Full Description
The go-to guide to childbirth—completely revised and updated with new chapters
Highly acclaimed for its authoritative coverage of obstetric care and concise, easy-to-read format, Oxorn-Foote Human Labor & Birth is an essential resource for anyone performing or assisting in childbirth. Written for the real world of clinical practice, the popular guide expertly examines all mechanisms of labor and delivery. Updated and revised, this seventh edition offers proven best practices and step-by-step guidance to obstetric procedures, techniques, and patient management.
Oxorn-Foote Human Labor & Birth opens with a valuable review of clinical anatomy, followed by a thorough examination of the three stages of labor, with a focus on proper management and birthing techniques. The authors provide specific guidance on the full spectrum of complications and delivery situations, including Cesarean section, breech presentation, transverse lie, umbilical cord issues, dystocia, and more. Critical concerns such as preterm labor, antepartum hemorrhage, maternal and fetal complications, intrapartum infections, and post-term pregnancy are also addressed. No other book presents so much vital information in such a clearly illustrated manner.
Features
New! Patient Safety and Quality Assurance chapter with guidance on incorporating quality improvement into an obstetrics program
New! Medical Education chapter with a summary of adult learning theory and advice on providing individual and interprofessional team training
Full-color design with hundreds of original images clearly illustrating the techniques described
Key points are bulleted throughout to facilitate quick and easy retrieval of information
Contents
Part I. Clinical Anatomy
1. Pelvis: Bones, Joints, and Ligaments
2. The Pelvic Floor
3. Perineum
4. Uterus and Vagina
5. Obstetric Pelvis
6. The Passenger: Fetus
7. Fetopelvic Relationships
8. Engagement, Synclitism, Asynclitism
Part II. First Stage of Labor
9. Examination of the Patient
10. Normal Mechanisms of Labor
11. Clinical Course of Normal Labor
12. Fetal Health Surveillance in Labor
13. Induction of Labor
14. Labor Dystocia
15. Abnormal Cephalic Presentations
Part III. Second Stage of Labor
16. The Second Stage of Labor
17. Operative Vaginal Delivery
18. Shoulder Dystocia
Part IV. Third Stage of Labor
19. Delivery of the Placenta, Retained Placenta, and Placenta Accreta
20. Postpartum Hemorrhage
21. Episiotomy, Lacerations, Uterine Rupture, and Inversion
Part V. Complicated Labor
22. Cesarean Section
23. Trial of Labor After Previous Cesarean Section
24. Obesity in Pregnancy
25. Breech Presentation
26. Transverse Lie
27. Compound Presentation
28. The Umbilical Cord
29. Multiple Pregnancy
Part VI. Other Issues
30. Preterm Labor
31. Antepartum Hemorrhage
32. Maternal Complications in Labor
33. Labor in the Presence of Fetal Complications
34. Intrapartum Infections
35. Postterm Pregnancy
36. Obstetric Anesthesia and Analgesia
37. Intrapartum Imaging
38. The Puerperium
39. The Newborn Infant
