Preface

xi

Acknowledgments

xiii

Part I

General Orientation and Labor and Delivery Overview

Amniotic Fluid

5

Antepartum Tests

8

Apgar Score

10

Bishop Score

12

Breastfeeding

13

Cervix in Labor

15

Cesarean Section (C/S)

18

Dating a Pregnancy (Assessment for Gestational Age)

20

Drug Classifications

22

Electronic Fetal Monitoring (EFM)

24

Emergency Drugs

28

Fetal Demise (IUFD)

31

Fetal Kick Counts

33

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM)

34

Group B Streptococcus (GBS)

38

Labor Progression

41

Labs

43

Magnesium Sulfate (Mgso₄)

46

Montevideo Units (MVU)

48

Multiple Gestations

50

Newborn

52

Pain Management

54

Pitocin

57

Rhogam

60

Surgical Instruments

61

Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Section (VBAC)

64

Vaginal Delivery

66

PART II

PROCEDURES

Amniotomy

71

Amnioinfusion

73

Biophysical Profile (BPP)

75

External Cephalic Version

77

Fetal Fibronectin (Ffn)

79

Fetal Scalp Sampling

81

Nonstress Test (NST)

83

Operative Vaginal Delivery

85

PART III

EMERGENCIES

Abruptio Placentae

92

Amniotic Fluid Embolism

94

Bleeding in Pregnancy

96

Breech

98

Chorioamnionitis

100

Hypertension in Pregnancy

102

Preeclampsia

102

HELLP Syndrome

104

Eclampsia

104

Neonatal Resuscitation

106

Placental Abnormalities

107

Placenta Previa

107

Placenta Accreta/Lncreta/Percreta

108

Postpartum Hemorrhage

110

Prematurity

112

Preterm L&D

112

Shoulder Dystocia

115

Umbilical Cord Prolapse

120

Abbreviations

123

Contact Information Notes

129

Index

133