Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology (4th Edition)

Description

The fourth edition of this highly regarded textbook has been thoroughly overhauled. There is | a new chapter bridging the gap between learning and doing (On-Call); | new coverage of FGM and the Zika virus; | sepsis has been updated; | there is access to a further five chapters online; | there are ten videos to guide learners through the more difficult, complex issues they might face in O | and new self-assessment has been written to help with testing understanding.

Key Features

• Full-colour illustrations throughout
• Over 350 illustrations
• Comprehensive coverage
• New chapter covering On-Call O&G with practical guidance and steps for acute and important issues likely to be encountered (hypertension, sepsis, bleeding, labour-ward emergencies etc.).
• New sections on FGM.
• Expanded areas in medical disorders in pregnancy and mental illness.
• Online access to nine videos with experts guiding viewers through a range of essential issues, from on-call scenarios to fetal medicine.
• Online access to a further five chapters.
• Self-assessment. Over 40 SBAs and case-based questions.

Table of contents

1. SECTION 1 FUNDAMENTALS
   1. Pelvic anatomy
   2. History and examination
2. SECTION 2 GYNAECOLOGY
   1. Paediatric gynaecology and disorders of sex development
   2. The normal menstrual cycle and amenorrhoea
   3. Sub-fertility
   4. Early pregnancy care
   5. Menstrual disorders and premenstrual syndrome
   6. Pelvic pain and endometriosis
   7. The menopause and HRT
   8. Prolapse
   9. Incontinence
   10. Ovarian neoplasms
   11. Uterine neoplastic disease
   12. Cervical disease
   13. Trophoblastic disease
   14. Vulval disorders
   15. Gynaecological surgery
3. SECTION 3 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
   1. Pelvic infection and STIs
   2. Psychosexual problems
   3. Abortion
   4. Contraception
4. SECTION 4 OBSTETRICS
   1. Antenatal and postnatal care
   2. Maternal medicine
   3. Prenatal diagnosis
   4. Obstetric haemorrhage
   5. Fetal growth and surveillance
   6. Hypertension in pregnancy
   7. Prematurity
   8. Multiple pregnancy
   9. Normal labour and pain relief in labour
   10. Monitoring of the fetus in labour
   11. Induction
   12. Malpresentation and slow labour
   13. Emergencies in labour
   14. Operative delivery
   15. Stillbirth and neonatal mortality
   16. Neonatal resuscitation
5. SECTION 5 ON CALL FOR OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY
   1. Practical obstetrics and gynaecology
   2. Self-assessment
   3. ONLINE CHAPTERS
   4. W1. Embryology
   5. W2. Imaging in gynaecology
   6. W3. Physiology of pregnancy
   7. W4. Obstetrics in under-resourced settings
   8. W5. Neonatal care
   9. VIDEOS
   10. V1. Pelvic pain
   11. V2. The menopause
   12. V3. STIs
   13. V4. Contraception
   14. V5. Fetal medicine
   15. V6. Prematurity
   16. V7. Induction
   17. V8. Slow and precipitate labour
   18. V9. Stillbirth
   19. V10. On call

Author Biography

Philip Owen, MB BCh MD FRCOG, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Princess Royal Maternity Hospital and Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow, Great Britain

Brian A. Magowan, FRCOG, Consultant Obstetrician/Gynaecologist, Borders General Hosptial, Melrose, Scottish Borders, Great Britain

Andrew Thomson, BSc, MBChB, MRCOG, MD, Consultant in Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley, Great Britain