Recent Advances Series Edited by William Dunlop Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK William Ledger £35.00,  978-1-85315-699-1,  296pp,  Paperback,  June 2008

Cambridge Medicine
Statistics are covered comprehensively…chapters use one line quotes from the large trials and have compact tables of results to provide the information in a more user-friendly format…this is a compact, well written book.

The Royal Society of Medicine Press is delighted to publish the new volume of Recent Advances in Obstetrics and Gynaecology 24, which is part of the successful and well established Recent Advances series.

Published every two years, Recent Advances in Obstetrics and Gynaecology provides the busy consultant with the best and most up to date recommendations on patient care. Focusing on important areas of clinical practice, this book helps consultants and specialist registrars to keep abreast with the main developments in obstetrics and gynaecology. The contributors are recognised experts in their particular field and they provide in-depth reviews of their areas with 'key points for clinical practice'. It is also an invaluable resource to candidates preparing for specialists examinations in obstetrics and gynaecology..

1. Fetal problems associated with recreational drugs
Alastair McKelvey, Charles Rodeck
2. HIV and pregnancy – the African perspective
James A. McIntyre
3. Management of gestational diabetes
Robert Fraser
4. Abnormalities of the fetal urinary tract
Susana Aguilera, Peter Soothill
5. Causes and management of suspected fetal macrosomia
Alaa El-Ghobashy, Wan Haw, Chris Brewer, Derek Tuffnell
6. Operative vaginal delivery – a dying art?
Jennifer Walsh, Deirdre J. Murphy
7. Postpartum haemorrhage: changing practices
Stergios K. Doumouchtsis, Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
8. The management of shock in obstetric patients
David Shepherd, Ophelia Ziwenga
9. Risk management in obstetrics and gynaecology
Norbert Pateisky
10. Management of trophoblastic disease
Jane Hook, Michael Seckl
11. Anti-Müllerian hormone: relevance in male and female infertility
Malathy Appasamy, Shanthi Muttukrishna
12. Magnetic resonance guided thermal ablation therapy for uterine fibroids
Sue Zaher, Lesley Regan
13. Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis: current status and future prospects
Francesco Fiorentino, Marina Baldi
14. Recurrent miscarriage
Alka Prakash, William L. Ledger
15. Evidence-based management of endometriosis
Gaity Ahmad, Andrew J.S. Watson
16. Laparoscopic ovarian surgery for polycystic ovarian syndrome
Saad A.K. Amer
17. Postmenopausal bleeding
Tom O’Gorman, Tony Hollingworth
18. Insulin resistance and polycystic ovary syndrome
Thozhukat Sathyapalan, Stephen L. Atkin

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