The Unofficial Guide to Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Description:


The unique and award-winning Unofficial Guides series is a collaboration between senior students, junior doctors and specialty experts. This combination of contributors understands what is essential to excel on your course, in exams and in practice – as well as the importance of presenting information in a clear, fun and engaging way. Packed with hints and tips from those in the know, when you are in a hurry and need a study companion you can trust, reach for an Unofficial Guide.

Written by registrars who understand just what you need, The Unofficial Guide to Obstetrics and Gynaecology is designed to help you pass the O&G finals with ease. It contains clear summaries of the core topics, followed by more than 300 multiple choice questions and fully explained answers. High quality images, clinical cases and engaging content make it enjoyable to read.

The guide will help you navigate a difficult specialty, which combines medicine and surgery. It is a book that you can come back to time and again during your study, and later when you are working on the wards.

Features:

• Based on national and international guidelines – a unique book involving junior doctors, for junior doctors
• Concise, clear and easy to remember facts – ideal for studying for your medical school finals
• Includes core chapter summaries in a clinically relevant format
• Over 300 questions and fully explained answers with key points and compact learning summaries.
• High quality colour images and illustrations throughout the book to present key concepts and anatomy
• An enhanced digital version is included with purchase. The digital allows you to access all the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customise your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.

New To This Edition:

• 50 new images, including clinical photographs
• Updated language
• New questions
• Updated clinical content according to National and International guidelines
• Significant changes to the paediatric and adolescent gynaecology chapter
• New ethics chapter

Table Of Contents:

SECTION 1 GYNAECOLOGY
1 Introduction
2 HPO Axis
3 Early Pregnancy Complications
4 Benign Gynaecology
5 Urogynaecology
6 Pelvic Pain
7 Onco-Gynaecology
8 Gynaecology Answers
SECTION 2 OBSTETRICS
9 Antenatal Care
10 Medical Disorders in Pregnancy
11 Multiple Pregnancy
12 Management of Labour
13 Modes of Birth
14 Obstetric Complications
15 Obstetric Emergencies
16 Postnatal Complications
17 Obstetrics Answers
SECTION 3 ETHICS
18 Medical Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
SECTION 4 CAREERS
19 Careers in Obstetrics and Gynaecology