Main description:

DC Dutta’s Textbook of Obstetrics is the eighth edition of this comprehensive and highly illustrated textbook. Thoroughly revised and updated, the book spans 42 chapters, incorporating new material and the latest advances in the field of obstetrics. New topics in this edition include prenatal genetic counselling, screening and diagnosis, whilst progress in technology is recognised with the inclusion of Doppler studies, MR images, microphotographs, data graphs and laparoscopic images.

This highly detailed book is formatted for ease of reference, with expanded contents and index, and colour coded headings and key points at the end of every chapter, highlighting essential information.



 A list of questions at the end of the book allows the reader to assess their own understanding. A list of abbreviations, updated reviews, relevant websites, and over 500 colour images further enhance the text. The book also includes an interactive DVD-ROM.

DC Dutta’s Textbook of Obstetrics features the latest guidelines from professional and academic organisations including RCOG, ACOG, WHO, FIGO, NICHD, CDC, NICE, ICOG and DIPSI, making this an authoritative guide to the field of obstetrics.

Key Points

• Fully revised and updated new edition


• New chapters include prenatal genetic counselling, screening and diagnosis


• Previous edition published 2014


• Over 500 colour images and illustrations, plus interactive DVD-ROM


• Latest guidelines from RCOG, ACOG, WHO, FIGO, NICHD, CDC, NICE, ICOG and DIPSI

Contents:

1. Anatomy of Female Reproductive Organs

2. Fundamentals of Reproduction

3. The Placenta and Fetal Membranes

4. The Fetus

5. Physiological Changes during Pregnancy

6. Endocrinology in Relation to Reproduction

7. Diagnosis of Pregnancy

8. The Fetus-in-Utero

9. Fetal Skull and Maternal Pelvis

10. Antenatal Care, Preconceptional Counselling and Care

11. Antenatal Assessment of Fetal Well Being

12. Prenatal Genetic Counselling, Screening and Diagnosis

13. Normal Labor

14. Normal Puerperium

15. Vomiting in Pregnancy

16. Haemorrhage in Early Pregnancy

17. Multiple Pregnancy, Amniotic Fluid Disorders, Abnormalities of Placenta and Cord

18. Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy

19. Antepartum Hemorrhage

20. Medical and Surgical Illness Complicating Pregnancy

21. Gynecological Disorders in Pregnancy

22. Preterm Labor, Preterm Rupture of the Membranes, Postmaturity, Intrauterine Fetal Death

23. Complicated Pregnancy

24. Contracted Pelvis

25. Abnormal Uterine Action

26. COMPLICATED LABOUR-Malposition, Malpresentation and Cord Prolapse

27. Prolonged Labor, Obstructed Labor, Dystocia Caused by Fetal Anomalies

28. Complications of the Third Stage of Labor

29. Injuries to the Birth Canal

30. Abnormalities of the Puerperium

31. The Term New Born Infant

32. Low Birth Weight Baby

33. Disease of the Fetus and the Newborn

34. Pharmacotherapeutics in Obstetrics

35. Induction of Labor

36. Population Dynamics and Control of Conception

37. Operative Obstetrics

38. Safe Motherhood, Epidemiology of Obstetrics

39. Special Topics in Obstetrics

40. Current Topics in Obstetrics

41. Imaging in Obstetrics (USG, MRI, CT, Radiology), Amniocentesis and Guides to Clinical Tests

42. Practical Obstetrics