Resumen: |
Ovulation and fertilization.- Implantation and placentation.- Endocrine function in pregnancy.- Fetal development and physiology.- Maternal physiology.- Diagnosis of pregnancy.- Prenatal care.- Prenatal assessment of fetal maturity and intrauterine status.- Postures of the fetus in the uterus.- The normal pelvis.- Clinical course of labor.- Mechanism of labor in vertex presentations.- Management of normal labor.- The puerperium.- The newborn child.- Multiple pregnancy.- Abortion.- Prematury, dysmaturity, and postmaturity.- Ectopic pregnancy.- Placental abruption and placenta previa.- Pathology of the placenta, membranes, and umbilical.- Complications involving the reproductive tract.- Preeclampsia-eclampsia and hypertension in pregnancy.- Medical and surgical disorders complicating pregnancy.- Abnormal labor due to faulty uterine action.- Abnormal labor due to unusual fetal position or development.- Abnormal labor due to contracted pelvis.- Problems of the third stage of labor.- Injuries to the birth canal.- Puerperal infection.- Puerperal complications other than puerperal infection.- Injuries and diseases of the newborn infant.- Obstetric procedures.- Contraception and sterilization |