Dewhurst's Textbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Edmonds Keith
• Pubblicazione: Chicester : , : Wiley, , 2008
• Edizione: 7th ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (749 p.)
• Disciplina: 618
• Soggetto topico: Genital Diseases, Female; Gynecology; Obstetrics
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Dewhurst's Textbook of Obstetrics & Gynaecology; Contents; Contributors; Professor Sir John Dewhurst; Preface to the Seventh Edition; Preface to the First Edition; 1 Clinical anatomy of the pelvis and reproductive tract; 2 Maternal physiology; 3 The placenta and fetal membranes; 4 Normal fetal growth; 5 Pre-conception counselling; 6 Antenatal care; 7 Normal labour; 8 Fetal monitoring during labour; 9 Analgesia and anaesthesia; 10 Puerperium and lactation; 11 Neonatal care for obstetricians; 12 Spontaneous miscarriage; 13 Recurrent miscarriage; 14 Ectopic pregnancy; 15 Trophoblast disease ; 16 Prenatal diagnosis and genetics17 Fetal medicine in clinical practice; 18 Obstetric emergencies; 19 Disorders of fetal growth and assessment of fetal well-being; 20 Multiple pregnancy; 21 Preterm labour; 22 Prolonged pregnancy; 23 Induction and augmentation of labour; 24 Malpresentation, malposition, cephalopelvic disproportion and obstetric procedures; 25 Hypertensive disorders; 26 Heart disease in pregnancy; 27 Diabetes and endocrine disease in pregnancy; 28 Renal disease; 29 Haematological problems in pregnancy; 30 Miscellaneous medical disorders; 31 Obstetric statistics ; 32 Contraception33 Termination of pregnancy; 34 Normal and abnormal development of the genital tract; 35 The menstrual cycle; 36 The role of ultrasound in gynaecology; 37 Gynaecological disorders of childhood and adolescence; 38 Primary amenorrhoea; 39 Polycystic ovary syndrome and secondary amenorrhoea; 40 Menstrual problems: menorrhagia and primary dysmenorrhagia; 41 Premenstrual syndrome; 42 Pelvic infection; 43 Chronic pelvic pain; 44 Endometriosis; 45 Infertility; 46 Assisted reproduction; 47 Menopause and the postmenopausal woman; 48 Pelvic floor dysfunction I: uterovaginal prolapse ; 49 Urinary incontinence50 Hysteroscopy and laparoscopy; Plate section can be found facing p. 562; 51 Benign disease of the vulva; 52 Malignant disease of the vulva and the vagina; 53 Benign diseases of the vagina, cervix and ovary; 54 Premalignant and malignant disease of the cervix; 55 Epithelial ovarian cancer; 56 Benign disease of the uterus; 57 Cancer of the uterine corpus; 58 Sexual dysfunction; 59 Ethical dilemmas in obstetrics and gynaecology; 60 The law and the obstetrician and gynaecologist; 61 Domestic violence and sexual assault; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This time honoured classic has been re-built completely: after six editions the editor has decided that a radical revision is necessary. The new edition has been developed as a result of intensive consultation with trainees in OB/GYN as to what they want, what they need and how they learn. The book is organised into two halves covering obstetrics and gynaecology. Within each, the chapters are structured into sections containing pedagogic features such as boxes, highlights and key points for the first time. It contains everything the clinician needs to practice the art of obstetric
• Titolo autorizzato: Dewhurst's Textbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• ISBN: 1-281-32288-1; 9786611322885; 0-470-75335-8; 0-470-75333-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910145568003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II