Labor and delivery care
Subtitle: a practical guide
By: Wayne R. Cohen, Emanuel A. Friedman
Contributors: Friedman, Emanuel A., 1926-
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780470654590
Subjects: Methods; Labor (Obstetrics); Obstetric Labor; Obstetric Labor Complications; Delivery (Obstetrics); Prevention & control; Birth Injuries; Childbirth; Obstetric Delivery
Description: "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 decision-making and risk avoidance. By not focusing solely on explanations of the readings and usage of technology such as ultrasound and fetal monitoring, this experience-based guide to labor care concentrates on traditional skills of observation and careful physical examinations to help obstetricians care for women during labor while improving her experience of birth"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 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.