cover image - A-Z Midwifery Elsevier eBook on VitalSource Retail Access Card, 1st Edition
ISBN: 9780702076213
Copyright: 2018
Publication Date: 11-28-2017
Page Count: 216
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $11.99

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

by Diane M. Fraser, PhD, MPHil, BEd, MTD, RM, RGN and Margaret A. Cooper, BA, RGN, RM, MTD

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ISBN: 9780702076213
Copyright: 2018
Publication Date: 11-28-2017
Page Count: 216
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $11.99
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Well illustrated with over 170 entries, together with a helpful array of figures, tables and pull-out boxes, this helpful guide includes a wealth of information arranged in a useful A-Z format. Published in conjunction with The Practising Midwife, A-Z Midwifery will be ideal for all midwives – whether qualified or in training – and all other health care professionals working in the maternity environment.
    • 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

  • Diane M. Fraser, PhD, MPHil, BEd, MTD, RM, RGN, Professor of Midwifery and Head of Academic Division of Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Notttingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK and Margaret A. Cooper, BA, RGN, RM, MTD, Pre-Registration Midwifery Programme Director, Academic Divison of Midwifery, Faculty of Medical and Health Science, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK
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