Detailed contents

List of contributors

Part 1 Introduction

1 Examination of the obstetric patient

Examination of the obstetric patient

2 Examination of the gynaecological patient

Examination of the gynaecological patient

3 Communication: confidentiality, breaking bad news, and obtaining consent

Communication: confidentiality, breaking bad news and obtaining consent

4 Legal framework for care in obstetrics and gynaecology

Legal framework for care in obstetrics and gynaecology

Part 2 Obstetrics

5 Normal pregnancy

Antenatal care

Booking

Breastfeeding

Dating in pregnancy

Diagnosis of pregnancy

Minor symptoms of pregnancy

Physiological changes in pregnancy

Preparing for pregnancy

Puerperium

Routine blood tests in pregnancy

6 Complications of early pregnancy

Bleeding and pain in early pregnancy

Hyperemesis gravidarum

Pregnancy of unknown location

7 Care of the fetus

Biophysical profile

Cardiotocography

Doppler ultrasound

Fetal abnormalities: cardiovascular

Fetal abnormalities: central nervous system

Fetal abnormalities: chromosomal anomalies

Fetal abnormalities: genetic disorders

Fetal abnormalities: face

Fetal abnormalities: gastrointestinal system

Fetal abnormalities: limbs

Fetal abnormalities: head and neck

Fetal abnormalities: skeletal abnormalities/dysplasias

Fetal abnormalities: thorax

Fetal abnormalities: urinary system

Fetal movement charts

Fetal nuchal translucency

Fetal abnormalities: hydrops

Invasive procedures

Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR)

Multiple pregnancy

Oligohydramnios

Placental abnormalities

Polyhydramnios

Red blood cell isoimmunization

Screening for fetal aneuploidy

Symphyseal fundal height

8 Maternal medicine and infections

Adrenal disorders in pregnancy

Anaemia in pregnancy

Autoimmune disease

Bacterial vaginosis

Chicken pox/herpes zoster

Chlamydia

Coagulation disorders

Connective tissue disorder

Cytomegalovirus

Dermatology

Diabetes in pregnancy

Drugs in pregnancy

Epilepsy and other neurological conditions

Gonorrhoea

Perinatal group B streptococcus

Haemoglobinopathies

Heart disease

Hepatitis B

Herpes simplex infection

HIV infection

Human papillomavirus

Hypertension

Immunization

Inflammatory bowel disease

Jaundice

Listeriosis

Liver disease

Measles: rubeola

Parvovirus

Pituitary disorders in pregnancy

Psychiatric disorders in pregnancy

Renal disease

Respiratory disease

Rubella

Substance abuse in pregnancy

Syphilis

Thromboembolic disease

Thyroid and parathyroid disease

Toxoplasmosis in pregnancy

Vulvovaginal candidiasis

9 Obstetric conditions

Abdominal pain in pregnancy

Amniotic fluid embolism

Antepartum haemorrhage

Cancer in pregnancy

Fibroids in pregnancy

Obstetric cholestasis

Ovarian cysts in pregnancy

Postnatal depression

Puerperal psychosis

Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia

Premalignant conditions of the genital tract in pregnancy

Preterm labour

Preterm prelabour rupture of membranes

Prolonged pregnancy

Puerperal sepsis

10 Care in labour

Analgesia and anaesthesia in obstetrics

Breech

Brow presentation

Cord prolapse

Episiotomy and obstetric perineal trauma

Face presentation

Fetal surveillance in labour

Home birth

Induction of labour

Labour

Maternal collapse

Meconium-stained liquor

Placenta praevia

Placental abruption

Postpartum haemorrhage

Prelabour rupture of membranes at term

Resuscitation of the newborn

Retained placenta

Shoulder dystocia

Shoulder presentation

Uterine inversion

11 Common obstetric techniques, procedures, and surgery

Balloon tamponade

Caesarean section

Forceps delivery

Uterine compression sutures

Ventouse delivery

Part 3 Gynaecology

12 Reproduction

Ambiguous genitalia

Anatomy of female pelvis

Chronic pelvic pain

Contraception

Disorders of sex development

Donor insemination

Heavy menstrual bleeding

Dysmenorrhoea

Ectopic pregnancy

Embryo freezing

Emergency contraception

Endometriosis

Female infertility

Fertility in survivors of childhood malignancy

Imaging in reproductive medicine

Induction of ovulation

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Intrauterine devices

In vitro fertilization

In vitro oocyte maturation

Malformations of the genital tract

Male subfertility

Menopause and hormone replacement therapy

Menorrhagia

Menstrual cycle: physiology

Miscarriage: early

Oocyte donation

Oligomenorrhoea and amenorrhoea

Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome

Paediatric and adolescent problems

Polycystic ovary syndrome

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis

Premature ovarian failure

Premenstrual syndrome

Psychosexual problems

Recurrent miscarriage

Termination of pregnancy

13 Benign and urogynaecology

Endometrial polyps

Female genital cutting

Fibroids

Ovarian cysts

Pelvic inflammatory disease

Female urinary incontinence

Urinary frequency and urgency

Urinary retention (voiding difficulty)

Urinary tract injury

Uterovaginal prolapse

Urodynamic investigation

Vaginal discharge

Vesicovaginal fistulae

Vulval pain and pruritus

14 Benign, premalignant, and malignant tumours in gynaecology

Cancer screening for women

Cervical cancer

Cervical dysplasia and human papillomavirus

Neoplastic conditions of the endometrium

Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia

Ovarian and fallopian tube cancer

Palliative care

Vulval cancer

Vulval intraepithelial neoplasia

15 Common gynaecological procedures and surgery

Colposcopy

Endometrial ablation techniques

Hysteroscopy

Hysterectomy

Continence procedures

Pipelle biopsy

Laparoscopy

Pelvic floor surgery

Index