OGrady: Operative Obstetrics 2nd Edition

The stated goal of all recent textbooks is to define best practice by employing the techniques of evidence-based medicine.

Obstetric decisions today are not simpler. They are actually more complex, requiring an ever expanding knowledge base. This book provides a knowledge base of operative obstetrics derived from the accomplishments of the past and the experiences of the present. In so doing, it serves an important purpose: to assist obstetricians in achieving the objective of a successful pregnancy and a healthy newborn.

This new edition required the amalgamation of data derived from quite different sources. The editors remain unrepentant advocates of combining essential elements of the art of traditional obstetrics and the accumulated experience with new concepts and methods of management derived from meta-analysis and other prospective and randomized clinical investigations. Reflecting the realities of modern practice, this new edition includes legal commentaries on areas of special concerns, with recommendations for appropriate actions to help to avoid difficulty. 

Contents
Part I: ANTEPARTUM

• Chapter 1. A History: Operative Delivery
• Chapter 2. Prenatal Genetic Testing
• Chapter 3. Ultrasound Examination
• Chapter 4. Ectopic Pregnancy
• Chapter 5. Cervical Insufficiency
• Chapter 6. Pregnancy Termination
• Chapter 7. Placental Abnormalities
• Chapter 8. Antepartum: Legal Commentary I

Part II: INTRAPARTUM AND POSTPARTUM

• Chapter 9. Obstetric Anesthesia
• Chapter 10. Labor
• Chapter 11. The Third Stage
• Chapter 12. Breech Presentation
• Chapter 13. Multiple Gestation
• Chapter 14. Shoulder Dystocia
• Chapter 15. Intrapartum and Postpartum: Legal Commentary II

Part III: SURGICAL PROCEDURES

• Chapter 16. Surgery in Pregnancy
• Chapter 17. Instrumental Delivery
• Chapter 18. Cesarean Delivery and Surgical Sterilization
• Chapter 19. Urologic Complications
• Chapter 20. Fetal Surgery
• Chapter 21. Legal Commentary III

Part IV: SPECIAL ISSUES

• Chapter 22. Fetal Assessment
• Chapter 23. Birth Injuries
• Chapter 24. Midwives and Operative Obstetrics
• Chapter 25. Education and Certification
• Chapter 26. Ethical Issues
• Chapter 27. Perinatal Loss
• Chapter 28. Birth Injury: Legal Commentary IV

APPENDIX

• Appendix I. Appendix of Legal Principles
• Appendix II. Venous Thrombosis and Pregnancy
• Appendix III. Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring: Surgical Procedures

Index 

Product Details

• Hardcover: 936 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 2 edition (August 4, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521862485
• ISBN-13: 978-0521862486
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.6 x 1.6 inches

List Price: $202.00