1st Edition

Management of Normal and High-Risk Labour during Childbirth

Edited By Gowri Dorairajan Copyright 2022
    205 Pages 38 Color & 1 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    205 Pages 38 Color & 1 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    205 Pages 38 Color & 1 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    This book deals with the management of labour, guiding the readers to recognize problems by keen monitoring, based on anatomical and physiological understanding of labour. In this era of technology, this book revives the fading art of identification of clinical signs and symptoms. The chapters are well-structured, covering different aspects from suspicion to identification of the problems by recognizing subtle warning signals by the fetus and the uterus. Operative deliveries and common obstetric emergencies with their appropriate management are also covered. It provides practical points to prevent, anticipate, recognize, and manage problems during labour.

    Key Features

    • Helps to identify clinical signs and symptoms that infuses the reader with confidence to identify and manage abnormal situations during labour and childbirth through the feel of their fingers and awakened understanding.
    • A must have book for all postgraduate trainees and practitioners of obstetrics, eager to learn the fundamentals of labour management.
    • Features illustrated cases helpful in learning management of normal labour and pick abnormal labour, at the earliest possible deviation from normalcy.

    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.