Admission to labour ward
Chapter 5 Admission to labour ward David T Y. Liu CHAPTER CONTENTS Admission for labour 23 Organisational requirements 24 Requirements for quality care 24 Assessment following admission 24 Presentation 24…
Chapter 5 Admission to labour ward David T Y. Liu CHAPTER CONTENTS Admission for labour 23 Organisational requirements 24 Requirements for quality care 24 Assessment following admission 24 Presentation 24…
Chapter 16 Assisted vaginal delivery and shoulder dystocia David T Y. Liu, Mentor: George S H. Yeo CHAPTER CONTANTS Indications for instrumental assisted vaginal deliveries 127 Maternal indications 127 Fetal…
Chapter 7 Normal labour and delivery David T Y. Liu, Pamela M. Thwaites CHAPTER CONTENTS Myometrial activity: pregnancy 45 Myometrial activity: labour 46 Uterine work 46 Intrauterine pressure 46 General…
Chapter 10 Intrapartum fetal surveillance David T Y. Liu, Mentors: Rosemary Buckley, Toby Fay CHAPTER CONTENTS Physiology and pathophysiology 73 Fetal heart rate: background 74 Further points 74 Fetal heart…
Chapter 19 Malpresentation and malpositions David T Y. Liu CHAPTER CONTANTS Definitions 163 Malposition 163 Malpresentation 163 Associations 164 Labour 164 Deflexed head 164 Delivery 164 Occipitoposterior positions 164 Diameters…
Chapter 18 Emergencies in the immediate puerperium David T Y. Liu, Mentor: Charles Rodeck CHAPTER CONTANTS Postpartum haemorrhage 155 Complications 156 Diagnosis 156 Predisposing factors 156 Management 157 Bimanual compression…
Chapter 11 Episiotomy and tears David T Y. Liu CHAPTER CONTENTS Types of incision 85 Medial incision 85 Mediolateral Incision 85 J-shaped incision 85 Technique 86 Timing 86 Do 87…
Chapter 15 Induction and augmentation of labour David T Y. Liu, Mentors: Sam Mukhopadhyay, Sabaratnam Arulkumaran CHAPTER CONTANTS Induction of labour as therapy 117 Indications for induction 117 Maternal 117…
Chapter 17 Caesarean section David T Y. Liu, Mentor: Alexander Omu CHAPTER CONTANTS Indications for caesarean section 145 Preoperative care 146 Postoperative care 146 Types of incision 146 Abdominal incisions…