Management of Obstetric Difficulties

The Management of Obstetric Difficulties

now passed through the fourth edition. Its special feature is that a great number of new developments in obstetric practice has been elaborately dealt with. It is not possible to single out any special chapter for appreciation. Various subjects of great practical importance, for example the management of cases of haemorrhage in the various stages of pregnancy and labour, the technique of everyd...

The Management of Obstetric Difficulties

are numerous references, mainly to American and German authorities and particularly to Dr. Whitridge Williams to whose influence the author makes acknowledgment. The book is wide in its scope. The first section deals with the problems of conception and the treatment of sterility. This is followed by a section on the diagnosis of pregnancy and its complications. Surgical emergencies and systemat...

Management of obstetric hemorrhage.

Major obstetric hemorrhage is an extremely challenging obstetric emergency associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Pharmacological treatment of uterine atony has not altered much in recent years apart from the increasing use ofmisoprostol, although controversy surrounds its advantages over other uterotonics. Placenta accreta is becoming more common, a sequel to the rising caesarean...

Obstetric management of IUGR.

The intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) takes second position after the premature births as a cause for neonate with smaller weight for it's gestational age. Perinatal morbidity of retard children is important, but perinatal mortality is about eight times higher then normal weighted neonates. It is very important to make the right diagnosis of IUGR, the cause of their illness, the therapy th...

Management in Obstetric Complications