Varney's midwifery

Cover......Page 1
Brief Contents......Page 8
Contents......Page 12
Contributor List for the Fourth Edition......Page 28
Preface to the Fourth Edition......Page 30
Acknowledgments......Page 31
Preface to the Third Edition......Page 33
Preface to the Second Edition......Page 36
Preface to the First Edition......Page 39
I - Midwifery......Page 42
1. The Profession and History of Midwifery in the United States......Page 44
2. Basics of Management of Care......Page 70
II - Primary Care of Women......Page 88
3. Cultural Competence in Midwifery Practice......Page 90
4. International Midwifery and Safe Motherhood......Page 100
5. Preconception Care......Page 126
6. Nutrition in Women’s Health......Page 140
7. Primary Care and Midwifery......Page 176
8. Chronic Infectious Diseases......Page 206
9. Women and Exercise......Page 228
10. Pharmacology and Midwifery......Page 290
11. Health Issues of Lesbian and Bisexual Women......Page 340
12. Substance Abuse......Page 354
13. Health Care of Midlife and Aging Women......Page 376
III - Reproductive Health Care......Page 419
14. Common Diagnoses in Women’s Gynecological Health......Page 420
15. Infections of the Genital Tract......Page 480
16. Family Planning and Contraception......Page 502
17. Natural Methods of Family Planning......Page 512
18. Nonhormonal Contraceptive Methods......Page 522
19. Intrauterine Contraceptive Devices......Page 540
20. Hormonal Contraception......Page 554
IV - Antepartal Care......Page 582
21. Normal Pregnancy Database......Page 584
22. Management Plan for Normal Pregnancy......Page 612
23. Fetal Assessment......Page 664
24. Screening for and Collaborative Management of Antepartal Complications......Page 702
25. Complications of Gestational Age Assessment and the Postdate Pregnancy......Page 756
V - Intrapartal Care......Page 776
26. The Normal First Stage of Labor......Page 778
27. Fetal Assessment During Labor......Page 834
28. The Normal Second Stage of Labor......Page 862
29. Screening for and Collaborative Management of Selected Complications During the First and Second Stages of Labor......Page 894
30. Management of Selected Obstetric Complications and Deviations from Normal......Page 924
31. The Normal Third Stage of Labor......Page 946
32. Third Stage Complications and Management......Page 954
33. The Normal Fourth Stage of Labor......Page 958
34. Management of Immediate Postpartum Hemorrhage......Page 966
35. Birth in the Home and in the Birth Center......Page 970
36. Physiological Transition to Extrauterine Life......Page 1002
37. Immediate Care and Assessment of the Healthy Newborn......Page 1014
38. Resuscitation at Birth......Page 1024
39. Examination of the Newborn......Page 1040
40. Primary Care of the Newborn: The First Six Weeks......Page 1052
41. Recognition and Immediate Care of Sick Newborns......Page 1070
42. The Normal Puerperium......Page 1082
43. Infant Feeding......Page 1108
44. Screening for and Midwifery Management of Puerperal Abnormality......Page 1134
45. Universal Precautions......Page 1148
46. Finger Puncture......Page 1150
47. Venipuncture......Page 1154
48. Inserting an Intravenous Catheter......Page 1162
49. Giving Intravenous Medications......Page 1166
50. Spin-Down Hematocrit......Page 1168
51. Removal of Norplant......Page 1172
52. Breast Examination......Page 1176
53. Obstetric Abdominal Examination......Page 1188
54. Checking for Costovertebral Angle Tenderness......Page 1202
55. Checking for Deep Tendon Reflexes and Clonus......Page 1204
56. Pelvic Examination......Page 1210
57. Obtaining a Specimen for Papanicolaou (Pap) Diagnostic Evaluation......Page 1236
58. Obtaining a Specimen for Gonococcal (GC) and Chlamydia Diagnostic Testing......Page 1240
59. Making a Wet Smear Slide of Vaginal Secretions......Page 1242
60. Using a Microscope......Page 1244
61. Anatomy of the Pelvis, Pelvic Types, Evaluation of the Bony Pelvis, and Clinical Pelvimetry......Page 1246
62. Breast Massage, Manual Expression, and Nipple Rolling......Page 1258
63. Injection of Intradermal Sterile Water Papules for Relief of Low Back Pain in Labor......Page 1260
64. Inserting an Intrauterine Pressure Catheter; Amnioinfusion......Page 1264
65. Attaching a Fetal Scalp Electrode......Page 1268
66. Perineal Prep (Cleaning)......Page 1272
67. Second Stage Pushing......Page 1274
68. Pudendal Block......Page 1276
69. Local Infiltration......Page 1280
70. Hand Maneuvers for Birth with the Mother in Lithotomy or Modified Lithotomy Position......Page 1282
71. Hand Maneuvers for Birth with the Mother in Dorsal Position......Page 1290
72. Hand Maneuvers for Birth with the Mother in the Hands and Knees Position......Page 1294
73. Hand Maneuvers for Birth with the Mother in the Squatting or Supported Squat Position......Page 1298
74. Inspection of the Placenta, Membranes, and Cord......Page 1302
75. Postbirth Inspection of the Cervix and Upper Vaginal Vault......Page 1308
76. Manual Removal of the Placenta......Page 1310
77. Fourth Stage Intrauterine Exploration......Page 1312
78. Bimanual Compression......Page 1314
79. Cutting an Episiotomy and Repairing Episiotomies and Lacerations......Page 1316
80. Physical Examination of the Newborn......Page 1336
81. Circumcision......Page 1354
82. Endometrial Biopsy......Page 1368
A......Page 1374
B......Page 1378
C......Page 1381
D......Page 1386
E......Page 1389
F......Page 1391
G......Page 1394
H......Page 1395
I......Page 1399
L......Page 1401
M......Page 1404
N......Page 1407
O......Page 1409
P......Page 1410
R......Page 1417
S......Page 1419
T......Page 1422
U......Page 1423
V......Page 1425
W......Page 1426
Z......Page 1427