Best Practice in Labour and Delivery
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Best Practice in Labour and Delivery

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Best Practice in Labour and Delivery

About this book

In light of new recommendations for intrapartum care, this fully updated second edition offers a review of best practice in all aspects of labour and delivery. This authoritative guide incorporates revised recommendations from the latest MBRRACE-UK Report, NICE guidelines, Cochrane Reviews and RCOG Green-top Guidelines to provide advice that is in line with the latest research and practice. New chapters cover the aspects of non-technical skills, ranging from leadership and team work to situational awareness and decision making. This edition also emphasises the problem of adherent placenta and discusses how it should be managed. With its modern, evidence-based approach, Best Practice in Labour and Delivery is the ideal textbook for those training in labour ward practice and studying for postgraduate examinations. Offering clear and practical guidance, this comprehensive book will help all obstetricians, obstetric anaesthetists, midwives and nurse practitioners to understand and deliver the best clinical care to patients.

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Yes, you can access Best Practice in Labour and Delivery by Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medizin & Gynäkologie, Geburtshilfe & Hebammen. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Contributors
  8. Preface to the Second Edition
  9. Preface to the First Edition
  10. Acknowledgements
  11. 1 Pelvic and Fetal Cranial Anatomy and the Stages and Mechanism of Labour
  12. 2 The First Stage of Labour
  13. 3 Analgesia and Anaesthesia in Labour
  14. 4 Intrapartum Fetal Monitoring
  15. 5 Uterine Contractions
  16. 6 The Management of Intrapartum ‘Fetal Distress’
  17. 7 Nutrition and Hydration in Labour
  18. 8 Prolonged Second Stage of Labour Including Difficult Decision Making on Operative Vaginal Delivery and Caesarean Section
  19. 9 Instrumental Vaginal Deliveries: Indications, Techniques and Complications
  20. 10 Caesarean Deliveries: Indications, Techniques and Complications
  21. 11 Breech and Twin Delivery
  22. 12 Cord Prolapse and Shoulder Dystocia
  23. 13 Antepartum Haemorrhage
  24. 14 Management of the Third Stage of Labour
  25. 15 Postpartum Haemorrhage
  26. 16 Management of Morbidly Adherent Placenta
  27. 17 Acute Illness and Maternal Collapse in the Postpartum Period
  28. 18 Episiotomy and Obstetric Perineal Trauma
  29. 19 Induction of Labour
  30. 20 Preterm Prelabour Rupture of Membranes (pPROM)
  31. 21 The Management of Preterm Labour
  32. 22 Labour in Women with Medical Disorders
  33. 23 Management of Women with Previous Caesarean Section
  34. 24 Rupture of the Uterus
  35. 25 Management of Severe Pre-Eclampsia/Eclampsia
  36. 26 Neonatal Resuscitation and the Management of Immediate Neonatal Problems
  37. 27 The Immediate Puerperium
  38. 28 Triage and Prioritization in a Busy Labour Ward
  39. 29 Risk Management in Intrapartum Care
  40. 30 Team Working, Skills and Drills on the Labour Ward
  41. 31 Cerebral Palsy Arising from Events in Labour
  42. 32 Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills (OSATS) in Obstetrics
  43. 33 Non-Technical Skills to Improve Obstetric Practice
  44. Index