Labor and delivery care : a practical guide /

"Labor and Delivery: The hands-on guide provides practical and timely information to help guide the clinical care of women during pregnancy. An expert team of authors present the framework to integrate information obtained from hands-on evaluation of laboring women into logical matrix for decis...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cohen, Wayne R.
Other Authors: Friedman, Emanuel A., 1926-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
Series:Wiley online library.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Communicating Effectively With Your Patient
  • Examining Your Patient
  • Normal Labor and Delivery
  • Evaluating the Pelvis
  • Diagnosing and Treating Dysfunctional Labor
  • Managing the Third Stage
  • Dealing with Malpositions and Deflexed Attitudes
  • Managing Breech Presentation and Transverse Lie
  • Avoiding and Managing Birth Canal Trauma
  • Inducing Labor
  • Cesarean Delivery
  • Delivering Twins
  • Managing Shoulder Dystocia
  • Using Forceps and the Vacuum Extractor
  • Obstetric Case Studies
  • Answers to Obstetric Case Studies
  • Glossary
  • Index.
  • Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1
  • Communicating Effectively With Your Patient.Chapter 2
  • Examining Your Patient During Labor.Chapter 3
  • Normal Labor and Delivery.Chapter 4
  • Evaluating the Pelvis.Chapter 5
  • Dysfunctional Labor.Chapter 6
  • Managing the Third Stage of Labor.Chapter 7
  • Dealing With Malpositions.Chapter 8
  • Managing Malpresentations.Chapter 9
  • Preventing Maternal Trauma at Delivery.Chapter 10
  • Inducing Labor.Chapter 11
  • Determining the Need for Cesarean Delivery.Chapter 12 -Managing Pain During Labor.Chapter 13
  • Oxytocin and Uterine Activity.Chapter 14
  • Shoulder Dystocia.Chapter 15
  • Using Forceps and the Vacuum Extractor.Chapter 16
  • Obstetric Cases.Chapter 17
  • Sample Policies.