The stated goal of all recent textbooks is to define best practice by employing the techniques of evidence-based medicine.
Obstetric decisions today are not simpler. They are actually more complex, requiring an ever expanding knowledge base. This book provides a knowledge base of operative obstetrics derived from the accomplishments of the past and the experiences of the present. In so doing, it serves an important purpose: to assist obstetricians in achieving the objective of a successful pregnancy and a healthy newborn.
This new edition required the amalgamation of data derived from quite different sources. The editors remain unrepentant advocates of combining essential elements of the art of traditional obstetrics and the accumulated experience with new concepts and methods of management derived from meta-analysis and other prospective and randomized clinical investigations. Reflecting the realities of modern practice, this new edition includes legal commentaries on areas of special concerns, with recommendations for appropriate actions to help to avoid difficulty.
Part I: ANTEPARTUM
Chapter 1. A History: Operative Delivery
Chapter 2. Prenatal Genetic Testing
Chapter 3. Ultrasound Examination
Chapter 4. Ectopic Pregnancy
Chapter 5. Cervical Insufficiency
Chapter 6. Pregnancy Termination
Chapter 7. Placental Abnormalities
Chapter 8. Antepartum: Legal Commentary I
Part II: INTRAPARTUM AND POSTPARTUM
Chapter 9. Obstetric Anesthesia
Chapter 10. Labor
Chapter 11. The Third Stage
Chapter 12. Breech Presentation
Chapter 13. Multiple Gestation
Chapter 14. Shoulder Dystocia
Chapter 15. Intrapartum and Postpartum: Legal Commentary II
Part III: SURGICAL PROCEDURES
Chapter 16. Surgery in Pregnancy
Chapter 17. Instrumental Delivery
Chapter 18. Cesarean Delivery and Surgical Sterilization
Chapter 19. Urologic Complications
Chapter 20. Fetal Surgery
Chapter 21. Legal Commentary III
Part IV: SPECIAL ISSUES
Chapter 22. Fetal Assessment
Chapter 23. Birth Injuries
Chapter 24. Midwives and Operative Obstetrics
Chapter 25. Education and Certification
Chapter 26. Ethical Issues
Chapter 27. Perinatal Loss
Chapter 28. Birth Injury: Legal Commentary IV
APPENDIX
Appendix I. Appendix of Legal Principles
Appendix II. Venous Thrombosis and Pregnancy
Appendix III. Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring: Surgical Procedures
Index
Product Details
- Hardcover: 936 pages
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 2 edition (August 4, 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0521862485
- ISBN-13: 978-0521862486
- Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.6 x 1.6 inches