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A Problem-Solving Approach
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By
Mark James, MBChB, MRCOG, Research Fellow in Urogynaecology, Southmead Hospital, Bristol Urological Institute, Westbury on Trim, UK
Tim Draycott, MRCOG, Research Registrar, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester, UK
Robert Fox, MD, MRCOG, DChE, Consultant Gynaecologist, Directorate of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Taunton & Somerset Hospital, Taunton, UK
Michael Read, MD, FRCOG, FRCS, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester, UK
Description
This pocket-sized text offers a problem-solving approach to common conditions in obstetrics and gynecology. The introductory section
reviews ethical, moral and psychological attitudes, and summarizes the techniques for history-taking and patient examination. The next
two sections discuss specific clinical problems in obstetrics and gynecology. The final section describes common clinical investigations
and lists reference ranges. Each chapter in the text follow a standard format and contains a "golden rules" box of important issues,
ensuring quick and easy reference.
Audience
Undergraduate medical students, GPs (DRCOG), SHOs (OBGYN), nursing and midwifery students
Contents
SECTION 1 Outline of Clinical Practice
1. Obstetrics and gynaecology: requirements 2. Basic gynaecological care 3.
Basic obstetric care 4. Organisation of clinical management 5. Using clinical tests; explaining results and probability
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2 Clinical Problems in Gynaecology
6. Bleeding in early pregnancy 7. Heavy periods 8. Non-menstrual vaginal bleeding 9.
Post-menopausal bleeding 10. Abnormal cervical cytology 11. Urinary incontinence 12. Sensation of prolapse 13. Vulval irritation 14.
Vaginal discharge 15. Acute pelvic pain 16. Chronic pelvic pain 17. Pelvic mass 18. Recurrent miscarriage 19. Failure to conceive 20.
Absent or infrequent periods 21. Abnormal hair growth 22. Premenstrual syndrome 23. Request for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) 24.
Request for contraception 25. Request for sterilisation 26. Request for termination of pregnancy
SECTION 3
Clinical Problems
in Obstetrics
27. Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy 28. Abnormal fetal screening test results 29. Abdominal pain in the second
half of pregnancy 30. Vaginal bleeding in the second half of pregnancy 31. Raised blood pressure in pregnancy 32. Diabetes in pregnancy
33. Large for dates 34. Small for dates 35. Multiple pregnancy 36. Abnormal lie or presentation 37. Pre-labour rupture of membranes 38.
Prolonged pregnancy 39. Abnormal fetal heart pattern in labour 40. Delay in the first stage of labour 41. Delay in the second stage of
labour 42. Maternal distress in labour 43. Bleeding after delivery 44. Maternal collapse after delivery 45. Postnatal depression 46.
Painful breasts 47. Swollen legs in the puerperium
Appendix - How to pass final MB
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Paperback, 320 pages, publication date: MAY-1999
ISBN-13: 978-0-7020-2251-7
ISBN-10: 0-7020-2251-9
Imprint: BAILLIÈRE TINDALL
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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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