obstetrics such as: bony pelvis, foetal skull, mechanism of normal vaginal delivery, and mechanism of delivery in case of foetal malpresentations (Breech presentation, occiput posterior position). The breadth of content in this title makes it essential for residents, obstetricians and gynaecologists.

Key Points

Additional CD covers a variety of basics in obstetrics
Comprehensive text covering practical aspects of obstetrics and gynaecology
Enhanced by 340 full colour images

Contents:

I Obstetrics

History taking and examination in obstetrics
Normal pregnancy and labour
Bony pelvis and foetal skull
Labour in case of malpresentations
Long cases in obstetrics
Normal labour room procedures
OT procedures

II Gynaecology

History taking and examination in gynaecology
Long cases in gynaecology
Minor OT procedures in gynaecology
Contraception

III Imaging, Instruments and Specimen

Radiology in obstetrics and gynaecology
Ultrasound in obstetrics and gynaecology
Suture materials, needles and prosthetic meshes in obstetrics and gynaecology
Instruments in obstetrics and gynaecology
Specimens in obstetrics and gynaecology
Drugs in obstetrics and gynaecology

Appendix

Scoring systems, tests, classification systems, FIGO staging
Tables, charts and formulae
Nutritional values