Obstetrics and Gynecological Ultrasound for Beginners

Description

This book is a comprehensive guide to ultrasound in obstetrics and gynaecology.

Beginning with an introduction to equipment, the next chapters discuss the basic principles of ultrasound and its use in the different trimesters of pregnancy. The following chapters explain the importance of ultrasound as a diagnostic tool describing its use for placenta evaluation, amniotic fluid assessment, measuring cervical length and in multiple pregnancy.

The final chapters cover ultrasound-guided foetal invasive procedures, Doppler, 3D ultrasound, and ultrasound in reproductive medicine. This practical guide is further enhanced by more than 350 ultrasound images, diagrams and tables to assist learning.

Key Features

• A book with selective core topics on Obstetrics and Gynaecological Ultrasound for the beginners.
• Plenty of ultrasound images to ease learning process.
• Chapters written by a group of national experts to make each chapter a guide for inexperienced ultrasound practitioners.
• Reference book for ultrasound trainers as it is in question-answer format covering frequently asked questions (FAQs) by the trainee.

Table of Contents

1. Know Your Machine
2. Early Pregnancy Scan: Normal and Abnormal
3. First Trimester Anomaly Scan
4. Midtrimester Fetal Anomaly Scan
5. Common Second Trimester Fetal Malformations
6. Fetal Biometry
7. Role of Ultrasound for Evaluation of Placenta and its Pathologies
8. Role of Ultrasound for Amniotic Fluid Assessment and Related Abnormalities
9. Doppler in Fetal Growth Restriction
10. Assessment and Monitoring of Cervical Length in Prelabor and Labor
11. Multiple Pregnancy
12. Ultrasound-Guided Fetal Invasive Procedures
13. ABCs of Doppler
14. Normal Female Reproductive Sonoanatomy
15. Ultrasound in Uterine Pathologies
16. Three-Dimensional Ultrasound in Uterine Pathologies
17. Pathology of Ovary
18. Ultrasound Evaluation of Adnexa
19. Ultrasound and Reproductive Medicine

Author Biography

Archana Baser MS DNB FRCOG FICOG

Director and Unit Head

Hena Dhingra MS DNB

Consultant

Alia K Zaidi MS MRCOG-2 FMAS

Consultant

Varsha Mahajan DGO FMAS

Consultant

All at Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Akash Hospital for Obstetrics Gynaecology and IVF, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India