This popular guide uses illustrations and concise, integrated text to describe the essentials of obstetric practice today. >From the physiology of reproduction through antenatal care and disorders in pregnancy to labour and the puerperium period, readers will find an easy-to-grasp presentation of the field's most important issues. INDICE: 1. Physiology of reproduction2. Fetal and maternal physiology3. Obstetrical anatomy4. Diagnosis of pregnancy5. Antenatal care6. Assessment of the fetus7. Diseases of pregnancy8. Systemic diseases in pregnancy9. Vaginal bleeding in pregnancy10. Multiple pregnancy and other antenatal complications11. Normal labour12. Abnormal labour13. Abnormalities of the third stage of labourand of the placenta and cord14. Obstetrical operations and maternal injuries15. Puerperium: normal and abnormal16. The newborn baby17. Maternal and perinatal mortality18. Contraception
- ISBN: 978-0-7020-3066-6
- Editorial: Churchill Livingstone
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 447
- Fecha Publicación: 25/09/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés