With over 130 million births in the world, of which about 4 million occur in the United States, it is imperative that clinicians are current on the recent developments of intrapartum measurements. This collection of chapters, written by clinicians and researchers, academicians and private practitioners, updates the management of first, second, and third stage of labor. The book is intended for medical students, labor and delivery nurses, residents, midwives and obstetricians, who try to optimize the out come of each delivery.
1. Normal Labor: Mechanism and Duration (Buhimschi) 2. Induction of Labor (Sanchez-Ramos) 3. Abnormalities of First and Second Stage of Labor (Ness) 4. Active Management of Labor (Pates) 5. Analgesia and Anesthesia During Labor (Lieberman) 6. Labor with Abnormal Presentation and Position (Stitely) 7. Assessment of the Fetus: Intermittent Auscultation, Electronic Fetal Hear Rate Tracing and Fetal Pulse Oximetry (Smith) 8. Intrapartum Intrauterine Resuscitation (Hendrix) 9. Chorioamnionitis (Rodney Edwards) 10. Assisted Vaginal Delivery (Bofill) 11. Shoulder Dystocia (Robert Edwards) 12. Episiotomy and Vaginal Trauma (Scott) 13. Third Stage Labor (Magann) 14. Analgesia and Anesthesia During Labor (Wax)
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