Evidence Based Labor and Delivery Management

This book is a guide to labour and delivery management for trainees in obstetrics and gynaecology, and midwives.

Divided into three sections, the text begins with detailed discussion on labour, from preparation before labour and delivery, through the different stages of labour, to postpartum care.

The next section covers caesarean delivery, and the third, ?special labour? which explains labour complications, twins, prelabour rupture of membranes, and more.

The book is authored by recognised experts from the USA and Italy, and is based on evidence from randomised controlled trials (RCTs).

Clinical photographs, diagrams and tables further enhance learning.

Key points

• Guide to labour and delivery management for trainees in obstetrics and gynaecology, and midwives
• Text based on evidence from randomised controlled trials (RCTs)
• Recognised author team from USA and Italy
• Includes clinical photographs, diagrams and tables

SECTION 1: LABOR

• Preparation before Labor and Delivery
• Prediction of the Onset of Labor
• Quality and Safety in Labor and Delivery
• Place of Labor and Delivery
• Providers
• Admission to Labor and Delivery
• First Stage of Labor
• Arrest in the First Stage of Labor
• Second Stage of Labor
• Abnormal Second Stage of Labor
• Intrapartum Fetal Monitoring
• Management of Abnormal Fetal Heart Rate
• Anesthesia and Analgesia
• Third Stage of Labor
• Postpartum Care
• Operative Vaginal Delivery

SECTION 2: CESAREAN DELIVERY

• Cesarean Delivery: Indications and Optimal Rate
• Cesarean Delivery: Preoperative Care
• Cesarean Delivery Technique

SECTION 3: SPECIAL LABOR

• Induction of Labor
• Prelabor Rupture of Membranes at Term or Late-preterm
• Labor Complications
• Malpresentation and Malposition
• Twins and Higher-order Multiple Gestations
• Third Stage Complications
• Breastfeeding and Contraception

Index

Vincenzo Berghella MD
Director, Maternal-Foetal Medicine Division and Fellowship Program, Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA

Gabriele Saccone MD
Resident, Unit of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, School of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Italy

Tullio Ghi MD PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ospedale Maggiore, University of Parma, Italy

Amanda Roman MD
Assistant Professor, Maternal Foetal Medicine Division, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA