| Description |
xii 388 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1 - Communicating Effectively With Your Patient.Chapter 2 - Examining Your Patient During Labor.Chapter 3 - Normal Labor and Delivery.Chapter 4 - Evaluating the Pelvis.Chapter 5 - Dysfunctional Labor.Chapter 6 - Managing the Third Stage of Labor.Chapter 7 - Dealing With Malpositions.Chapter 8 - Managing Malpresentations.Chapter 9 - Preventing Maternal Trauma at Delivery.Chapter 10 - Inducing Labor.Chapter 11 - Determining the Need for Cesarean Delivery.Chapter 12 -Managing Pain During Labor.Chapter 13 - Oxytocin and Uterine Activity.Chapter 14 - Shoulder Dystocia.Chapter 15 - Using Forceps and the Vacuum Extractor.Chapter 16 - Obstetric Cases.Chapter 17 - Sample Policies |
| Summary |
"Labor and Delivery: The hands-on guide provides practical and timely information to help guide the clinical care of women during pregnancy. An expert team of authors present the framework to integrate information obtained from hands-on evaluation of laboring women into logical matrix for decision-making and risk avoidance. By not focusing solely on explanations of the readings and usage of technology such as ultrasound and fetal monitoring, this experience-based guide to labor care concentrates on traditional skills of observation and careful physical examinations to help obstetricians care for women during labor while improving her experience of birth"--Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Childbirth.
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Delivery (Obstetrics)
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Labor (Obstetrics)
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Labor, Obstetric.
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Birth Injuries -- prevention & control.
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Delivery, Obstetric -- methods.
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Obstetric Labor Complications -- prevention & control.
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| Author |
Friedman, Emanuel A., 1926-
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| LC no. |
2011020592 |
| ISBN |
9780470654590 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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