Full Description
This new edition of an acclaimed text reviews the evidence for best practice in Maternal-Fetal and Obstetric Medicine, to present the reader with the right information, with appropriate use of proven interventions and avoidance of ineffectual or harmful ones. The information is presented in the right format by summarizing evidence succinctly and clearly in tables and algorithms. The aim is to inform the clinician, to reduce errors, and "to make it easy to do it right."
ALSO AVAILABLE:
Berghella's Maternal Evidence BasedGuidelines
Berghella's Fetal Evidence Based Guidelines
Contents
1 Preconception Care 2 Prenatal Care 3 Physiologic Change 4 Ultrasound 5 Prenatal Diagnosis and screening for Aneuploidy 6 Genetic Screening for Inherited Genetic Conditions 7 Group B Streptococcus 8 Preparation before labor 9 First Stage Labor 10 Second Stage of Labor 11 Third Stage of Labor 12 Intrapartum Fetal Monitoring 13 Analgesia and Anesthesia 14 Operative Vaginal Delivery 15 Cesarean Delivery 16 Trial of Labor after Cesarean 17 Early Pregnancy Loss 18 Recurrent Pregnancy Loss 19 Preterm Birth Prevention in Asymptomatic Individuals 20 Preterm Labor 21 Preterm prelabor rupture of Membranes 22 Prelabor Rupture of Membranes at or Near Term 23 Management of the Uncomplicated Term Pregnancy 24 Induction of Labor 25 Intraamniotic Infection and Inflammation (Triple I) 26 Meconium27 Malpresentation and Malposition 28 Shoulder Dystocia 29 Postpartum Hemorrhage, Retained Placenta, And Uterine Inversion 30 Placental disorders 31 Placental Abruption 32 Postpartum Care 33 The Neonate
