Contents
 
 
ANTENATAL
 
1. Human birth
 
  Richard Greene
 
2. Preterm labour and delivery
 
  Jane E. Norman
 
3. Cervical cerclage
 
  Shane Patrick Higgins
 
4. Antepartum haemorrhage: an overview
 
  Alan Cameron
 
5. Vasa praevia
 
  Marie Anne Ledingham and Andrew Thomson
 
6. Abruption
 
  Fiona Nugent, Andrew Thomson
 
7. Induction of labour
 
  Tracey A. Johnston
 
 
LABOUR AND DELIVERY 
 
8. Assessment and management of labour and delivery
 
  Michael Robson
 
9. Fetal surveillance in labour
 
  Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
 
10. Fetal asphyxia
 
  Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
 
11. Acute tocolysis
 
  Edwin Chandraharan
 
12. Cord prolapse
 
  Austin Ugwumadu
 
13. The use of oxytocin to accelerate or induce labour
 
  Michael Robson
 
14. Malpresentations and malposition
 
  Michael Robson and Thomas Baskett
 
15. Assisted vaginal delivery: an overview 
 
Stephen O’Brien, Dimitrios Siassakos and Kim Hinshaw
 
16. Assisted vaginal delivery: non-rotational forceps and manual rotation
 
Simon Cunningham and Kim Hinshaw
 
17. Assisted vaginal delivery: vacuum
 
Thomas van den Akker and Kim Hinshaw
 
18. Assisted vaginal delivery: rotational forceps
 
Karl Olah and Kim Hinshaw
 
19. Shoulder dystocia
 
  Joanna Crofts
 
20. Breech delivery
 
  Lawrence Impey and Anita Hedditch
 
21. Twin and triplet delivery
 
  Austin Ugwumadu
 
22. Labour and delivery after previous caesarean
 
  Michael Robson
 
23. Uterine rupture
 
  Jose Miguel Palacios-Jaraquemada and Donal Brennan
 
24. Caesarean section: controversies, audit and indications
 
  Michael Robson
 
25. Caesarean section: procedure
 
  Thomas Bergholt
 
26. Caesarean section: clinical challenges
 
  Sara Paterson-Brown
 
27. Additional procedures at caesarean section: salpionghectomy, myomectomy, ovarian surgery and hysterectomy
 
  Donal Brennan and Jose Miguel Palacios-Jaraquemada
 
28. Placenta praevia and the morbidly adherent placenta
 
  Donal Brennan and Jose Miguel Palacios-Jaraquemada
 
29. Haemorrhagic shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation and obstetric resuscitation
 
  Jennifer M. Walsh and Niamh Ellen Hayes
 
30. Thromboprophylaxis in labour and delivery
 
  Niamh Ellen Hayes and Jennifer M. Walsh
 
31. Amniotic fluid embolism
 
  Derek Tuffnell
 
32. Analgesia and anaesthesia in labour and delivery
 
  Siaghal Mac Colgáin
 
33. Labour and delivery in high-BMI women
 
  Dan Farine and Cynthia Maxwell
 
 
POSTPARTUM
 
34. Postpartum haemorrhage
 
  Andrew Weeks
 
35. Retained placenta
 
  Andrew Weeks
 
36. Uterine and vaginal tamponade
 
  Andrew Weeks
 
37. Uterine compression sutures
 
  Andrew Weeks
 
38. Pelvic vessel ligation and embolization: obstetric and radiological perspective
 
  Donal Brennan, David Paul Brophy and Jose Miguel Palacios-Jaraquemada
 
39. Lower genital tract trauma
 
  Abdul Hameed Sultan and Bharati R. Thakar
 
40. Acute uterine inversion
 
  Sabaratnam Arulkumaran 
 
41. Symphysiotomy
 
  Priya Soma-Pillay and Robert Pattinson
 
42. Destructive operations on the fetus
 
  Priya Soma-Pillay and Robert Pattinson
 
 
ORGANIZATIONAL ASPECTS
 
43. Perinatal audit in labour and delivery – safety, consistency and quality
 
  Michael Robson
 
44. Competence and skills training
 
  Timothy Draycott, Emily Hotton and Sophie Renwick