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…
Assisted vaginal delivery and shoulder dystocia
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…
Normal labour and delivery
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…
Intrapartum fetal surveillance
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…
Malpresentation and malpositions
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…
Emergencies in the immediate puerperium
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…
Episiotomy and tears
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…
Induction and augmentation of labour
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…
Caesarean section
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…
