Main description:

This book is a practical guide to obstetrics and gynaecology cases clinicians might encounter on an everyday basis.

Divided into 34 chapters, the text begins with discussion on history taking and examination. The next sections cover the diagnosis and management of different obstetrical disorders including fever in pregnancy, gestational diabetes and anaemia, heart and liver diseases, preterm labour, and recurrent pregnancy loss.

The following chapters present a variety of gynaecological disorders such as abnormal uterine bleeding, ovarian cancer, fibroids, infertility, and much more.

Each chapter begins with a case history and investigation methods and concludes with questions and answers. Topics are further enhanced by clinical photographs, illustrations, medication tables, flowcharts, and comprehensive references.

Key points

Practical guide to obstetrics and gynaecology cases seen in daily practice
Covers diagnosis and management of many different disorders
Each topic includes a case history, and questions and answers to assist learning
Highly illustrated with clinical photographs, diagrams, medication tables and flowcharts

Contents:

Chapter 1: History Taking and Examination
Chapter 2: Antepartum Hemorrhage
Chapter 3: Breech Presentation
Chapter 4A: Congenital Cardiac Disease in Pregnancy
Chapter 4B: Heart Diseases and Pregnancy: Cardiologist's Perspective
Chapter 4C: Pregnancy with Mitral Stenosis and Mitral Regurgitation and Cardiac Failure
Chapter 5: Diabetes in Pregnancy
Chapter 6: Fever in Pregnancy
Chapter 7: Anemia in Pregnancy
Chapter 8: Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Chapter 9: ICU Rounds for Obstetricians
Chapter 10: Fetal Growth Restriction
Chapter 11: Liver Diseases in Pregnancy
Chapter 12: Multiple Pregnancy
Chapter 13: Preterm Labor
Chapter 14: Case with Previous Aneuploidy
Chapter 15: Case with Previous Cesarean Delivery
Chapter 16: Retropositive Pregnancy
Chapter 17: Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
Chapter 18: Case-based Approach to Thyroid Disorders in Pregnancy
Chapter 19: Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
Chapter 20: Benign Ovarian Tumors: A Clinical Approach
Chapter 21: Cervical Cancer
Chapter 22: Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
Chapter 23: Invasive Procedures in Obstetrics and Gynecology Practice
Chapter 24: Fibroid Uterus
Chapter 25: Genital Prolapse
Chapter 26: Infertility
Chapter 27: Carcinoma Endometrium
Chapter 28: Postoperative Rounds: Primary Amenorrhea
Chapter 30: Secondary Amenorrhea
Chapter 31: Examination of a Sexual Assault Victim
Chapter 32: Bedside Ultrasonography in Obstetrics
Chapter 33: Vulvar Hematoma
Chapter 34: Rare Photo Gallery