Obstetrics
Obstetrics
Jodi Keane
BPhysio (Hons) MBBS (Hons) FRANZCOG
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Monash Health Assessment Coordinator (Women's Health) Monash University Victoria, Australia
Manda Raz MBBS (Hons)
Resident Medical Officer Monash Health Victoria, Australia
Shavi Fernando MBBS (Hons) BMedSc (Hons) FRANZCOG PhD
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Monash Health Director of Undergraduate Curriculum (Women's Health) School of Clinical Sciences Curriculum and Assessment Lead (Women's Health) Monash University Victoria, Australia
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Obstetrics is a unique medical field, encompassing a time of personal significance and vulnerability for the mother in one of the most intimate experiences of her life. Furthermore, the special circumstances posed by caring for two interdependent beings create challenges that are also unique. All of this occurs in a time of wider social change, where care is focusing on shared decision making and adopting a ‘women-centered’ focus, rather than seeing mothers as ‘patients with a disease’.
Pocket Tutor Obstetrics provides a concise but comprehensive guide to the subject. A first principle chapter recaps key anatomy and physiology. Clinical essentials and normal pregnancy chapters cover the relevant history-taking, examination techniques and management options available during pregnancy, while subsequent chapters cover possible complications for the mother and baby. Throughout the book we have included practical tips, clinical images and diagrams to clarify concepts aid your learning.
We hope Pocket Tutor Obstetrics provides you with a solid grounding on the journey to becoming a compassionate and competent practitioner. Whether you are a medical student or a junior doctor, Pocket Tutor Obstetrics is your portable guide to understanding concepts, passing exams and performing clinical tasks during your obstetrics term.
Jodi Keane, Manda Raz,
Shavi Fernando
July 2019
Acknowledgements
Thanks to my co-authors, colleagues, trusty laptop, excessive amounts of caffeine and a study door which closes in the face of children's television shows. The book would have been impossible without the support of my phenomenal family, Sir Chas and three patient children, Lily, Gemma and Rosie, to whom I owe more than I can ever express. They are now all in a real book.
JK
Thanks to my co-authors, mentors, colleagues and patients, who inspire me to pursue excellence.
MR
Thanks to my co-authors for their hard work and persistence. Thanks to my wife Sharmayne, daughter Ellara, and son Arlen who have allowed me extra time on top of a busy schedule to complete this book.
SF
The authors jointly thank Tom Banister-Fletcher and Richard Furn for their guidance, patience and for making this book possible, as well as Finland Tan and Aidan Kashyap for their proofreading and invaluable comments. We would also like to thank Lesleigh Baker and Mark Beaves and the Monash Health Fetal Monitoring Unit for providing clinical images.
JK, MR, SF