Reseña o resumen
Highly illustrated with clear, full-colour line drawings and colour photos.
Summary boxes and tables throughout.
Key-points boxes at the end of each chapter.
The latest information for statistics and genetics.
Forward-looking approach to obstetrics and gynaecology.
History and ethics boxes throughout.
Organized into three sections: Fundamentals, Gynaecology, and Pregnancy and the puerperium.
NEW TO THIS EDITION
New section on sexual and reproductive health.
New chapter on surgery to align with the RCOG undergraduate curriculum.
Anaesthesia chapter totally reworked.
Increased coverage of ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage.
Fully revised and updated throughout.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1 FUNDAMENTALS
1 Clinical pelvic anatomy
2 Human embryogenesis
3 History and examination
SECTION 2 GYNAECOLOGY
4 Imaging in obstetrics and gynaecology
5 Paediatric gynaecology
6 Disorders of sex development (DSD)
7 The normal menstrual cycle
8 Amenorrhoea
9 Infertility
10 Early pregnancy care
11 Menstrual disorders
12 Acute pelvic pain
13 Endometriosis
14 Premenstrual syndrome
15 The menopause
16 Genital prolapse
17 Urinary incontinence
18 Ovarian neoplasms
19 Uterine neoplasia
20 Cervical disease
21 Gestational trophoblastic disease
22 Disorders of the vulva
23 Gynaecological surgery
SECTION 3 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
24 Sexually transmitted infections
25 Sexual problems
26 Termination of pregnancy
27 Contraception
SECTION 4 PREGNANCY AND THE PUERPERIUM
28 The physiology of pregnancy
29 Strategies to improve global maternal and neonatal health
30 Antenatal care
31 Postnatal care
32 Medical disorders in pregnancy
33 Prenatal diagnosis
34 Obstetric haemorrhage
35 Small babies
36 Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy
37 Prematurity
38 Multiple pregnancy
39 Fetal haemolytic disease
40 Labour
41 Monitoring of the fetus in labour
42 Induction of labour
43 Pain relief in labour
44 Precipitate labour and slow labour
45 Malpresentations and malpositions
46 Obstetric emergencies
47 Operative delivery
48 When a baby dies - stillbirth and neonatal death
49 Neonatal resuscitation
50 Neonatal care
Index