Donald School: Manual of Practical Problems in Obstetrics is a comprehensive review of problems that may occur during pregnancy and labour.

Beginning with antenatal care and surveillance throughout pregnancy, the following chapters discuss various medical conditions that may arise including diabetes, pulmonary and neurological diseases, urinary complications, cardiac disease and endocrine disorders.

Several chapters are dedicated to labour and include topics such as instrumental delivery, postpartum problems, haemorrhage and neonatal resuscitation.

With contributions from internationally renowned obstetricians, this manual includes more than 400 images and illustrations.

Key Points

" Comprehensive review of problems that may occur during pregnancy and labour
" More than 400 images and illustrations
" Internationally renowned authors


Table of Contents

1. Antenatal Care and Antepartum Fetal Surveillance
2. First Trimester Examination and Pregnancy Confirmation Test
3. Prenatal Diagnosis/Fetal Surveillance Color Doppler and 3D & 4D in Screening for Birth Defects
4. Termination of Pregnancy
5. Teenage and Elderly Gravida
6. The Grand Multipara
7. Bad Obstetric History
8. Gross Underweight and Gross Obese Pregnant Woman
9. Anemia in Pregnancy
10. Infections in Pregnancy
11. Pregnancy with Local Abnormalities
12. Medical Diseases and Pregnancy
13. Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
14. Hellp Syndrome
15. Normal Labor
16. Intrapartum Monitoring and Management
17. Induction of Labor
18. Abnormal Labor: Malpositions
19. Malpresentations
20. Twins and High-Order Multiple Pregnancy
21. Fundal Height More than the Period of Amenorrhea
22. Sfh Less Than the Period of Amenorrhea
23. Intrauterine Growth Restriction
24. Cephalopelvic Disproportion
25. Instrumental Delivery
26. Management of Third Stage of Labor
27. Postpartum Problems (Acute)
28. Trauma in Obstetrics
29. Maternal Injuries During Delivery
30. Cesarean Delivery
31. Neonatal Resuscitation
32. Puerperium
33. Prematurity
34. Postmaturity
35. Routine Ultrasonography in Pregnancy
36. Obstetrical Hemorrhage
37. Universal Work Precautions for HIV and other Blood-borne Infections
38. Diet and Exercise in Pregnancy
39. Prescribing in Pregnancy
Appendix
Index