Contents: Labor and delivery

Analgesia and anesthesia

Adverse effects of neuraxial analgesia and anesthesia for obstetrics

Intrapartum fever

Neuraxial analgesia and anesthesia for labor and delivery: Drugs

Neuraxial analgesia and anesthesia for labor and delivery: Options

Nonpharmacological approaches to management of labor pain

Obstetric anesthetic management of women with acquired or congenital heart disease

Pharmacologic management of pain during labor and delivery

Preparation for labor and childbirth

Pudendal and paracervical blockCesarean delivery

Anesthesia for cesarean delivery

Cesarean delivery of the obese woman

Cesarean delivery on maternal request

Cesarean delivery: Postoperative issues

Cesarean delivery: Preoperative issues

Cesarean delivery: Technique

Management of difficult fetal extraction at cesarean delivery

Repeat cesarean delivery

Trial of labor after cesarean deliveryDelivery

Antepartum fetal heart rate assessment

Approach to episiotomy

Birth centers

Home birth

Intrapartum management and outcome of shoulder dystocia

Intrapartum management of the low birthweight fetus

Management of difficult fetal extraction at cesarean delivery

Management of normal labor and delivery

Management of pregnancies at risk for shoulder dystocia

Management of the fetus in occiput posterior position

Management of the fetus with compound presentation

Mechanism of normal labor and delivery

Occiput transverse position

Operative vaginal delivery

Precipitous birth not occurring on a labor and delivery unit

Procedure for vacuum assisted operative vaginal delivery

Puerperal uterine inversion

Reducing adverse obstetrical outcomes through safety sciences

Repair of episiotomy and perineal lacerations associated with childbirthFetal assessment

Antepartum fetal heart rate assessment

Fetal acid-base physiology

Fetal macrosomia: Diagnosis

Umbilical cord blood acid-base analysisHemorrhage

Causes and treatment of postpartum hemorrhage

Peripartum hysterectomy

Use of intrauterine balloon catheters for control of uterine hemorrhageInfection transmission

Epidemiology, transmission and prevention of hepatitis B virus infection

Group B streptococcal infection in neonates and young infants

Intrapartum fever

Perinatal transmission of hepatitis C virusLabor

Abnormal labor: Protraction and arrest disorders

Amnioinfusion: Indications and outcome

Amnioinfusion: Technique

Antepartum fetal heart rate assessment

Birth centers

Continuous intrapartum support

Face and brow presentations in labor

Induction of labor

Induction of labor in women with prior cesarean delivery

Intrapartum fever

Latent phase of labor

Management of normal labor and delivery

Management of the fetus in transverse lie

Management of the fetus with compound presentation

Management of the third stage of labor

Mechanism of normal labor and delivery

Neuroprotective effects of in utero exposure to magnesium sulfate

Occiput transverse position

Reducing adverse obstetrical outcomes through safety sciences

Techniques for cervical ripening prior to labor induction

Umbilical cord prolapseMaternal medical problems

Glycemic control in women with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus during pregnancy

Intrapartum and postpartum management of insulin and blood glucose

Management of hypertension in pregnancy

Pregnancy in women with congenital heart disease: General principles

Pregnancy in women with congenital heart disease: Specific lesionsMultiple gestation

Delivery of twin gestations

Triplet pregnancy: Mid and late pregnancy complications and management