Main description:

The fourth edition of this highly regarded textbook has been thoroughly overhauled. There is | a new chapter bridging the gap between learning and doing (On-Call); | new coverage of FGM and the Zika virus; | sepsis has been updated; | there is access to a further five chapters online; | there are ten videos to guide learners through the more difficult, complex issues they might face in O | and new self-assessment has been written to help with testing understanding.

Key points boxes throughout
Full-colour illustrations throughout
Over 350 illustrations
Comprehensive coverage

New chapter covering On Call O&G with practical guidance and steps for acute and important issues likely to be encountered (hypertension, sepsis, bleeding, labour-ward emergencies etc.).
New sections on FGM.
Expanded areas in medical disorders in pregnancy and mental illness.
Comes with an e-book on StudentConsult.
Ten videos with experts guiding viewers through a range of essential issues, from on-call scenarios to fetal medicine.
Self-assessment. Over 40 SBAs and case-based questions.

Contents:

SECTION 1 FUNDAMENTALS

Pelvic anatomy
History and examination
SECTION 2 GYNAECOLOGY

Paediatric gynaecology and disorders of sex development
The normal menstrual cycle and amenorrhoea
Sub-fertility
Early pregnancy care
Menstrual disorders and premenstrual syndrome
Pelvic pain and endometriosis
The menopause and HRT
Prolapse
Incontinence
Ovarian neoplasms
Uterine neoplastic disease
Cervical disease
Trophoblastic disease
Vulval disorders
Gynaecological surgery
SECTION 3 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Pelvic infection and STIs
Psychosexual problems
Abortion
Contraception
SECTION 4 OBSTETRICS

Antenatal and postnatal care
Maternal medicine
Prenatal diagnosis
Obstetric haemorrhage
Fetal growth and surveillance
Hypertension in pregnancy
Prematurity
Multiple pregnancy
Normal labour and pain relief in labour
Monitoring of the fetus in labour
Induction
Malpresentation and slow labour
Emergencies in labour
Operative delivery
Stillbirth and neonatal mortality
Neonatal resuscitation
SECTION 5 ON CALL FOR OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY

Practical obstetrics and gynaecology
Self-assessment

ONLINE CHAPTERS

W1. Embryology

W2. Imaging in gynaecology

W3. Physiology of pregnancy

W4. Obstetrics in under-resourced settings

W5. Neonatal care

W6. Self-assessment

VIDEOS

V1. Pelvic pain

V2. The menopause

V3. STIs

V4. Contraception

V5. Fetal medicine

V6. Prematurity

V7. Induction

V8. Slow and precipitate labour

V9. Stillbirth

V10. On call