Labour Ward Manual

by David T. Y. Liu MPhil, MB, BS, DM, MBA(OU), FRCOG, FRANZCOG

Overview

This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. Liu's Labour Ward Manual has for many years been the standard work for all personnel working on the labour ward. It gives instruction on the best application of technical procedures employed in the labour ward whilst promoting the ethos that the labouring mother and the unborn child must be the prime focus of attention.

• Offers a one-stop guide to all aspects of labour and birth in a hospital environment
• Covers everything from admittance procedures through to emergency drills and multiple births
• User-friendly layout with clear diagrams provide easy access to information
• Panel of international specialists ensure contemporary and representative content

• Incorporation of latest NICE and RCOG Guidelines as well as those of CNST
• New section on Emergency Drills
• Expanded segment on mental health

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780702039645
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	06/14/2007
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	236
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Mr Ugwumadu earned an MBBS with distinction at the University of Lagos in 1986, going on to receive his PhD from the University of London in 2006.
In 2001 he was appointed to his post at St George's Hospital and St George's University of London. His clinical and research interests are primarily focused on perinatal infections, intrapartum fetal monitoring and hypoxic brain injury.

Member: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (MRCOG) - 1994
Fellow: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (MRCOG) - 2007
Scientific editor British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Editor Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Editor Global Library for Women's Medicine
Member: WHO guideline development group
Member: Preterm Birth International Collaborative (PREBIC)
Member: British Maternal and Fetal Medicine Society (BMFMS)
Member: European Society for Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ESIDOG)

Table of Contents

1 Attitudes and conduct
2 Legal considerations
3 Maternal and perinatal mortality
4 The birthing environment
5 Admission to labour ward
6 Admission emergencies
7 Normal labour and delivery
8 Intrapartum nutrition and electrolytes
9 Analgesia and anaesthesia
10 Intrapartum fetal surveillance
11 Episiotomy and tears
12 The Newborn
13 Preterm labour and preterm rupture of membranes
14 Abnormal labour
15 Induction and augmentation of labour
16 Assisted delivery and shoulder dystocia
17 Caesarean section
18 Emergencies in the immediate puerperium
19 Malpresentation and malposition
20 Breech
21 Twins and multiple deliveries
22 Medical complications
23 Fetal and maternal misadventure
24 Drills in labour ward management

Editorial Reviews

The chapters are factual and concise.


A real positive for a labour ward manual.


Laura Abbott, The Practising Midwife, Vol 11 No 8

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