Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology provides a thorough overview of the essential topics that healthcare practitioners in the field need to know, with a focus on clinical practice.
This highly regarded textbook provides comprehensive coverage of gynaecology, reproductive health, obstetrics and on-call for O&G. It has been thoroughly updated to incorporate significant developments in clinical care, including in prenatal diagnosis and screening, COVID-19 management, antenatal and postnatal care, and telemedicine abortion practices.
With full colour illustrations, self-assessment questions and additional online material to reinforce learning, this is a valuable resource for medical students, junior doctors, midwives, nurses and for healthcare practitioners from other specialties seeking a broad-based grounding in O&G.
Clear and concise to enhance learning
Summary boxes, key points boxes, and high-quality anatomical illustrations make navigation easy
Aligns with current guidelines and practice
New OSCE practice cases and SBA questions
Additional chapters online
Section 1: FUNDAMENTALS
1 Clinical pelvic anatomy
2 History and examination
Section 2: GYNAECOLOGY
3 Paediatric gynaecology and disorders of sex development
4 The normal menstrual cycle and amenorrhoea
5 Infertility
6 Early pregnancy care
7 Heavy menstrual bleeding, dysmenorrhoea and pre-menstrual syndrome
8 Pelvic pain and endometriosis
9 The menopause and hormone replacement therapy
10 Pelvic organ prolapse
11 Female urinary incontinence
12 Ovarian neoplasms
13 Uterine neoplasia
14 Cervical neoplasia
15 Gestational trophoblastic disease
16 Disorders of the vulva
17 Gynaecological surgery
Section 3: REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
18 Pelvic infection and STIs
19 Sexual problems
20 Abortion
21 Contraception
Section 4: OBSTETRICS
22 Antenatal and postnatal care
23 Maternal medicine
24 Fetal medicine
25 Obstetric haemorrhage
26 Fetal growth and surveillance
27 Hypertension in pregnancy
28 Prematurity
29 Multiple pregnancy
30 Labour and analgesia
31 Monitoring of the fetus in labour
32 Induction of labour
33 Malpresentation and slow labour
34 Obstetric emergencies
35 Operative delivery
36 Stillbirth and neonatal mortality
37 Neonatal resuscitation
Section 5: ON CALL FOR OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY
38 Practical gynaecology and obstetrics
Section 6: ONLINE-ONLY CHAPTERS
39 Human embryology
40 Imaging in obstetrics and gynaecology
41 The physiology of Pregnancy
42 Strategies to improve global maternal and neonatal health
43 Neonatal care
Section 7: SELF-ASSESSMENT
Gynaecology multiple-choice questions
Obstetrics multiple-choice questions
Elizabeth A. Layden , Andrew Thomson , Philip Owen , Mayank Madhra , Brian A. Magowan