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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 | |