Chapter 1. Assisted conception
Chapter 2. Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
Chapter 3. Anaesthesia before confirmation of pregnancy
Chapter 5. Evacuation of retained products of conception
Chapter 6. Termination of pregnancy
Chapter 7. Cervical suture (cerclage)
Chapter 8. Incidental surgery in the pregnant patient
Chapter 9. Intrauterine surgery
Chapter 10. Anatomy of the spine and peripheral nerves
Chapter 11. Physiology of pregnancy
Chapter 13. Aortocaval compression
Chapter 14. Gastric function and feeding in labour
Chapter 15. Drugs and pregnancy
Chapter 16. Placental transfer of drugs
Chapter 17. Prescription and administration of drugs by midwives
Chapter 18. Local anaesthetics
Chapter 20. Intrapartum fetal monitoring
Chapter 22. Non-pharmacological analgesia
Chapter 23. Inhalational analgesic drugs
Chapter 24. Systemic analgesic drugs
Chapter 25. Intravenous patient-controlled analgesia for labour
Chapter 26. Epidural analgesia for labour
Chapter 27. Epidural test doses
Chapter 29. Combined spinal-epidural analgesia and anaesthesia
Chapter 30. Spinal and epidural opioids
Chapter 31. Preoperative assessment
Chapter 32. Operative vaginal delivery (Instrumental delivery)
Chapter 34. Spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section
Chapter 35. Epidural anaesthesia for caesarean section
Chapter 36. General anaesthesia for caesarean section
Chapter 38. Failed and difficult intubation
Chapter 40. Removal of retained placenta and perineal suturing
Chapter 41. Postoperative analgesia
Chapter 45. Postdural puncture headache
Chapter 46. Epidural blood patch
Chapter 47. Extensive regional block
Chapter 48. Inadequate regional analgesia in labour
Chapter 49. Breakthrough pain during caesarean section
Chapter 51. Chronic pain after caesarean section
Chapter 52. Horner's syndrome and cranial nerve palsy
Chapter 53. Peripheral nerve lesions following regional anaesthesia
Chapter 54. Spinal cord lesions following regional anaesthesia
Chapter 56. Cauda equina syndrome
Chapter 57. Opioid-induced pruritus
Chapter 59. Aspiration of gastric contents
Chapter 62. Malignant hyperthermia
Chapter 63. Induction and augmentation of labour
Chapter 64. Oxytocic and tocolytic drugs
Chapter 65. Premature labour, delivery and rupture of membranes
Chapter 66. Malpresentations and malpositions
Chapter 67. External cephalic version
Chapter 68. Multiple pregnancy
Chapter 69. Vaginal birth after caesarean section
Chapter 70. Under-age pregnancy and advanced maternal age
Chapter 71. Abnormal placentation
Chapter 72. Placental abruption
Chapter 76. Intrauterine death
Chapter 78. Major obstetric haemorrhage
Chapter 79. Postpartum haemorrhage
Chapter 80. Collapse on the labour ward
Chapter 81. Maternal cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Chapter 82. Amniotic fluid embolism
Chapter 83. Cholestasis of pregnancy (obstetric cholestasis)
Chapter 84. Acute fatty liver of pregnancy
Chapter 86. Hypertension, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
Chapter 88. Hyperemesis gravidarum
Chapter 89. Maternal mortality
Chapter 90. Allergic reactions
Chapter 91. Cardiovascular disease
Chapter 95. Coarctation of the aorta
Chapter 97. Valvular heart disease
Chapter 98. Congenital heart disease
Chapter 99. Pulmonary hypertension and Eisenmenger's syndrome
Chapter 100. Ischaemic heart disease
Chapter 101. Endocrine disease
Chapter 102. Diabetes mellitus
Chapter 103. Anaemia and polycythaemia
Chapter 104. Deep-vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism
Chapter 107. Von Willebrand's disease and haemophilia
Chapter 108. Disseminated intravascular coagulation
Chapter 110. Lymphoma and leukaemia
Chapter 111. Haemoglobinopathies
Chapter 112. Connective tissue disorders
Chapter 113. Rheumatoid arthritis
Chapter 114. Cervical spine disorders
Chapter 116. Low back pain in pregnancy
Chapter 117. The parturient with chronic pain
Chapter 118. Neurological disease
Chapter 120. Acute post-infective peripheral neuropathy
Chapter 121. Past history of neurological trauma
Chapter 122. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
Chapter 123. Intracranial tumour
Chapter 124. Neurofibromatosis
Chapter 129. Multiple sclerosis
Chapter 130. Myasthenia gravis
Chapter 132. Respiratory disease
Chapter 135. Pulmonary fibrosis
Chapter 137. Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome
Chapter 141. Herpes simplex infection
Chapter 143. Malaria in pregnancy
Chapter 144. Pyrexia during labour
Chapter 145. Migrants and other disadvantaged women
Chapter 146. Psychiatric disease
Chapter 151. Trauma in pregnancy
Chapter 152. Jehovah's witnesses
Chapter 153. Malignant disease
Chapter 155. Critical care in pregnancy
Chapter 156. Modified early obstetric warning scores
Chapter 157. Invasive monitoring
Chapter 158. Neonatal assessment
Chapter 159. Neonatal physiology and pharmacology
Chapter 160. Neonatal resuscitation
Chapter 161. Perinatal mortality
Chapter 162. Drugs and breastfeeding
Chapter 164. Maternal satisfaction
Chapter 165. Antenatal education
Chapter 167. Labour ward organisation
Chapter 168. Midwifery training
Chapter 170. Medicolegal issues
Chapter 172. Minimum standards, guidelines and protocols
Chapter 174. Post-crisis management
Chapter 175. Research on the labour ward
Chapter 176. Obstetric anaesthesia organisations
Chapter 178. Historical developments in obstetric analgesia and anaesthesia