Obstetrics by Ten Teachers, 19th Edition

Summary:
First published in 1917 as 'Midwifery', Obstetrics by Ten Teachers is well established as a concise, yet comprehensive, guide within its field. The nineteenth edition has been thoroughly updated, integrating clinical material with the latest scientific advances.

With an additional editor and new contributing authors, the new edition combines authoritative detail while signposting essential knowledge. Retaining the favoured textual features of preceding editions, each chapter is highly structured, with overviews, definitions, aetiology, clinical features, investigation, treatments, key points and additional reading where appropriate.

Together with its companion Gynaecology by Ten Teachers, the volume has been edited carefully to ensure consistency of structure, style and level of detail, as well as avoiding overlap of material.

For almost a century the 'Ten Teachers' titles have together found favour with students, lecturers and practitioners alike. The nineteenth editions continue to provide an accessible 'one stop shop' in obstetrics for a new generation of doctors.

• Many chapters completely re-written for this edition
• Retains the highly-praised features and chapter structure from the 18th edition - including the 'pathophysiology', 'symptoms' and 'signs' boxes
• Each chapter includes an overview, key points and case histories
• Highly illustrated throughout
• Edited sensitively to ensure comprehensive coverage alongside Gynaecology by Ten Teachers
• Includes access to a companion image-bank website

Table of Contents:
Obstetric history taking and examination
Modern maternity care
Physiological changes in pregnancy
Normal fetal development and growth
Antenatal care
Antenatal imaging and assessment of fetal well-being
Prenatal diagnosis
Antenatal obstetric complications
Twins and higher multiple gestations
Pre-eclampsia and other disorders of placentation
Late miscarriage and early birth
Medical diseases complicating pregnancy
Perinatal infections
Labour
Operative intervention in obstetrics
Obstetric emergencies
The puerperium
Psychiatric disorders and the puerperium
Neonatology
Ethical and medicolegal issues in obstetric practice

About the Author(s):
Philip N Baker BMedSci BM BS DM FRCOG FRCSC FMedSci
Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
Univeristy of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Louise Kenny MBChB (Hons) MRCOG PhD
Professor of Obstetrics and
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
The Anu Research Centre,
Cork University Maternity Hospital,
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
Univerisity College Cork,
Cork, Ireland

Readership:
Medical students, midwives, candidates for the MRCOG and DRCOG, and GPs.