
- 142 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
Labour Ward Manual
About this book
Labour Ward Manual, Second Edition provides guidelines for the application of obstetric knowledge to the labor ward environment.The practice of obstetrics is still an art and as such encompasses alternative approaches to achieve the same welcome end, the safety and wellbeing of both mother and child throughout labor and after delivery. The steps suggested for patient management and presentation concentrate on safety and simplicity. Throughout this book, it is stressed that the laboring woman and the fetus are the most important persons in the labor ward.This book clearly documents the emphasis on the atmosphere of ready redress by litigation; approach to women with individual needs; special care in the sensitive issue of induction; fetal monitoring; fluid replacement together with a clear protocol for management of fetal and maternal mishaps; and problems and hazards of women in the labor ward of hepatitis B or human immunodeficiency virus (AIDS) infection.This edition provides a clear concise guidance for all those involved in child birth.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Labour Ward Manual
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1. Attitudes and conduct
- Chapter 2. Maternal and perinatal mortality
- Chapter 3. Delivery room
- Chapter 4. Admission to the labour ward
- Chapter 5. Admission emergencies
- Chapter 6. Normal labour and delivery
- Chapter 7. Intrapartum nutrition and electrolytes
- Chapter 8. Analgesia and anaesthesia
- Chapter 9. Intrapartum fetal surveillance
- Chapter 10. Episiotomy and tears
- Chapter 11. The newborn
- Chapter 12. Preterm labour and preterm membrane rupture
- Chapter 13. Abnormal labour
- Chapter 14. Induction and augmentation of labour
- Chapter 15. Assisted delivery
- Chapter 16. Caesarean section
- Chapter 17. Emergencies in the immediate puerperium
- Chapter 18. Malpresentation and malpositions
- Chapter 19. Breech
- Chapter 20. Twins and multiple deliveries
- Chapter 21. Medical complications and labour
- Chapter 22. Fetal and maternal misadventure
- Suggested reading
- Index