Evidence Based Labor and Delivery Management

DescriptionEvidence based labor and delivery management is an easy to-read book to guide management in labor and delivery. It is based on the best evidence, which usually comes from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and from meta-analyses of RCTs. Authors have tried to summarize the highest quality literature in the labor ward practice along with wonderful artwork. Focus is directed on preventive issues to stop morbidity and mortality and to improve the health of women.Key FeaturesEasy to read guide for the management of delivery and labor.Divided into three sections, viz. Labor, Cesarean Delivery, and Special Labor.Evidence-based management from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and meta-analyses of RCTs.Focuses on preventive issues to reduce the risk of morbidity and mortality.It aims to improve health of women and the newborn.Key points have been provided at the end of each chapter for quick recap.Supplemented with lots of diagrams, flowcharts and ultrasound images and clinical photographs.References for further reading.Table of Contents SECTION 1: LABORPreparation before Labor and DeliveryPrediction of the Onset of LaborQuality and Safety in Labor and DeliveryPlace of Labor and DeliveryProvidersAdmission to Labor and DeliveryFirst Stage of LaborArrest in the First Stage of LaborSecond Stage of LaborAbnormal Second Stage of LaborIntrapartum Fetal MonitoringManagement of Abnormal Fetal Heart RateAnesthesia and AnalgesiaThird Stage of LaborPostpartum CareOperative Vaginal DeliverySECTION 2: CESAREAN DELIVERYCesarean Delivery: Indications and Optimal RateCesarean Delivery: Preoperative CareCesarean Delivery TechniqueSECTION 3: SPECIAL LABORInduction of LaborPrelabor Rupture of Membranes at Term or Late-pretermLabor ComplicationsMalpresentation and MalpositionTwins and Higher-order Multiple GestationsThird Stage ComplicationsBreastfeeding and ContraceptionIndexAuthor BiographyVincenzo Berghella MDDirector, Maternal-Foetal Medicine Division and Fellowship Program, Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA