Obstetrics and Gynaecology

PART ONE INTRODUCTORY/GENERAL Part Editor: James Drife Evidence-based medicine and medical informatics The general principles of surgery Communication and counselling The law, medicine and women's rights PART TWO OBSTETRICS Part Editor: Philip Baker SECTION A Antenatal complications: maternal Section Editor: Philip Baker ANTENATAL Routine antenatal care: an overview Pre-existing Chronic hypertension Arising in pregnancy Anaemia Medication in pregnancy Maternal mortality Section B Antenatal complications: fetal conditions Section Editor: Mark Kilby Fetal anomalies Biochemical screening Previous history of fetal loss Multiple pregnancy Fetal infections Tests of fetal well-being Fetal growth restriction Aberrant liquor volume Fetal hydrops Malpresentation Prolonged pregnancy INTRAPARTUM Routine intrapartum care: an overview Section C Late pregnancy/intrapartum events Section Editor: Lucy Kean Preterm labour Pre-labour rupture of the membranes Antepartum haemorrhage Intrauterine fetal death Section D First stage of labour Section Editor: Lucy Kean Induction of labour Management after previous caesarean section Poor progress in labour Meconium Fetal compromise in the first stage of labour Obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia Caesarean section Section E Second stage of labour Section Editor: Lucy Kean Fetal compromise in the second stage of labour Shoulder dystocia Instrumental vaginal delivery Breech presentation Perineal trauma POST-DELIVERY Section F Postpartum complications: neonatal Section Editor: Lucy Kean Perinatal asphyxia Neonatal resuscitation Common neonatal complications Perinatal mortality Section G Postpartum complications: maternal Section Editor: Mark Kilby Postpartum collapse Postpartum haemorrhage Postpartum pyrexia Disturbed mood Problems with breastfeeding PART THREE GYNAECOLOGY Part Editor: David Luesley Section A Reproductive medicine Section Editor: Bill Ledger Normal and abnormal development of the genitalia Karyotypic abnormalities Menarche and

David M Luesley MA, MD, FRCOG, Professor of Gynaecological Oncology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Philip N Baker DM, BMedSci, BM, BS, FRCOG, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

'This second edition of the innovative text, modelled on the current MRCOG curriculum, provides all the information that is required by the trainee and during training and when preparing for the MRCOG examination... This textbook has established itself as an indispensable guide to the specialty' Doody's Core Titles