1st Edition
Management of Normal and High-Risk Labour during Childbirth
Preface
Acknowledgements
Editor
Contributors
1. Anatomy of the Pelvis
Vandana Mehta
2. Understanding the Maternal Passage
Gowri Dorairajan
3. Understanding the Passenger
Gowri Dorairajan
4. Stages of Labour
Gowri Dorairajan
5. Understanding the Power: The Uterine Contractions
Gowri Dorairajan
6. Understanding the Fetal Journey
Gowri Dorairajan
7. Management of Labour
Gowri Dorairajan
8. Obstetric Analgesia
Chitra Chatterji and Atish Pal
9. Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance
Anish Keepanasseril
10. Understanding the Warning Signal of the Uterus and the Fetus
Gowri Dorairajan
11. Abnormal Uterine Contractions
Gowri Dorairajan
12. Cephalopelvic Disproportion and Contracted Pelvis
Gowri Dorairajan
13. Abnormalities of Second Stage
Gowri Dorairajan
14. Forceps Delivery
Gowri Dorairajan
15. Ventouse Delivery
Gowri Dorairajan
16. Caesarean Section
Gowri Dorairajan
17. Post-Partum Haemorrhage
Gowri Dorairajan
18. Clinical Approach to Case of PPH
Gowri Dorairajan
19. Specific Management of PPH
Gowri Dorairajan
Index
Biography
Dr Gowri Dorairajan is Professor and Head of a unit at JIPMER, Puducherry, an autonomous National Importance Institution. She is an acclaimed teacher and clinician. She has more than 24 years of teaching experience. In addition, she has vast clinical experience and has worked in many government hospitals with high turnover and deliveries. She did her postgraduation from Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, from 1992 to 1995 and vast exposure to various obstetric emergencies and the management of women in labour. She is working as a professor in JIPMER since June 2013.
