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.
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