A Guide to Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth

by Enkin, Murray W.; Keirse, Marc J. N. C.; Renfrew, Mary; Neilson, James; Enkin, Eleanor

• ISBN13: 9780192623249
• ISBN10: 0192623249
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-03-02
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This new edition is extensively revised and rewritten incorporating the results of the important evidence about the effects of care during pregnancy and childbirth that has accumulated since the first edition was published. This book is about the effects of care given and received during pregnancy and childbirth.

Author Biography

Murray W. Enkin is Professor of Obstetrics at McMaster University, Canada. Mar J. N. C. Keirse is professor of Obstetrics at the University of Leiden, Netherlands. james Neilson is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Liverpool University. Mary Renfre is a Midwife Researcher at the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, the Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.

Table of Contents

Basic Care

Effective care in pregnancy and childbirth

Evaluating care in pregnancy and childbirth

Social, financial and psychological support during pregnancy and childbirth

Antenatal classes

Lifestyle during pregnancy

Dietary modification in pregnancyScreening

Formal risk scoring

Imaging ultrasound in pregnancy

Screening for congenital anomalies

Screening for pre-eclampsia

Gestational diabetes

Assessment of fetal growth, size, and wellbeingPregnancy Problems

Unpleasant symptoms in pregnancy

Prevention of miscarriage

Hypertension in pregnancy

Fetal compromise

Multiple pregnancy

Rhesus isoimmunization

Infection in pregnancy

Diabetes in pregnancy

Bleeding in the latter half of the pregnancy

Suspected fetopelvic disproportion and abnormal lie

Prelabour rupture of the membranes

Preterm labour

Promoting pulmonary maturity

Post-term pregnancy

Fetal deathChildbirth

Social and professional support in childbirth

Hospital practices

Care of the fetus during labour

Monitoring the progress of labour

The second stage of labour

The third stage of labourProblems During Childbirth

Control of pain in labour

Prolonged labour

Repair of perineal trauma

Preterm birth

Labour and delivery after previous caesarean sectionTechniques of Induction and Operative Delivery

Preparing for induction of labour

Methods of inducing labour

Instrumental vaginal delivery

Caesarean section

Prophylactic antibiotics with caesarean sectionCare After Childbirth

Immediate care of the newborn infant

Care of the new mother and baby

Breastfeeding

Perineal pain and discomfort

Breast symptoms in women who are not breastfeeding

Loss and grief in the perinatal periodSynopsis

Effective care in pregnancy and childbirth: a synopsis

Beneficial forms of care

Forms of care likely to be beneficial

Forms of care with a trade off between beneficial and adverse effects

Forms of care of unknown effectiveness

Forms of care unlikely to be beneficial

Forms of care likely to be ineffective or harmful

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