Overview

This classic textbook continues to provide the basic knowledge relevant to the practice of obstetrics and gynaecology. Comprehensive in scope, Dewhurst’s Textbook of Obstetrics & Gynaecology offers contributions from a noted panel of experts and contains an integrated approach that is designed to help deliver the highest possible care to patients. Since the publication of the previous edition, there have been a number of obstetric breakthroughs that are addressed in this new edition.  Written for both students and professionals, Dewhurst’s Textbook of Obstetrics & Gynaecology is a straightforward, authoritative and practice-based guide to women’s reproductive health.

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Author:   Keith Edmonds (FRCOG FRACOG, Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, London, UK) ,  Christoph Lees ,  Tom Bourne
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Edition:   9th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.30cm , Height: 4.60cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   2.994kg
ISBN:  

9781119211426

ISBN 10:   1119211425
Pages:   1088
Publication Date:   02 November 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

List of Contributors xi Preface to the Ninth Edition xviii Preface to the First Edition xix Section 1 Obstetrics 1 Part 1 Basic Science 3 1 Maternal Physiology 5 Fiona Broughton Pipkin 2 The Placenta and Fetal Membranes 18 Berthold Huppertz and John C.P. Kingdom Part 2 Normal Pregnancy 29 3 Healthy Fetal Growth 31 Aris T. Papageorghiou 4 Pre‐conception Counselling 38 Mandish K. Dhanjal 5 Antenatal Care 47 George Attilakos and Timothy G. Overton 6 First Trimester Antenatal Screening 58 T.K. Lau Part 3 Maternal Medicine 71 7 Hypertensive Disorders 73 Jason J.S. Waugh and Marie C. Smith 8 Heart Disease in Pregnancy 85 Dawn L. Adamson and Catherine Nelson‐Piercy 9 Diabetes in Pregnancy 97 Sarah N. Ali and Anne Dornhorst 10 Liver and Endocrine Diseases in Pregnancy 116 Michael A. Heneghan and Catherine Williamson 11 Renal Disease 129 Liz Lightstone 12 Haematological Problems in Pregnancy 147 Sarah Davis and Sue Pavord 13 Maternal Infection During Pregnancy 161 Maddalena Morlando and Baskaran Thilaganathan 14 Psychiatric Problems in Pregnancy and Post Partum 178 Joanna V. MacLean and Teri B. Pearlstein 15 Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases and Other Medical Disorders in Pregnancy 191 Andrew McCarthy and May Ching Soh 16 Obesity and Pregnancy 207 Mary Higgins and Fionnuala McAuliffe Part 4 Fetal Medicine 219 17 Fetal Growth Restriction 221 Thomas R. Everett and Christoph C. Lees 18 Third Trimester Fetal Assessment 231 Jon Hyett 19 Fetal Medical Conditions 243 Janet Brennand 20 Fetal Anomalies 254 Sailesh Kumar 21 Multiple Pregnancy 268 Mark D. Kilby, and Dick Oepkes Part 5 Birth 283 22 Normal Mechanisms in Labour 285 Andres Lopez Bernal and Errol R. Norwitz 23 Post‐term Pregnancy 307 Aaron B. Caughey 24 Induction and Augmentation of Labour 326 Jane E. Norman and Sarah J. Stock 25 Obstetric Emergencies 336 Sara Paterson‐Brown and Timothy J. Draycott 26 Malpresentation, Malposition, Cephalopelvic Disproportion and Obstetric Procedures 354 Kim Hinshaw and Sabaratnam Arulkumaran 27 Fetal Monitoring During Labour 372 Sara Paterson‐Brown and Tracey A. Johnston 28 Preterm Labour 387 Phillip Bennett 29 Stillbirth 413 Bryony Jones 30 Analgesia, Anaesthesia and Resuscitation 423 Felicity Plaat Part 6 Postnatal Care 431 31 Puerperium and Lactation 433 D. Keith Edmonds 32 Neonatal Care for Obstetricians 445 Simon Hannam 33 Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics 459 Dharmintra Pasupathy Section 2 Gynaecology 473 Part 7 Basic Science 475 34 Clinical Anatomy of the Pelvis and Reproductive Tract 477 Alan Farthing 35 Normal and Abnormal Development of the Genital Tract 485 D. Keith Edmonds 36 Role of Imaging in Gynaecology 499 Wouter Froyman and Dirk Timmerman 37 Ambulatory Gynaecology, Hysteroscopy and Laparoscopy 519 T. Justin Clark and Lynne L.L. Robinson Part 8 Childhood and Adolescence 541 38 Puberty and Its Disorders 543 D. Keith Edmonds 39 Gynaecological Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence 552 D. Keith Edmonds Part 9 Early Pregnancy Problems 557 40 Spontaneous Miscarriage 559 Christine I. Ekechi and Catriona M. Stalder 41 Recurrent Miscarriage 568 D. Keith Edmonds 42 Gestational Trophoblast Neoplasia 575 Michael J. Seckl 43 Ectopic Pregnancy 589 George Condous 44 Induced Abortion 597 Patricia A. Lohr 45 Acute Pelvic Infection 611 Jonathan D.C. Ross Part 10 Menstruation 621 46 The Menstrual Cycle 623 William L. Ledger 47 Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Secondary Amenorrhoea 632 Adam Balen 48 Heavy Menstrual Bleeding 653 Andrew W. Horne and Hilary O.D. Critchley 49 Premenstrual Syndrome 663 Zeiad A. El‐Gizawy and P.M. Shaughn O’Brien 50 Menopause and Postmenopausal Health 672 Nick Panay Part 11 Reproductive Problems 689 51 Subfertility 691 Nick Raine‐Fenning 52 Assisted Reproduction 704 Geoffrey H. Trew and Stuart A. Lavery Part 12 Pelvic Pain 721 53 Endometriosis 723 Neil P. Johnson 54 Chronic Pelvic Pain 744 Janesh Gupta Part 13 Urogynaecology 753 55 Uterovaginal Prolapse 755 Mark Slack 56 Urinary Incontinence 766 Vik Khullar Part 14 Benign Gynaecological Disease 793 57 Benign Diseases of the Vulva 795 Fiona M. Lewis 58 Benign Diseases of the Vagina, Cervix and Ovary 811 D. Keith Edmonds 59 Benign Disease of the Uterus 823 Thierry Van den Bosch Part 15 Gynaecological Cancer 835 60 Malignant Disease of the Vulva and the Vagina 837 David M. Luesley 61 Premalignant and Malignant Disease of the Cervix 858 Maria Kyrgiou 62 Endometrial Cancer 876 Sean Kehoe 63 Surgical and Medical Management of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer 884 Christina Fotopoulou, Hani Gabra and Sarah P. Blagden Part 16 Sexual Health 905 64 Sexually Transmitted Infections 907 Peter Greenhouse 65 Contraception and Sterilization 939 Sharon T. Cameron 66 Sexual Dysfunction 954 Kevan R. Wylie 67 Rape and Sexual Assault and Female Genital Mutilation 967 Catherine White Part 17 Miscellaneous Topics 985 68 Ethical Dilemmas in Obstetrics and Gynaecology 987 Emily Jackson 69 The Law and the Obstetrician and Gynaecologist 999 Bertie Leigh 70 Evidence-based Medicine in Obstetrics and Gynaecology 1008 Siladitya Bhattacharya and Arri Coomarasamy Index 1015 Colour plate section can be found facing pages 524 and 525.

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D. KEITH EDMONDS, Adjunct Professor at Imperial College London, UK. Formerly Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, London, UK. CHRISTOPH LEES, Professor in Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine at Imperial College, London, UK. TOM BOURNE, Adjunct Professor at Imperial College London, UK.

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