Obstetrics for Anaesthetists

Informationen zum Autor Alexander Heazell is a Clinical Research Fellow at the Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre of the University of Manchester. John Clift is a Lead Obstetric Anaesthetist at the City Hospital, Birmingham. Klappentext Gives anaesthetists key information on obstetric practice to assist in anaesthesia during pregnancy and delivery. Zusammenfassung The care of complicated pregnancies and labour is provided by a multi-disciplinary team consisting of midwives! obstetricians and anaesthetists. Obstetrics for Anaesthetists has been written to provide anaesthetists with basic information and background on obstetric practice! thus facilitating clearer communication between members of the team. Inhaltsverzeichnis Dedications; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Maternal physiology and obstetrics John Clift; 2. Antenatal care Clare Tower; 3. Induction of labour Rebekah Samangaya; 4. Normal labour Sarah Vause; 5. Abnormal labour Jenny Myers; 6. Fetal monitoring Justine Nugent; 7. Operative delivery Jo Gillham; 8. Pre-eclampsia and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy Egidio Da Silva and Wilson Chimbira; 9. Obstetric haemorrhage Alexander Heazell; 10. Thromboembolic disorders Mark Tindall; 11. Infection Paul Dias; 12. Life support and obstetrics Julian Chilvers; 13. Drugs used in obstetrics Lisa Penney; 14. Confidential enquiry into fetal, neonatal and maternal death Katie Clift; Appendix; Index.

Product details

• Authors: John Clift, Clift John, Alexander Heazell, Alexander (Clinical Lecturer Heazell, Heazell Alexander
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.03.2008
• EAN: 9780521696708
• ISBN: 978-0-521-69670-8
• No. of pages: 184
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Gynecology & Obstetrics, MEDICAL / Anesthesiology, Gynaecology and obstetrics, Gynaecology & obstetrics, Anaesthetics