Preface |
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Introduction |
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How to use this manual |
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Abbreviations |
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SECTION 1 CLINICAL PRINCIPLES |
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1 | (4) |
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Talking with women and their families |
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5 | (4) |
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Emotional and psychological support in obstetric and newborn emergencies |
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9 | (12) |
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21 | (4) |
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25 | (12) |
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Clinical use of blood, blood products and replacement fluids |
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37 | (12) |
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49 | (6) |
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Anaesthesia and analgesia |
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55 | (10) |
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Operative care principles |
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65 | (12) |
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Normal labour and childbirth |
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77 | (34) |
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111 | (4) |
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Provider and community linkages |
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115 | |
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1 | (6) |
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Vaginal bleeding in early pregnancy |
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7 | (14) |
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Vaginal bleeding in later pregnancy and labour |
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21 | (8) |
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Vaginal bleeding after childbirth |
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29 | (20) |
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Elevated blood pressure, headache, blurred vision, convulsions or loss of consciousness |
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49 | (24) |
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Unsatisfactory progress of labour |
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73 | (12) |
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Malpositions and malpresentations |
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85 | (14) |
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Shoulder dystocia (stuck shoulders) |
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99 | (2) |
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Labour with an overdistended uterus |
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101 | (6) |
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Labour with a scarred uterus |
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107 | (2) |
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109 | (2) |
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111 | (2) |
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Fever during pregnancy and labour |
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113 | (14) |
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127 | (10) |
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Abdominal pain in early pregnancy |
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137 | (4) |
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Abdominal pain in later pregnancy and after childbirth |
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141 | (8) |
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149 | (6) |
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155 | (4) |
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Prelabour rupture of membranes |
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159 | (6) |
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Immediate newborn conditions or problems |
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165 | |
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1 | (2) |
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3 | (4) |
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Local anaesthesia for caesarean birth |
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7 | (4) |
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Spinal (subarachnoid) anaesthesia |
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11 | (2) |
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13 | (2) |
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15 | (2) |
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Induction and augmentation of labour |
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17 | (16) |
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33 | (8) |
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41 | (4) |
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45 | (8) |
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53 | (12) |
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Craniotomy and craniocentesis |
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65 | (6) |
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71 | (4) |
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75 | (6) |
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Culdocentesis and colpotomy |
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81 | (4) |
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85 | (6) |
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Manual removal of placenta |
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91 | (4) |
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95 | (2) |
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Repair of vaginal and perineal tears |
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97 | (12) |
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Correcting uterine inversion |
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109 | (4) |
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Repair of ruptured uterus |
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113 | (4) |
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Uterine and utero-ovarian artery ligation |
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117 | (4) |
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121 | (8) |
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Salpingectomy for ectopic pregnancy |
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129 | |
Appendix: Essential medicines for managing complications in pregnancy and childbirth |
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Index |
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