Labour Ward Manual

Labour Ward Manual, Second Edition provides guidelines for the application of obstetric knowledge to the labor ward environment. The practice of obstetrics is still an art and as such encompasses alternative approaches to achieve the same welcome end, the safety and wellbeing of both mother and child throughout labor and after delivery. The steps suggested for patient management and presentation concentrate on safety and simplicity. Throughout this book, it is stressed that the laboring woman and the fetus are the most important persons in the labor ward. This book clearly documents the emphasis on the atmosphere of ready redress by litigation; approach to women with individual needs; special care in the sensitive issue of induction; fetal monitoring; fluid replacement together with a clear protocol for management of fetal and maternal mishaps; and problems and hazards of women in the labor ward of hepatitis B or human immunodeficiency virus (AIDS) infection. This edition provides a clear concise guidance for all those involved in child birth.

1. Attitudes and Conduct 2. Maternal and Perinatal Mortality 3. Delivery Room 4. Admission to the Labor Ward 5. Admission Emergencies 6. Normal Labor and Delivery 7. Intrapartum Nutrition and Electrolytes8. Analgesia and Anaesthesia 9. Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance 10. Episiotomy and Tears 11. The Newborn 12. Preterm Labor and Preterm Membrane Rupture13. Abnormal Labor 14. Induction and Augmentation of Labor 15. Assisted Delivery 16. Caesarean Section 17. Emergencies in the Immediate Puerperium18. Malpresentation and Malpositions 19. Breech 20. Twins and Multiple Deliveries 21. Medical Complications and Labor 22. Fetal and Maternal Misadventure