Labor and delivery care [[electronic resource] ] : a practical guide / / Wayne R. Cohen, Emanuel A. Friedman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910139726203321
• Autore: Cohen Wayne R
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, West Sussex, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011
• ISBN: 1-119-97154-3; 1-283-30048-6; 9786613300485; 1-119-97156-X; 1-119-97153-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (402 p.)
• Classificazione: 61.68
• Altri autori (Persone): FriedmanEmanuel A. <1926->
• Disciplina: 618.4
• Soggetti: Labor (Obstetrics); Delivery (Obstetrics); Childbirth
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Labor and Delivery Care: A Practical Guide; Contents; Preface; How to Use This Book; 1: Communicating Effectively With Your Patient; 2: Examining Your Patient; 3: Normal Labor and Delivery; 4: Evaluating the Pelvis; 5: Diagnosing and Treating Dysfunctional Labor; 6: Managing the Third Stage; 7: Dealing with Malpositions and Deflexed Attitudes; 8: Managing Breech Presentation and Transverse Lie; 9: Avoiding and Managing Birth Canal Trauma; 10: Inducing Labor; 11: Cesarean Delivery; 12: Delivering Twins; 13: Managing Shoulder Dystocia; 14: Using Forceps and the Vacuum Extractor; 15: Obstetric Case Studies Answers to Obstetric Case Studies; Glossary; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "Labor and Delivery: The hands-on guide provides practical and timely information to help guide the clinical care of women during pregnancy. An expert team of authors present the framework to integrate information obtained from hands-on evaluation of laboring women into logical matrix for decision-making and risk avoidance. By not focusing solely on explanations of the readings and usage of technology such as ; ultrasound and fetal monitoring, this experience-based guide to labor care concentrates on traditional skills of observation and careful physical examinations to help obstetricians care for women during labor while improving her experience of birth"--Provided by publisher.