| Description |
xiv, 338 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Sect. 1. Midwifery care during labour and birth -- 1. Labour -- 2. Home birth / Janet Gwillim -- 3. Waterbirth -- 4. Slow progress in labour and malpresentations/malpositions in labour -- 5. Breech birth / Lesley Shuttler -- 6. Labour and birth after a previous caesarean section -- 7. Pre-eclampsia / Annette Briley -- 8. Preterm labour and birth -- 9. Maternal infection around the time of birth -- 10. Assisted delivery: forceps and midwife ventouse delivery / Cathy Charles -- 11. Haemorrhage and hypovolaemic shock around the time of birth -- 12. Childbirth emergencies -- 13. Loss of a baby: stillbirth/perinatal death / Barbara Kavanagh -- Sect. 2. Support information -- 14. Record keeping and litigation -- 15. Midwifery skills to help women cope with labour / Virginia Howes -- 16. Vaginal examinations and artificial rupture of the membranes -- 17. Monitoring the fetal heart rate in labour -- 18. Intrapartum blood tests / Julie Davis -- 19. Examination of the newborn baby at birth -- 20. Serious anomalies and disorders in the newborn -- 21. Neonatal and maternal resuscitation / Nick Castle -- 22. Perineal trauma and suturing -- 23. Pharmacopoeia -- App. A. Automated blood pressure devices -- App. B. Midwife ventouse practitioner log book record -- App. C. Decision to decline midwife ventouse delivery -- App. D. Checklist following a pregnancy loss after 24 weeks -- App. E. NICE clinical practice algorithm (EFM) -- App. F. Weight conversion chart |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Natural childbirth -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Midwives.
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Childbirth -- Complications.
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Midwifery -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Midwives -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Childbirth -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Midwifery.
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Parturition.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Handbooks and manuals.
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| Author |
Chapman, Vicky.
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| LC no. |
2003058357 |
| ISBN |
0632059435 alkaline paper |
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