Table of Contents
Section I: The Process of Labour
1. The Physiology of Labour
Sheila Balakrishnan
2. Mechanics, Mechanism, and Stages of Labour
Lakshmi Seshadri
Section II: Intrapartum Management
3. Respectful Obstetric Care and the Role of a Birth Companion
Sirisha Rao G, Evita Fernandez
4. Management of the First and Second Stages of Normal Labour
Gita Arjun
5. Management of the Third Stage of Labour
Basab Mukherjee, Poushali Sanyal
6. Monitoring Labour: Partograph to Labour Care Guide
Anandhi Venkatesan, Uma Ram
7. Episiotomy: What Does the Evidence Say?
A Tamilselvi
8. Fetal Surveillance in Labour
Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
9. Labour Analgesia
M Subrahmanyam, Sailaja K
10. Immediate Postpartum Monitoring and Care (Including Postpartum Collapse)
Jiji Elizabeth Mathews, Richa Sasmita Tirkey
Section III: Intrapartum Management of Complicated Labour
11. Abnormalities in the Latent Phase and the Active First Stage of Labour
Kalaivani Ramalingam
12. Abnormalities in the Second Stage of Labour
Manjiri Khare, Gauri Karandikar
13. Abnormalities in the Third Stage of Labour: Postpartum Hemorrhage and Retained Placenta
Sam Ononge, Andrew D Weeks
14. Induction and Augmentation of Labour
Shobana Mahadevan, Amritha Karthik
15. Identification and Management of Fetal Distress
Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
16. Meconium-Stained Amniotic Fluid
N Hephzibah Kirubamani
17. Management of Labour in Multiple Pregnancy
Nashwa Eltaweel, Helena Blakeway, Asma Khalil
Section IV: Operative Obstetrics
Section V: Obstetric Skills
Section VII: Management of Labour with Medical Disorders
Section VIII: Management of Labour with Current Infection
Section IX: Neonatal Care
Section X: The Puerperium