MEDICAL, SURGICAL, OBSTETRICAL, AND THERAPEUTICAL.

Medical professional liability and the delivery of obstetrical care.

Medical and Surgical Endocrinology

IN 1963 these authors published a highly practical textbook of Endocrinology entitled "Clinical Endocrinology for Surgeons" which was widely acclaimed. Progress in endocrinology in the intervening twelve years has demanded the production of a revised version, but the present volume is much more than just a second edition. It is deliberately aimed at a larger market, including physicians, physio...

Electricity, Medical and Surgical

applicable. The earlier section of the book deals with the simpler phenomena of magnetism and current production, and is, in fact, a short and elementary treatise on electricity, affording sufficient theoretical knowledge for the use of the Electrotherapist. The major portion of the work is taken up by the application of this knowledge to diagnosis and treatment. The sections on electro-diagnos...

Cutting-edge advances in the medical management of obstetrical hemorrhage.

Hemorrhagic shock is the most common form of shock encountered in obstetric practice. Interventions that may limit transfusion requirements include normovolemic hemodilution, use of recombinant activated factor VII, selective embolization of pelvic vessels by interventional radiology, and the use of the cell saver intraoperatively. Current understanding of the mechanisms of acute coagulopathy c...

Obstetrical acute renal failure: a challenging medical complication.

BACKGROUND Acute renal failure (ARF) is a syndrome characterised by rapid decline in glomerular filtration rate and retention of nitrogenous waste products such as urea and creatinine. The objective of this study was to study the prevalence, risk and outcome of women with obstetrical renal failure. METHODS This observational study was conducted in Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lia...