Oxorn-Foote Human Labor and Birth

by OXORN

• ISBN13: 9780838576656
• ISBN10: 0838576656
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-06-27
• Publisher: MCGRAW HILL

Summary

Offers detailed information about the process of childbirth, discusses possible complications, and covers ultrasound examinations, Cesarean section, and care of the newborn infant

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Pelvis: Bones, Joints, Ligaments	1	(6)
Floor of the Pelvis	7	(4)
Perineum	11	(6)
Uterus and Vagina	17	(6)
Obstetric Pelvis	23	(18)
The Passenger: Fetus	41	(12)
Fetopelvic Relationships	53	(12)
Engagement, Synclitism, Asynclitism	65	(10)
Examination of the Patient	75	(16)
Anterior Positions of the Occiput and the Normal Mechanism of Labor	91	(22)
Clinical Course of Normal Labor	113	(40)
Transverse Positions of the Occiput	153	(8)
Posterior Positions of the Occiput	161	(18)
Malpresentations	179	(4)
Face Presentation	183	(24)
Brow Presentation	207	(10)
Median Vertex Presentation: Military Attitude	217	(4)
Breech Presentation	221	(48)
Transverse Lie	269	(8)
Compound Presentations	277	(4)
The Umbilical Cord	281	(10)
Shoulder Dystocia	291	(12)
Multiple Pregnancy	303	(24)
Obstetric Forceps	327	(28)
Anterior Positions of the Occiput: Delivery by Forceps	355	(18)
Arrested Transverse Positions of the Occiput	373	(8)
Arrested Posterior Positions of the Occiput	381	(32)
Arrested Face Presentations	413	(10)
Breech: Delivery of the Aftercoming Head by Forceps	423	(4)
Version and Extraction	427	(10)
Obstetric Analgesia and Anesthesia	437	(42)
Donald C. Oxorn
Postpartum Hemorrhage	479	(20)
Antepartum Hemorrhage	499	(14)
Episiotomy, Lacerations, Uterine Rupture, Inversion	513	(42)
The Placenta, Retained Placenta, Placenta Accreta	555	(12)
The Amniotic Fluid	567	(12)
Assessment of the Fetus in Utero	579	(58)
Denis K.L. Dudley
Ultrasonography and Radiography	637	(18)
Henry F. Muggah
Normal and Abnormal Uterine Action	655	(18)
Uterotonic Agents: Oxytocin, Ergot, Prostaglandin	673	(12)
Induction of Labor	685	(16)
Fetal Dysmaturity, Retarded Intrauterine Growth, Prolonged Pregnancy, Term Intrapartum Fetal Death	701	(20)
Preterm Labor	721	(36)
Mary D'Alton
Prolonged Labor	757	(14)
Fetopelvic Disproportion	771	(20)
Cesarean Section	791	(30)
Dystocia: Uterine Abnormalities	821	(16)
Embryotomy: Destructive Operations on the Fetus	837	(4)
Medical Complications of Pregnancy: Intrapartum Management	841	(24)
Peter Garner
The Puerperium	865	(14)
The Newborn Infant	879	(22)
Michael J. Hardie
Index	901