This classic textbook continues to provide the basic knowledge relevant to the practice of obstetrics and gynaecology. Comprehensive in scope, Dewhurst's Textbook of Obstetrics & Gynaecology offers contributions from a noted panel of experts and contains an integrated approach that is designed to help deliver the highest possible care to patients. Since the publication of the previous edition, there have been a number of obstetric breakthroughs that are addressed in this new edition. Written for both students and professionals, Dewhurst's Textbook of Obstetrics & Gynaecology is a…mehr
This classic textbook continues to provide the basic knowledge relevant to the practice of obstetrics and gynaecology. Comprehensive in scope, Dewhurst's Textbook of Obstetrics & Gynaecology offers contributions from a noted panel of experts and contains an integrated approach that is designed to help deliver the highest possible care to patients.
Since the publication of the previous edition, there have been a number of obstetric breakthroughs that are addressed in this new edition. Written for both students and professionals, Dewhurst's Textbook of Obstetrics & Gynaecology is a straightforward, authoritative and practice-based guide to women's reproductive health.
D. KEITH EDMONDS, Adjunct Professor at Imperial College London, UK. Formerly Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, London, UK. CHRISTOPH LEES, Professor in Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine at Imperial College, London, UK. TOM BOURNE, Adjunct Professor at Imperial College London, UK.
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List of Contributors xi
Preface to the Ninth Edition xviii
Preface to the First Edition xix
Section 1 Obstetrics 1
Part 1 Basic Science 3
1 Maternal Physiology 5 Fiona Broughton Pipkin
2 The Placenta and Fetal Membranes 18 Berthold Huppertz and John C.P. Kingdom
Part 2 Normal Pregnancy 29
3 Healthy Fetal Growth 31 Aris T. Papageorghiou
4 Pre-conception Counselling 38 Mandish K. Dhanjal
5 Antenatal Care 47 George Attilakos and Timothy G. Overton
6 First Trimester Antenatal Screening 58 T.K. Lau
Part 3 Maternal Medicine 71
7 Hypertensive Disorders 73 Jason J.S. Waugh and Marie C. Smith
8 Heart Disease in Pregnancy 85 Dawn L. Adamson and Catherine Nelson-Piercy
9 Diabetes in Pregnancy 97 Sarah N. Ali and Anne Dornhorst
10 Liver and Endocrine Diseases in Pregnancy 116 Michael A. Heneghan and Catherine Williamson
11 Renal Disease 129 Liz Lightstone
12 Haematological Problems in Pregnancy 147 Sarah Davis and Sue Pavord
13 Maternal Infection During Pregnancy 161 Maddalena Morlando and Baskaran Thilaganathan
14 Psychiatric Problems in Pregnancy and Post Partum 178 Joanna V. MacLean and Teri B. Pearlstein
15 Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases and Other Medical Disorders in Pregnancy 191 Andrew McCarthy and May Ching Soh
16 Obesity and Pregnancy 207 Mary Higgins and Fionnuala McAuliffe
Part 4 Fetal Medicine 219
17 Fetal Growth Restriction 221 Thomas R. Everett and Christoph C. Lees
18 Third Trimester Fetal Assessment 231 Jon Hyett
19 Fetal Medical Conditions 243 Janet Brennand
20 Fetal Anomalies 254 Sailesh Kumar
21 Multiple Pregnancy 268 Mark D. Kilby, and Dick Oepkes
Part 5 Birth 283
22 Normal Mechanisms in Labour 285 Andres Lopez Bernal and Errol R. Norwitz
23 Post-term Pregnancy 307 Aaron B. Caughey
24 Induction and Augmentation of Labour 326 Jane E. Norman and Sarah J. Stock
25 Obstetric Emergencies 336 Sara Paterson-Brown and Timothy J. Draycott
26 Malpresentation, Malposition, Cephalopelvic Disproportion and Obstetric Procedures 354 Kim Hinshaw and Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
27 Fetal Monitoring During Labour 372 Sara Paterson-Brown and Tracey A. Johnston
28 Preterm Labour 387 Phillip Bennett
29 Stillbirth 413 Bryony Jones
30 Analgesia, Anaesthesia and Resuscitation 423 Felicity Plaat
Part 6 Postnatal Care 431
31 Puerperium and Lactation 433 D. Keith Edmonds
32 Neonatal Care for Obstetricians 445 Simon Hannam
33 Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics 459 Dharmintra Pasupathy
Section 2 Gynaecology 473
Part 7 Basic Science 475
34 Clinical Anatomy of the Pelvis and Reproductive Tract 477 Alan Farthing
35 Normal and Abnormal Development of the Genital Tract 485 D. Keith Edmonds
36 Role of Imaging in Gynaecology 499 Wouter Froyman and Dirk Timmerman
37 Ambulatory Gynaecology, Hysteroscopy and Laparoscopy 519 T. Justin Clark and Lynne L.L. Robinson
Part 8 Childhood and Adolescence 541
38 Puberty and Its Disorders 543 D. Keith Edmonds
39 Gynaecological Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence 552 D. Keith Edmonds
Part 9 Early Pregnancy Problems 557
40 Spontaneous Miscarriage 559 Christine I. Ekechi and Catriona M. Stalder
41 Recurrent Miscarriage 568 D. Keith Edmonds
42 Gestational Trophoblast Neoplasia 575 Michael J. Seckl<
