Best practice in labour and delivery

1. Pelvic and fetal cranial anatomy and mechanism of labour 1 Louay S. Louis and Richard Warren 2. The first stage of labour 14 Sambit Mukhopadhyay and David Fraser 3. Analgesia and anaesthesia in labour 26 Jason Scott and Geraldine O’Sullivan 4. Intrapartum fetal surveillance 38 Rohan D’Souza and Sabaratnam Arulkumaran 5. Uterine contractions 54 Vivek Nama and Sabaratnam Arulkumaran 6. The management of intrapartum ‘fetal distress’ 66 Bryony Strachan 7. Nutrition and hydration in labour 76 David Fraser and Sambit Mukhopadhyay 8. Prolonged second stage of labour including difficult decision-making on operative vaginal delivery and caesarean section 84 Hajeera Butt and Deirdre J. Murphy 9. Operative vaginal deliveries: indications, techniques and complications 93 Stergios K. Doumouchtsis and Sabaratnam Arulkumaran 10. Caesarean deliveries: indications, techniques and complications 104 Lisa Story and Sara Paterson-Brown 11. Breech and twin delivery 116 Steve Walkinshaw 12. Cord prolapse and shoulder dystocia 131 Joanna Crofts, Timothy Draycott and Mark Denbow 13. Antepartum haemorrhage 141 Neelam Potdar, Osric Navti and Justin C. Konje 14. Management of the third stage of labour 153 Pina Amin and Audrey Long 15. Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) 160 Nutan Mishra and Edwin Chandraharan 16. Acute illness and maternal collapse in the postpartum period 171 Guy Jackson and Steve Yentis 17. Episiotomy and obstetric perineal trauma 182 Ranee Thakar and Abdul H. Sultan 18. Induction of labour 195 Devi Subramanian and Leonie Penna 19. Preterm prelabour rupture of membranes (pPROM) 207 Austin Ugwumadu 20. Preterm labour and delivery 216 Sarah L. Bell and Jane E. Norman 21. Labour in women with medical disorders 227 Mandish Dhanjal and Catherine Nelson-Piercy 22. Management of women with previous caesarean section 241 Rajesh Varma and Gordon C. S. Smith 23. Rupture of the uterus 252 Nutan Mishra and Edwin Chandraharan 24. Management of severe pre-eclampsia/ eclampsia 262 James J. Walker 25. Neonatal resuscitation and the management of immediate neonatal problems 273 Paul Mannix v26. The immediate puerperium 285 Mahishee Mehta and Leonie Penna 27. Triage and prioritization in a busy labour ward 300 Tracey Johnston and Nina Johns 28. Risk management related to intrapartum care 311 Melissa K. Whitworth and Helen Scholefield 29. Teamworking, skills and drills 323 Dimitrios M. Siassakos and Timothy J. Draycott 30. Cerebral palsy arising from events in labour 332 Julian Woolfson 31. Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills (OSATS) in obstetrics 341 S. M. Whitten and M. J. Blott Appendix 349 Index 350 Colour plates are to be found between pp. 194 and 195. Contents vi