Main description:

This ninth edition has been fully revised to provide clinicians and trainees with the latest information and developments in the field of obstetrics.

Beginning with discussion on female reproductive anatomy, physiological changes in pregnancy, the foetus, placenta and foetal membranes, the following chapters explain antenatal care and normal labour.

The following sections cover the diagnosis and management of numerous disorders and complications that may occur during pregnancy and in labour.

A complete chapter is dedicated to imaging, amniocentesis and clinical tests, and the final section presents photographs of instruments, specimens, sonograms, MR images, and drugs.

The book provides guidelines from different professional and academic organisations including RCOG, ACOG, WHO, FIGO, NICHD, CDC, and NICE.

Summary tables, algorithms, boxes, flowcharts and 'key points' are given in each chapter to assist revision.

Key points

Fully revised, new edition presenting latest developments in the field of obstetrics
Highly illustrated with clinical photographs and learning tools
Provides guidelines from various professional and academic organisations
Previous edition (9789351527237) published in 2015

Contents:

Anatomy of Female Reproductive Organs
Fundamentals of Reproduction
Placenta and Fetal Membranes
The Fetus
Physiological Changes during Pregnancy
Endocrinology in Relation to Reproduction
Diagnosis of Pregnancy
The Fetus-in-Utero
Fetal Skull and Maternal Pelvis
Antenatal Care, Preconceptional Counseling and Care
Antenatal Assessment of Fetal Wellbeing
Prenatal Genetic Counseling, Screening and Diagnosis
Normal Labor
Normal Puerperium
Vomiting in Pregnancy
Hemorrhage in Early Pregnancy
Multiple Pregnancy, Amniotic Fluid Disorders, Abnormalities of Placenta and Cord
Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy
Antepartum Hemorrhage
Medical and Surgical Illnesses Complicating Pregnancy
Gynecological Disorders in Pregnancy
Preterm Labor and Birth, Preterm Rupture of the Membranes, Postmaturity, Intrauterine Fetal Death
Complicated Pregnancy
Contracted Pelvis
Abnormal Uterine Action
Complicated Labor: Malposition, Malpresentation and Cord Prolapse
Prolonged Labor, Obstructed Labor, Dystocia Caused by Fetal Anomalies
Complications of the Third Stage of Labor
Injuries to the Birth Canal
Abnormalities of the Puerperium
The Term Newborn Infant
Low Birth Weight Baby
Diseases of the Fetus and the Newborn
Pharmacotherapeutics in Obstetrics
Induction of Labor
Population Dynamics and Control of Conception
Operative Obstetrics
Safe Motherhood, Epidemiology of Obstetrics
Special Topics in Obstetrics
Current Topics in Obstetrics
Imaging in Obstetrics (USG, MRI, CT, Radiology), Amniocentesis and Guides to Clinical Tests
Practical Obstetrics

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