Packed with the most up-to-date recommendations, this invaluable preparatory handbook is a trusted resource for all levels of providers that care for laboring patients. Gain confidence in managing patients from when they present to triage all the way through labor, delivery and the postpartum period. Gives providers critical clinical algorithms for routine and emergency situations and procedures. Includes: detailed description of common obstetric procedures and examinations, evidence-based practice recommendations for labor management and pain control options, sample notes, orders, and operative dictations for cesarean section, multiple illustrations and treatment algorithms that clarify and explain details students and residents are most likely to encounter during obstetric rotations. Written by an experienced maternal fetal medicine physician, this book fills practical knowledge gaps left by conventional textbooks. It provides comprehensive insights for labor management, including emergencies, and improves provider confidence resulting in better care of obstetric patients.

Promotes safe practice when caring for patients on labor and delivery wards, using evidence-based scenarios.

Obstetrics and Gynecology is a subject that encompasses a wide spectrum of conditions including physiological as well as pathological phenomenon, medical disorders to surgical emergencies, life threatening emergencies that demand immediate actions to situations like a normal labor that requires ""masterly inactivity"" for a considerable amount of time! The students, who are exposed afresh to this varying spectrum, are often left clueless how to tackle efficiently the demands of the situations. Having a pocket size book that would guide them through the nooks and corners of this puzzling yet in.

Labor and Delivery Care: A Practical Guide supports and reinforces the acquisition of the practical obstetric skills needed for aiding a successful birth. Beginning with the most important element of successful labor care, communicating with the patient, the authors guide you through normal delivery routines and examination techniques. They then address the best approaches to the full range of challenges that can arise during labor and delivery. Throughout, the 15 chapters provide concise practical guidance with: algorithmic decision trees clinical management tips detailed drawings Labor and Delivery Care: A Practical Guide provides a thorough tour-de-force of the practical obstetric skills needed for best and safest practice based on clinical experience and evidence.

With coverage of all major aspects of obstetric care, Manual of Obstetrics, 9th Edition, is a practical point-of-care reference and review for medical students, ob/gyn residents, fellows, obstetricians, family medicine physicians, and advanced practice nurses. Fully updated from cover to cover, this bestselling manual covers prenatal care, labor and delivery, obstetric complications, medical complications of pregnancy, fetal assessment, fetal diagnosis and therapy, and neonatal care.

-- Offers a practical introduction to the major procedures, problems, and issues in OB care-- Prepares the student or resident for 95% of the clinical situations encountered on the OB floor-- Organized by hospital geography rather than by disease-- Explains new screening protocols for HIV and hepatitis B, and how to prevent transmission-- Provides new guidelines about strep, fetal fibronectin, gestational diabetes, and forceps use-- Highlights "Pearls" and "Controversies" for quick access-- Fits in lab coat pocket-- Helps students to answer questions on rounds and perform common procedures-- Shows how to prepare workups, progress notes, and treatment orders-- Gives advice on fetal monitoring, anesthesia, and amniotomy