Management of Labor

Crisis in the labour room; morbidity and mortality in the management of labour; infant brain damage; linkage with labour; a guide to care during labour; the clinical examination; the latent phase of labour; the treatment of latent phase labour abnormalities; the active phase and the second state of labour; the second stage of labour; the management of active phase and second stage labour abnormalities; dystocia - the pathology of labour; obstetrical forceps - the historical background and the debate; forceps - practical considerations; breech presentation - the delivery; in summary - a philosophy of labour management.