A-Z Midwifery Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 1st Edition

• Helpful single entry style enables rapid access to essential information
• Clear illustration programme aids understanding of anatomical structures and difficult concepts
• Contains useful Further Reading boxes to direct additional study
• Over 170 entries provide key coverage of a variety of topics ranging from antenatal screening and clinical procedures, including foetal monitoring, to pain relief, the management of psychiatric disorders, medical emergencies and public health

A

ABO incompatibility

AIDS

Alcohol consumption

Anaphylaxis

Anaphylactic syndrome of pregnancy

Anaemia

Antenatal Care

Antenatal Examination

Antenatal Screening

Antepartum Haemorrhage

Anticoagulation Therapy

Anxiety

Apgar Score

Arrhythmias, cardiac

B

Bandl’s Ring

Bishop’s Score

Blood Pressure

Body Mass Index (BMI)

Booking Interview

Bradycardia

Breastfeeding

Breastmilk

Breech Presentation

Burns Marshall Method

C

Caesarean Section

Cardiac disease in pregnancy

Cardiotocography (CTG)

Chorioamnionitis

Coombs’ Test

Conjoined twins

Constipation

D

Depression

Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)

Domestic Abuse

Dystocia

E

Eclampsia

Epidural

Entonox

Episiotomy

Ectopic pregnancy

Erythema Toxicum

External Cephalic Version (ECV)

F

Female Genital Mutilation

Ferguson Reflex

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)

Fetal Blood Sampling (FBS)

Fontanelles

Forceps delivery

Fundal Height

G

German Measles

Gestational Diabetes

Group B Streptococcus

H

Haemolytic disease of the newborn

Haemorrhage

Healthcare associated infections

Haemorrhagic disease of the newborn

Heart disease

HELLP Syndrome

Hepatitis

Herpes

HIV

Hyperemesis gravidarum

Hyperglycaemia

Hyperthermia

Hypoglycaemia

Hypothermia

Hypoxia

I

Induction of Labour

Initial antenatal assessment

Infertility

Influenza/Influenza vaccination

Instrumental Delivery - See Operative vaginal delivery; Forceps; Ventouse method

Intrauterine Death

Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR)

J

Jaundice

K

Karyotyping

Kernicterus (bilirubin toxicity)

Ketoacidosis

Ketonuria

Kidney disease

Kleihauer Test

Klinefelter syndrome

L

Laboratory results

Labour

Lactation

Løvset manoeuvre

M

Mastitis

Mauriceau-Smellie-Veit manoeuvre

McRoberts manoeuvre

Meconium

Membrane rupture

Multiple pregnancy

N

Nausea

Needlestick/Sharps Injury

Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)

Neonatal infections

Neonatal specialist care

Neonatal screening

Neural tube defects

Neural tube defect screening

Nosocomial infections

Nuchal translucency

Nipples, anatomical variation

Nipples, sore

O

Obesity

Obstetric Cholestasis

Obstructed labour

Occipitoposterior positions

Oedema

Oligohydramnios

Ophthalmia neonatorum

Operative vaginal delivery

Opiate drugs

Oxytocin

P

Pain

Pain in labour

Pain control

Pelvic floor

Perinatal mental health

Perineum

Phototherapy

Placenta

Placenta praevia

Postnatal Care

Postnatal depression

Postpartum haemorrhage

Pre-eclampsia

Prematurity/Preterm birth

Prostaglandins

Puerperal psychosis

Pyrexia

Q

Quadruplets

Quickening

R

Resuscitation of the newborn

Rhesus D incompatibility

Rubella

Rubin’s manoeuvre

S

Sepsis

Sexually transmitted infections

Shock

Shoulder Dystocia

Stillbirth

Symphysiotomy

T

Tachycardia

TENS

Toxoplasmosis

Twins

U

Umbilical Cord

Urinary tract infections in newborns

Uterus

Uterus, Acute inversion

V

Vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC)

Vaginal Examination

Vaginal seeding

Valsalva manoeuvre

Varicella zoster

Ventouse method see Operative Delivery

Vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB)

W

Waterbirth

Weight gain in pregnancy

Wharton’s jelly

Woods’ manoeuvre

Z

Zavanelli manoeuvre

Zika virus