Active Management of Labour

4th Edition - November 24, 2003
Authors: K. O'Driscoll, D. Meagher, Michael Robson
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 7 2 3 4 - 3 2 0 2 - 9

This manual encompasses a comprehensive approach to the management of labour. Based on the simple proposition that effective uterine action is the key to normal delivery, Active Ma… Read more

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This manual encompasses a comprehensive approach to the management of labour. Based on the simple proposition that effective uterine action is the key to normal delivery, Active Management of Labour covers all aspects of delivery for nulliparous women with vertex presentation and single foetus.

This is an accessible and practical guide for obstericians and midwives as well as anaesthetists and the auxiliary staff of maternity units.

Section 1: Text

1. Nulliparous v parous women

2. Induction v acceleration

3. Malpresentations, malformation, twins

4. Duration of labour

5. Diagnosis of labour

6. Progress: first stage

7. Progress: second stage

8. Acceleration of slow labour

9. Oxytocin in labour

10. Normal and abnormal labour (dystocia)

11. Inefficient uterine action

12. Cephalopelvic disproportion

13. Occipitoposterior position

14. Trauma

15. Pain

16. Antenatal preparation

17. Analgesic drugs

18. Epidural anaesthesia

19. Personal attention

20. Role of the doctor

21. Role of the nurse/midwife

22. Role of the mother

23. Care of the fetus

24. Induction

25. Organization

26. Cervix in labour

27. Caesarean section rates

28. Cerebral palsy

Section II: Visual Records

1. Nulliparous labour

2. Duration of labour

3. Diagnosis of labour

4. Progress in labour

5. Care of the fetus

6. Oxytocin

7. Analgesia

8. Method of delivery and additional items

9. Normal labour (1)

10. Normal labour (2)

11. Normal labour (3)

12. Abnormal labour: slow progress (1)

13. Abnormal labour: slow progress (2)

14. Abnormal labour: slow progress (3)

15. Abnormal labour: secondary arrest (1)

16. Abnormal labour: secondary arrest (2)

17. Method of treatment: artificial rupture of membranes

18. Method of treatment: oxytocin infusion (1)

19. Method of treatment: oxytocin infusion (2)

20. Failure to respond to treatment: error in diagnosis

21. Failure to respond to treatment: membranes intact

22. Failure to respond to treatment: hesitant use of oxytocin

23. Failure to respond to treatment: cephalopelvic disproportion

24. Induction: success

25. Induction: failure (1)

26. Induction: failure (2)

27. Fetal distress: placental insufficiency/accident of labour

28. Parous labour

Section III: Clinical Data

1. Comparative figures for 35 years

2. Analysis of hospital population

3. Clinical circumstances of perinatal deaths

4. Rupture of uterus

5. Traumatic intracranial haemorrhage in firstborn infants

6. Cerebral dysfunction in mature infants

7. Diagnosis of labour

8. Duration of labour in nulliparous women

9. Spontaneously labouring nulliparous women with a single cephalic pregnancy at term

10. Obstetrical norms in nulliparous women