Obstetrics in Family Medicine : A Practical Guide / by Paul Lyons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lyons, Paul., Author.

Series:

Current Clinical Practice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obstetrics.

Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery.

Local Subjects:

Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed. 2015.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Humana, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book surveys the normal obstetrics encountered in primary care and serves as a practical guide to the evaluation and management of common prenatal, peripartum, and postpartum complications. Thoroughly revised and updated, Obstetrics in Family Medicine, Second Edition, addresses the major issues and problems related to each stage and outlines management protocols. It provides critical information about physical and ultrasound examinations, laboratory tests, drug toxicities, and screening techniques and highlights new and emerging areas of obstetrical care, such as prenatal testing protocols, treatment options for HIV in pregnancy, and antenatal monitoring. Key points for each topic are summarized in tabular form for quick reference and diagnostic flow charts illuminate all aspects of the decision-making process. Concise and clinically oriented, this book is designed to help primary and family medicine physicians improve the quality of women’s health care. .

Contents:

I Preconception and Prenatal Care

Physiology

Preconception Counseling

Prenatal Care

Medications in Pregnancy

II Complications of Pregnancy

Dysmorphic Growth and Genetic Abnormalities

Intrauterine Growth Restriction

Preterm Labor

Premature Rupture of Membranes

Early Pregnancy Bleeding

Late Pregnancy Bleeding

Recurrent Pregnancy Loss

Rh Isoimmunization

Infection in Pregnancy

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Diabetes in Pregnancy

Multi gestational Pregnancy

Post-Dates Pregnancy

III Labor and Delivery

Normal Labor

Induction and Augmentation

Pain Management in Labor

Operative Delivery

IV Complications of Labor and Delivery

Prolonged Labor

Shoulder Dystocia

Malpresentation

Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring

Maternal Fever in Labor

Postpartum Hemorrhage

Perineal Laceration and Episiotomy

NV Postpartum Management

Newborn Evaluation

Routine Hospital Postpartum Management

Complications of the Hospital Postpartum Period.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3-319-20077-1