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Labor and delivery care : a practical guide / Wayne R. Cohen, Emanuel A. Friedman.
Holman Biotech Commons RG652 .C63 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cohen, Wayne R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Labor (Obstetrics).
- Delivery (Obstetrics).
- Childbirth.
- Labor, Obstetric.
- Birth Injuries--prevention & control.
- Delivery, Obstetric--methods.
- Obstetric Labor Complications--prevention & control.
- Medical Subjects:
- Labor, Obstetric.
- Birth Injuries--prevention & control.
- Delivery, Obstetric--methods.
- Obstetric Labor Complications--prevention & control.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 388 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
- Summary:
- "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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780470654590
- 0470654597
- OCLC:
- 726074712
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