Essential Obstetrics and Gynaecology E-Book eBook

This is the sixth edition of a popular, highly readable primer in obstetrics and gynaecology. It has been thoroughly updated and aligns with the undergraduate curriculum in O&G devised by the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

• • Highly illustrated throughout

• • Essential information points at the end of chapters

• • Case histories

• • Practical procedures boxes

• • Alert (warnings or advice) and tick (guidance or definitions) boxes throughout

• • Over 100 self-assessment MCQs

• • Appendices: Principles of Perioperative Care; Governance, Audit and Research

• Reflects the national undergraduate curriculum in obstetrics and gynaecology in the UK and Australia

More information on:

• • Fetal development

• • Screening for fetal anomaly: non-invasive prenatal testing

• • Placenta accreta

• • Infections acquired in pregnancy: Zika, Rubella

• • Non-invasive prenatal testin

• • Fetal Doppler examination, e.g. middle cerebral artery, ductus venosus

• • Management of preterm labour: oxytocin antagonists

• • Induction of labour: components of Bishop score

• • Ectopic pregnancy: Caesarean scar ectopic, cornual ectopic

• • Emergency contraception: ulipristal acetate

• • Sterilization: salpingectomy

• • Genital tract infections: role of sexual health clinic, contact tracing

• • Cervix: update on HPV screening and vaccination

• • Ovary: update FIGO staging of ovarian carcinoma; “risk reducing surgery” for ovarian cancer

• • WHO surgical safety checklist added to Appendix A.

• New self-assessment OSCE questions