The midwife's labour and birth handbook.
Material type: TextPublisher: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley 2017Edition: Fourth edition / edited by Vicky Chapman, Cathy CharlesDescription: xi, 446 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781119235118 (pbk.) :
- 618.2 23
- RG651 .M5 2018
- WQ 165
Previous edition: 2013.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Labour and normal birth / Cathy Charles -- Vaginal examinations and amniotomy / Vicky Chapman -- Fetal heart rate monitoring in labour / Bryony Read -- Perineal trauma and suturing / Vicky Chapman -- Examination of the newborn baby at birth / Caroline Rutter -- Home birth / Cathy Charles -- Water for labour and birth / Cathy Charles -- Malpositions and malpresentations in labour / Vicky Chapman -- Slow progress in labour / Vicky Chapman -- Assisted birth: ventouse and forceps / Cathy Charles -- Caesarean section / Cathy Charles -- Vaginal birth after caesarean section / Vicky Chapman -- Preterm birth / Charlise Adams -- Breech birth / Lesley Shuttler -- Twins and higher-order births / Jo Coggins -- Obstetric haemorrhage / Hannah Bailey -- Emergencies in labour and birth / Hannah Bailey -- Neonatal and maternal resuscitation / Nick Castle -- Induction of labour / Cathy Charles -- Pre-eclampsia and diabetes / Annette Briley -- Stillbirth and neonatal death / Cathy Charles -- Risk management, litigation and complaints / Cathy Charles -- Intrapartum blood tests / Vicky Chapman -- Medicines and the midwife / Vicky Chapman.
A fully revised and updated guide to assist midwives in providing effective care in every conceivable birth situation. It will assist student and practising midwives in providing safe, research-based intrapartum care.
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