The Unofficial Guide to Obstetrics and Gynaecology: Core O&G Curriculum Covered: 300+ Multiple Choice Questions with Detailed Explanations and Key Subject Summaries

Description:

This book covers over 50 topics in obstetrics and gynaecology. Presenting clinical cases with exam-relevant questions and answers that explain the incorrect and correct answers followed by key theory, this book is written with revision in mind. Clear diagrams and clinical photographs help present both clinical and scientific information to help students learn in a systematic manner. The comprehensive nature of the book means that it is a resource for both students and trainees.

Table of Contents:

THE UNOFFICIAL GUIDE TO MEDICINE PROJECT

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

ABBREVIATIONS

CONTRIBUTORS

CONTENTS

SECTION 1: GYNAECOLOGY

CHAPTER 1.01: INTRODUCTION

GYNAECOLOGICAL ANATOMY AND EXAMINATION

CHAPTER 1.02: HPO AXIS

THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE HPO AXIS

PUBERTY

DISORDERS OF SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT

SECONDARY AMENORRHOEA

POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME

INFERTILITY

CHAPTER 1.03: EARLY PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS

HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM

MOLAR PREGNANCY

ECTOPIC PREGNANCY

MISCARRIAGE

RECURRENT MISCARRIAGE

TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY

CHAPTER 1.04: BENIGN GYNAECOLOGY

CONTRACEPTION

EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION

MENORRHAGIA AND OTHER MENSTRUAL BLEEDING DISORDERS

FIBROIDS

PREMENSTRUAL DISORDER

MENOPAUSE

VULVAL DISORDERS

CHAPTER 1.05: UROGYNAECOLOGY

PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE

URINARY INCONTINENCE

CHAPTER 1.06: PELVIC PAIN

ENDOMETRIOSIS

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS

BENIGN OVARIAN CYSTS

CHAPTER 1.07: ONCO-GYNAECOLOGY

GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF GYNAECOLOGICAL CANCER MANAGEMENT

OVARIAN CANCER

ENDOMETRIAL CANCER

CERVICAL SCREENING

CERVICAL CANCER

VULVAL AND VAGINAL CANCERS

CHAPTER 1.08: GYNAECOLOGY ANSWERS

SECTION 2: OBSTETRICS

CHAPTER 2.01: ANTENATAL CARE

ORGANISATION AND PRINCIPLES OF ANTENATAL CARE

OBSTETRIC ABDOMINAL PALPATION

ANTENATAL SCREENING AND DIAGNOSTIC TESTS

CHAPTER 2.02: MEDICAL DISORDERS IN PREGNANCY

DIABETES IN PREGNANCY

EPILEPSY IN PREGNANCY

CARDIAC DISORDERS IN PREGNANCY

THE IMPACT OF MATERNAL WEIGHT ON PREGNANCY

THYROID DISEASE IN PREGNANCY

HEPATITIS B IN PREGNANCY

HIV IN PREGNANCY

SICKLE CELL DISEASE IN PREGNANCY

OBSTETRIC CHOLESTASIS

CHAPTER 2.03: MULTIPLE PREGNANCY

TWIN PREGNANCY

CHAPTER 2.04: MANAGEMENT OF LABOUR

NORMAL VAGINAL DELIVERY

MONITORING THE FETUS

INDUCTION AND AUGMENTATION

PAIN RELIEF IN LABOUR

MALPRESENTATION AND MALPOSITION OF THE FETUS

BREECH

CHAPTER 2.05: METHODS OF DELIVERY

CAESAREAN SECTION

VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CAESAREAN SECTION (VBAC)

ASSISTED DELIVERY AND INSTRUMENTAL BIRTHS

CHAPTER 2.06: OBSTETRIC COMPLICATIONS

ANTEPARTUM HAEMORRHAGE

PRE-ECLAMPSIA AND PREGNANCY-INDUCED HYPERTENSION

PRETERM LABOUR

CHORIOAMNIONITIS

SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE BABIES AND INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTION

FETAL HAEMOLYTIC DISEASE

CONGENITAL INTRAUTERINE INFECTIONS

STILLBIRTH

CHAPTER 2.07: OBSTETRIC EMERGENCIES

CORD PROLAPSE

SHOULDER DYSTOCIA

RETAINED PLACENTA

POSTPARTUM HAEMORRHAGE

AMNIOTIC EMBOLISM

MATERNAL COLLAPSE

CHAPTER 2.08: POSTNATAL COMPLICATIONS

VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM

BACTERIAL SEPSIS FOLLOWING PREGNANCY

PERINEAL TRAUMA

MASTITIS

POSTNATAL MENTAL HEALTH

CHAPTER 2.09: OBSTETRICS ANSWERS

SECTION 3: CAREERS

CHAPTER 3.01: CAREERS IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY

INDEX