Problem-Based Obstetrics and Gynaecology

This is a book of 50 or so of the most common presenting symptoms in obstetrics and gynaecology, presented in a problem-based way. The topics have been carefully chosen to cover the vast majority of situations likely to be encountered by the undergraduate - and most importantly - those on which they will be examined. Each topic is introduced by a short case vignette. This is followed by a description of the appropriate clinical examination, diagnostic procedures, treatment and prognosis. It will complement more traditionally organised textbooks, including (among others) "Greer et al's Mosby Color Atlas" and "Textbook of Gynecology" (published in October 2000).

Table of Contents:
List of abbreviations Section 1 Fertility and menstrual problems Case 1 Primary infertility Case 2 Secondary infertility Case 3 Primary amenorrhoea Case 4 Secondary amenorrhoea Case 5 Menorrhagia in a young girl Case 6 Menorrhagia during the reproductive years Case 7 Menorrhagia during the perimenopause Case 8 Fibroids in the uterus Case 9 Oligomenorrhoea Case 10 Menopausal symptoms in a 52 year old woman Case 11 Hirsutism in a 32 year old woman Section 2. General Gynaecology Case 12 Vaginal discharge Case 13 Vulval itch Case 14 Vulval ulcer Case 15 Abnormal cervical smear Case 16 Pelvic/abdominal mass Case 17 Postcoital bleeding Case 18 Pelvic inflammatory disease Case 19 Genital warts Case 20 Incontinence Case 21 Urinary frequency Case 22. Prolapse Case 23 Postmenopausal bleeding Case 24 Recurrent miscarriages Case 25. Contraception Case 26 Endometriosis Section 3 Pregnancy Problems Case 27 Age over 35 years Case 28 Previous birth of a baby with spina bifida Case 29 Essential hypertension Case 30 Bleeding in early pregnancy Case 31 Anaemia Case 32. Epilepsy Case 33 Systemic lupus erythematosus in pregnancy Case 34 Pregnancy in the haemophilia carrier Case 35 Hyperthyroidism Case 36 Diabetes Case 37 Venous thrombosis Case 38 Intrauterine growth restriction Case 39 Mild to moderate hypertension Case 40 Severe hypertension Case 41 Reduced fetal movements Case 42 Twins Case 43 Patient with previous stillbirth Section 4 Labour and delivery problems Case 44 Antepartum haemorrhage Case 45 Preterm labour Case 46 Slow progress in labour Case 47 Induction of labour Case 48 Post-dates pregnancy Case 49 Preterm rupture of membranes Case 50 Intrauterine death Case 51 Breech presentation Case 52 Rupture of membranes prior to labour at term Case 53 Suspected fetal distress in labour Case 54 Caesarean section Case 55 Retained placenta Case 56 Postpartum haemorrhage Index

About the Author :
Greer and Cameron are the authors of Mosby's Color Atlas and Text of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Brian Magowan is the author of Churchill's Pocketbook ofO&G and the forthcoming Illustrated Colour Text of O&G.