Obstetric and Intrapartum Emergencies: A Practical Guide to Management

Every day, approximately 1000 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth, most of which result from common treatable complications, such as haemorrhage, infections, pre-eclampsia and obstructed labour, which have not been recognized in time or treated properly. Every unborn child also faces risk of stillbirth, birth trauma, oxygen deprivation and neonatal death or long-term brain damage during birthing. Obstetric and Intrapartum Emergencies: A Practical Guide to Management is written by a wide variety of obstetric experts in developing and developed countries and provides an easy-to-use guide to recognize and treat perinatal emergencies before it is too late. The text includes learning tools such as 'Key Pearls' and 'Key Pitfalls', a section on managing emergencies in a low-resource setting and contains detailed illustrations throughout. This book is a practical and invaluable guide for obstetricians, neonatologists, midwives, medical students and the wider perinatal team.

About the Author

Edwin Chandraharan is the Director of Global Academy of Medical Education and Training Ltd. Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Nicosia Medical School. He is also Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at St George's, University of London, and Visiting Professor at the Institute of Global Health Innovation, at Imperial College Foundation, London.