Obstetric and Intrapartum Emergencies

Part I. General Principles: 1. Anatomic and physiologic changes during pregnancy Edwin Chandraharan; 2. Principles of resuscitation for maternal collapse Renate Wendler; Part II. Algorithms for Management of the Top Five 'Direct Killers': 3. Deep-vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism Tahrir A. Mahmood and Adnan Hasan; 4. Severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia Lucy Higgins and Alexander Heazell; 5. Massive obstetric hemorrhage Edwin Chandraharan; 6. Septicemia and septic shock Austin Ugwumadu and Nicola Lack; 7. Amniotic fluid embolus Derek Tuffnell; Part III. Intrapartum Emergencies: 8. Uterine rupture Malik Goonewardene and M. F. M. Rameez; 9. Breech delivery Usama Abughazza and Edwin Chandraharan; 10. Umbilical cord prolapse Malik Goonewardene; 11. Fetal compromise: diagnosis and management Edwin Chandraharan; 12. Shoulder dystocia Edwin Chandraharan and Sabaratnam Arulkumaran; 13. Twin delivery Deepal S. Weerasekera; 14. Instrumental vaginal delivery Vikram Sinai Talaulikar and Sabaratnam Arulkumaran; 15. Emergency Cesarean section Chitra Ramanathan and Leonie Penna; 16. Unintended trauma during Cesarean section Usama Abughazza and Edwin Chandraharan; Part IV. Postpartum Emergencies: 17. Acute puerperal uterine inversion Hemantha Senanayake; 18. Sudden postpartum maternal collapse Amarnath Bhide; 19. Retained placenta Kapila Gunawardane; 20. Perineal trauma Stergios K. Doumouchtsis; Part V. Medical and Surgical Emergencies during Pregnancy: 21. Chest pain and palpitations in pregnancy Siromi Gunaratne and Edwin Chandraharan; 22. Breathlessness Hassan Shehata; 23. Acute abdomen Archana Krishna and Edwin Chandraharan; 24. Blurring of vision and sudden loss of vision Anomi Pandotharatne and Edwin Chandraharan; 25. Psychiatric emergencies Andrew Kent and Lorraine Cleghorn; 26. Drug overdose Laksham Karaliedde and Indika Gawarammana; 27. Diabetic ketoacidosis in pregnancy Ingrid Watt-Coote and Julia Kopeika; 28. Convulsions and epilepsy Julia Kopeika and Ingrid Watt-Coote; 29. Musculoskeletal considerations in pregnancy Hiran Amarasekera; 30. Endocrine emergencies in pregnancy Manika Sumanatilekke; Part VI. Anesthetic Emergencies: 31. General anesthesia and failed intubation Christina Wood; 32. Fluid underload and overload Renate Wendler; 33. Transfusion and anaphylactic and drug reactions Rehana Iqbal; 34. Major trauma including RTAs Kirsty Crocker and Tim Patel; Part VII. Neonatal Emergencies and Resuscitation: 35. Neonatal emergencies and resuscitation Nigel Kennea, Justin Richards and Siromi Gunaratne; Part VIII. Management of Anticipated and Non-anticipated Emergencies: 36. Morbidly adherent placentae Edwin Chandraharan; 37. Peri- and post-mortem Cesarean section Edwin Chandraharan; Part IX. Setting-up Skills and Drills Training in Maternity Services: 38. Labor ward 'fire drills' Edwin Chandraharan; 39. Simulation training Polly Hughes; 40. Risk-management Jessica Moore.