Paul Reuwer, Hein Bruinse, Arie Franx

Proactive Support of Labor

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Proactive Support of Labor provides the expertise for preventing long labors - the cause of traumatic birth experiences and the cesarean pandemic. Giving step-by-step, evidence-based guidance on expert care and support during labor, the fully updated revision of this work will be essential reading for obstetricians, midwives, nurses, and trainees.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 418g
• ISBN-13: 9781107426580
• ISBN-10: 1107426588
• Artikelnr.: 42799920

Autorenporträt

Paul Reuwer is Consultant Obstetrician-Gynecologist and Master of the Labor and Delivery Unit at St Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword to the first edition
Preface
Dedication
Web-links
1. General introduction
Part I. A Wake-up Call: 2. Medical excess in normal childbirth 3. Avoidable causes of failed labors
4. Harmful birth care practices
5. Destructive territorial disputes
6. Self-sustaining mechanisms
Part II. Back to Basics: 7. Forgotten lessons from nature
8. Elementary biophysics of birth
9. Definitions and verbal precision
10. First-stage labor revisited
11. Second-stage labor redefined
Part III. Proactive Support of Labor: 12. Leading principles
13. Nulliparous versus parous labor
14. Diagnosis of labor
15. Prevention of long labor
16. Personal attention and support
17. Amniotomy and oxytocin
18. Pre-labor preparation
19. Affective dimensions of labor pain
20. Pain relief re-examined
21. Dynamic dystocia unraveled
22. Obstructed labor
23. Curtailed use of induction
24. Safe care of the fetus
25. Organizational reforms
26 Implementation and ongoing audit cycle
27. External audit of procedures and outcomes
Index.