Best Practice in Labor Ward Management

Contributors Preface Foreword by Professor David James 1. Modern labour ward management Toby N Fay 2. Routine intrapartum care Carole Newton and Maureen Raynor 3. Induction of labour E Howarth and Aidan Halligan 4. Abnormal patterns of labour and prolonged labour Harold Gee 5. Instrumental delivery Wayne Evans and Daniel I Edelstone 6. Preterm labour and prelabour rupture of the fetal membranes Rami Atalla, Lucy Kean and Penny McParland 7. Breech presentation Daniel I Edelstone 8. Shoulder dystocia and macrosomia James J Nocon 9. Multiple gestation Holly L Casele 10. Intrapartum fetal surveillance Ian M Symonds and S Arulkumaran 11. Management of fetal compromise and improving outcome Michael Rogers and Allan Chang 12. Labour ward management of pre-eclampsia R G Hayman and Philip N Baker 13. Management of other medical problems in labour Catherine Williamson and Catherine Nelson-Piercy 14. The management of intrauterine death Robert Fox and Mary Pillai 15. Pain relief and anaesthesia Rachel Collis 16. Caesarean section Robert K DeMott 17. Obstetric collapse Robert H Hayashi 18. Other problems of the third stage Lucy Kean 19. Immediate neonatal resuscitation Sara Watkin and Neil Marlow 20. Management of women with infective problems W Irving and Hilary Humphreys 21. Legal issues E Malcolm Symonds