Shoulder Dystocia and Birth Injury Prevention and Treatment /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: O'Leary, James A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2009.
• Edition: 3.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Family medicine.; Gynecology.; Obstetrics.; Maternal and infant welfare.; Medicine & Public Health.; Obstetrics/Perinatology.; Maternal and Child Health.; General Practice / Family Medicine.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-473-5

During the past several years, there has been an extensive reappraisal of the physiologic changes of pregnancy and their associated disorders, along with a refinement of diagnostic procedures and evaluation of the therapeutic approaches that are of primary concern to the physician. In Shoulder Dysto...

Table of Contents:

• Preconceptual Risk Factors
• Antepartum Risk Factors
• Role of Ultrasound in Shoulder Dystocia
• Intrapartum Risk Factors
• Pelvimetry
• Recognition of Disproportion
• Delivery Techniques
• McRoberts Maneuver
• Cephalic Replacement: The Gunn-Zavanelli-OLeary Maneuver
• Infant Injury
• In-utero Causation of Brachial Plexus Injury: Myth or Mystery?
• Recurrent Shoulder Dystocia
• Predisposing Factors for Shoulder Dystocia Related Birth Injuries: Causation Analysis
• Recognition, Classification, and Management of Shoulder Dystocia: The Relationship to Causation of Brachial Plexus Injury in Private Practice
• Minimizing the Risks of Shoulder Dystocia Related Fetal Injuries
• The Maternal Fetal Medicine Viewpoint: Causation and Litigation
• Brachial Plexus Palsy at Cesarean Section
• Delivery of the Non-Diabetic Macrosomic Infant
• The Midwifery View of Shoulder Dystocia
• Recent Research: Relevant and Reliable.