Main description:

This 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

Contents:

SECTION 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

Index