Leroy Edozien Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist and Director of Clinical Audit and Risk Management, Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust £24.95,  978-1-85315-577-2,  242pp,  Paperback,  January 2004

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The Labour Ward Handbook is a concise manual that gives detailed guidance on the care of women in labour. Dealing more with the practice than the theory of labour ward management, this book concentrates on what the clinician should do and when in particular situations. It addresses all aspects of care (including communication and risk management) and is consistent with:

RCOG guidelines

NICE guidance on induction of labour and fetal monitoring

Cochrane reviews

CNST standards for maternity


The format of the book makes retrieval of information quick and simple, and includes checklists to ensure that each patient is cared for and treated appropriately.

The Labour Ward Handbook will be invaluable to obstetricians of all grades, midwives, labour ward managers and all other professionals who are interested in the conduct of labour and risk management in the delivery suite.

If you work on the labour ward this is the book to have with you at all times.

Customer Review from Amazon.co.uk
It is a concise practical guide that gives detailed instructions on how to manage clients on labour wards. This book addresses all aspects of care... I would recommend this book to anyone working within the midwifery profession.

Contents:
Section 1: Approach to care
Bleep/ crash calls
Communication
Documentation
Admission to, and discharge home from, delivery suite
Clinical incident reporting
Transfer of care between professionals
Reviewing what happened
Further reading

Section 2: Normal and low-risk labour
Vaginal examination
Intravenous cannulation
Management of normal labour
Prelabour rupture of membranes at term (37- 42 weeks)
Management of first stage of labour
Fetal monitoring
Fetal scalp blood sampling
Augmentation of labour
Cord-blood sampling
Epidural analgesia in labour
Repair of episiotomy and first- / second-degree perineal tear
Management of second stage of labour
Management of third stage of labour
Care of the newborn
Criteria for paediatric attendance at delivery
Meconium-stained amniotic fluid
Neonatal resuscitation
Babies born before arrival at hospital
Woman with a history of childhood sexual abuse
Use of birthing pool
Immediate postpartum care
Further reading

Section 3: Abnormal and high-risk labour
Part I: Powers, passenger, passage
Caesarean section
Recovery of obstetric patients
High-dependency care
Failed intubation drill
Instrumental delivery
Trial of vaginal delivery after caesarean section
Induction of labour
Antenatal corticosteroid therapy
Preterm prelabour rupture of membranes
Preterm uterine contractions
Deliveries at the lower margin of viability
Multiple pregnancy
Occipitoposterior position
Malpresentation
Breech presentation
External cephalic version
The circumcised woman
Perineal tear
Part II: Medical conditions
Heart disease in labour
Peripartum cardiomyopathy
Pre-eclampsia
Eclampsia
Diabetes mellitus
Epilepsy
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Other connective tissue disorders
Part III: Haemorrhage and haematological disorders
The Rhesus-negative woman
Thromboembolism prophylaxis
Acute venous thromboembolism and pulmonary embolism
Major haemoglobinopathy
Inherited coagulation disorders: haemophilia and von Willebrand disease
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura
Thrombophilia
Gestational thrombocytopenia
Antepartum haemorrhage
Major placenta praevia
Retained placenta
Postpartum haemorrhage
Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy
Delivery of woman at known risk of haemorrhage
Management of the woman who declines blood transfusion
Part IV
Prophylactic antibiotics
Intrapartum pyrexia
Hepatitis B/C
Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis for group B streptococci
Genital herpes
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Part V
Cervical tear and paravaginal haematoma
Rupture of the uterus
Shoulder dystocia
Cord prolapse
Anaphylaxis
Inverted uterus
Amniotic fluid embolism
Sudden maternal collapse
Latex allergy
Part VI: Stillbirths and congenital abnormalities
Checklist for fetal loss at 13-23 weeks
Intrauterine fetal demise
Mid-trimester termination of pregnancy for fetal abnormality
Protocol for medical termination of mid-trimester pregnancy
Further reading

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