Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Description:

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology provides a thorough overview of the essential topics that healthcare practitioners in the field need to know, with a focus on clinical practice.

This highly regarded textbook provides comprehensive coverage of gynaecology, reproductive health, obstetrics and on-call for O&G. It has been thoroughly updated to incorporate significant developments in clinical care, including in prenatal diagnosis and screening, COVID-19 management, antenatal and postnatal care, and telemedicine abortion practices.

With full colour illustrations, self-assessment questions and additional online material to reinforce learning, this is a valuable resource for medical students, junior doctors, midwives, nurses and for healthcare practitioners from other specialties seeking a broad-based grounding in O&G.

Table Of Contents:

 Dedication
 Preface
 Language statement
1 Clinical pelvic anatomy
2 History and examination
3 Paediatric gynaecology and differences in sex development
4 Menstruation and amenorrhoea
5 Subfertility
6 Early pregnancy care
7 Heavy menstrual bleeding, dysmenorrhoea and pre-menstrual syndrome
8 Pelvic pain and endometriosis
9 The menopause and hormone replacement therapy
10 Pelvic organ prolapse
11 Urinary incontinence in women
12 Ovarian neoplasms
13 Uterine neoplasms
14 Cervical neoplasms
15 Gestational trophoblastic disease
16 Disorders of the vulva
17 Gynaecological surgery
18 Sexually transmitted infections
19 Sexual problems
20 Abortion
21 Contraception
22 Ethical issues in obstetrics and gynaecology
23 Antenatal and postnatal care
24 Maternal medicine
25 Fetal medicine
26 Obstetric haemorrhage
27 Fetal growth and surveillance
28 Hypertension in pregnancy
29 Preterm birth
30 Multiple pregnancy
31 Labour and analgesia
32 Monitoring of the fetus in labour
33 Induction of labour
34 Malpresentation and slow labour
35 Obstetric emergencies
36 Operative birth
37 Stillbirth and neonatal mortality
38 Neonatal resuscitation
39 Global maternal and neonatal health
40 Human embryology
41 Imaging in obstetrics and gynaecology
42 The physiology of pregnancy
43 Neonatal care
44 Practical obstetrics and gynaecology
45 UK medicolegal issues
 Single best answer questions - part one
 Single best answer questions - part two
 Objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) practice cases
 Answers - SBAs part one
 Answers - Gynaecology SBAs
46 Section 6: ONLINE-ONLY CHAPTERS