基本説明
Provides step-by-step instruction on non-invasive interventions to treat difficult labor.
Full Description
The third edition of The Labor Progress Handbook builds on the success of first two editions and remains an unparalleled resource on simple, non-invasive interventions to prevent or treat difficult labor. Features new to this edition include two new chapters on third and fourth stage labor management and low-technology interventions, a complete analysis of directed versus spontaneous pushing, and additional information on massage techniques.
Contents
Foreword to the second edition xvii Foreword to the fi rst edition xxi Acknowledgments xxiii Chapter 1: Introduction 3 Penny Simkin, BA, PT, CCE, CD(DONA), and Ruth Ancheta, BA, ICCE, CD(DONA) Chapter 2: Dysfunctional Labor: General Considerations 15 Penny Simkin, BA, PT, CCE, CD(DONA), and Ruth Ancheta, BA, ICCE, CD(DONA) Chapter 3: Assessing Progress in Labor 51 Suzy Myers, LM, CPM, MPH, with contributions by Gail Tully, BS, CPM, CD(DONA), and Lisa Hanson, PhD, CNM, FACNM Chapter 4: Prolonged Prelabor and Latent First Stage 101 Penny Simkin, BA, PT, CCE, CD(DONA), and Ruth Ancheta, BA, ICCE, CD(DONA) Chapter 5: Prolonged Active Phase of Labor 124 Penny Simkin, BA, PT, CCE, CD(DONA), and Ruth Ancheta, BA, ICCE, CD(DONA) Chapter 6: Prolonged Second Stage of Labor 173 Penny Simkin, BA, PT, CCE, CD(DONA), and Ruth Ancheta, BA, ICCE, CD(DONA) Chapter 7: Optimal Newborn Transition and Third and Fourth Stage Labor Management 224 Lisa Hanson, PhD, CNM, FACNM, and Penny Simkin, BA, PT, CCE, CD(DONA) Chapter 8: Low-Technology Clinical Interventions to Promote Labor Progress 242 Lisa Hanson, PhD, CNM, FACNM Chapter 9: The Labor Progress Toolkit: Part 1. Maternal Positions and Movements 277 Penny Simkin, BA, PT, CCE, CD(DONA), and Ruth Ancheta, BA, ICCE, CD(DONA) Chapter 10: The Labor Progress Toolkit: Part 2. Comfort Measures 326 Penny Simkin, BA, PT, CCE, CD(DONA), and Ruth Ancheta, BA, ICCE, CD(DONA) Epidural Index 379 Index 381