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Basic care | |
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What do we mean by 'effective care'? | |
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Evaluating care in pregnancy and childbirth | |
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Support for pregnant women | |
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Antenatal education | |
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Lifestyle in pregnancy | |
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Dietary modification in pregnancy | |
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Screening | |
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Risk scoring | |
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Imaging ultrasound in pregnancy | |
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Screening for congenital anomalies | |
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Screening for pre-eclampsia | |
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Gestational diabetes | |
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Assessment of fetal growth, size, and well-being | |
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Pregnancy problems | |
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Unpleasant symptoms in pregnancy | |
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Miscarriage | |
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Hypertension in pregnancy | |
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Fetal compromise | |
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Multiple pregnancy | |
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Rhesus isoimmunization | |
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Infection in pregnancy | |
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Diabetes in pregnancy | |
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Bleeding in the latter half of pregnancy | |
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Suspected fetopelvic disproportion and abnormal lie | |
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Prelabor rupture of the membranes | |
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Preterm labor | |
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Promoting pulmonary maturity | |
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Post-term pregnancy | |
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Fetal death | |
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Childbirth | |
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Social and professional support in childbirth | |
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Hospital practices | |
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Care of the fetus during labor | |
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Monitoring the progress of labor | |
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The second stage of labor | |
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The third stage of labor | |
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Problems during childbirth | |
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Control of pain in labor | |
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Prolonged labor | |
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Repair of perineal trauma | |
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Preterm birth | |
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Labor and birth after previous cesarean section | |
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Techniques of induction and operative delivery | |
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Preparing for induction of labor | |
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Methods of inducing labor | |
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Instrumental vaginal delivery | |
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Cesarean section | |
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Prophylactic antibiotics with cesarean section | |
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Care after childbirth | |
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Immediate care of the newborn infant | |
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Mother and baby | |
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Breastfeeding | |
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Perineal pain and discomfort | |
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Breast symptoms in women who are not breastfeeding | |
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Loss and grief in the perinatal period | |
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Synopsis | |
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Effective care in pregnancy and childbirth: a synopsis | |
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Beneficial forms of care | |
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Forms of care likely to be beneficial | |
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Forms of care with a trade-off between beneficial and adverse effects | |
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Forms of care of unknown effectiveness | |
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Forms of care unlikely to be beneficial | |
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Forms of care likely to be ineffective or harmful | |
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Index | |