Section I: The Process of Labour
1. The Physiology of Labour
Sheila Balakrishnan
2. Mechanics, Mechanism, and Stages of Labour
Lakshmi Seshadri
Section II: Intrapartum Management
3. Respectful Obstetric Care and the Role of a Birth Companion
Sirisha Rao G, Evita Fernandez
4. Management of the First and Second Stages of Normal Labour
Gita Arjun
5. Management of the Third Stage of Labour
Basab Mukherjee, Poushali Sanyal
6. Monitoring Labour: Partograph to Labour Care Guide
Anandhi Venkatesan, Uma Ram
7. Episiotomy: What Does the Evidence Say?
A Tamilselvi
8. Fetal Surveillance in Labour
Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
9. Labour Analgesia
M Subrahmanyam, Sailaja K
10. Immediate Postpartum Monitoring and Care (Including Postpartum Collapse)
Jiji Elizabeth Mathews, Richa Sasmita Tirkey
Section III: Intrapartum Management of Complicated Labour
11. Abnormalities in the Latent Phase and the Active First Stage of Labour
Kalaivani Ramalingam
12. Abnormalities in the Second Stage of Labour
Manjiri Khare, Gauri Karandikar
13. Abnormalities in the Third Stage of Labour: Postpartum Hemorrhage and Retained Placenta
Sam Ononge, Andrew D Weeks
14. Induction and Augmentation of Labour
Shobana Mahadevan, Amritha Karthik
15. Identification and Management of Fetal Distress
Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
16. Meconium-Stained Amniotic Fluid
N Hephzibah Kirubamani
17. Management of Labour in Multiple Pregnancy
Nashwa Eltaweel, Helena Blakeway, Asma Khalil
18. Obstructed Labour and Uterine Rupture
Kanika Chopra, Manju Puri
19. Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Labour and Delivery
Gita Arjun
20. Role of Ultrasound in the Labour Room
Mariya Kovalenko, Sana Usman, Arwa Hanidu, Christoph Lees
Section IV: Operative Obstetrics
21. Operative Vaginal Delivery
Tulika Singh, Samera A Khalil
22. Cesarean Section: Procedure and Technique
Gita Arjun
23. Reducing Cesarean Section Rates
Gita Arjun
24. Peripartum Hysterectomy
V P Paily, G Raji Raj
Section V: Obstetric Skills
25. Prevention and Management of Perineal Trauma Occurring in Childbirth
Stergios K Doumouchtsis, Maria Patricia Roman
26. Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Delivery
Pranathi Reddy
27. Breech Delivery
Lakshmi Seshadri
28. Shoulder Dystocia
B S Susheela Rani
Section VI: Management of Obstetric Complications
29. Antepartum Hemorrhage
Nishita Mehta, Amarnath Bhide
30. Preterm Labour and Preterm Prelabour Rupture of Membranes
Sareena Gilvaz, Deepthi D Nair
31. Late Term and Postterm Pregnancy
Nozer Sheriar
32. Late Intrauterine Fetal Death and Stillbirth
A G Radhika, Richa Aggarwal
33. Management of Labour with a Growth-Restricted Fetus
Tony Tan
34. Management of Labour with Fetal Macrosomia
Manisha Madhai Beck, Nitin Alexander Abraham
35. Malpositions and Malpresentations (Other Than Breech)
Jyothi Unni
36. Management of Labour in Women with Fibroids
Gita Arjun
Section VII: Management of Labour with Medical Disorders
37. The Hypertensive Woman in Labour
Nuzhat Aziz, Sailaja Devi Kallur
38. Management of Labour in a Woman with Diabetes
Lakshmi Shanmugasundaram, Uma Ram
39. Other Medical Disorders: Cardiac Disorders, Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Hepatic Disorders,
and Epilepsy
Tarakeswari S
Section VIII: Management of Labour with Current Infection
40. SARS-CoV-2
Sophie Relph, Pat O’Brien
41. Chickenpox
Mandira Dasgupta, Bhaskar Pal
42. HIV
Pallavi Chandra Ravula, Hemamalini Vadlamani
Section IX: Neonatal Care
43. Routine Care of the Newborn
Swathi Padankatti
44. Neonatal Resuscitation
V Lakshmi
Section X: The Puerperium
45. The Normal Puerperium
Mathangi Thirunavakkarasu
46. Abnormalities in the Puerperium
Muralidhar V Pai
Index