Gabbe's Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies

Patient Safety and Quality Measurement in Obstetric Care

Open full size image Key Abbreviations Catholic Healthcare Partners CHP Crew resource management CRM Hospital Corporation of America HCA Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy HIE Institute of Medicine IOM Intensive care unit ICU Nulliparous term singleton vertex NTSV Situation, background, assessment, recommendation SBAR…

Placenta Accreta Spectrum

Open full size image Key Abbreviations American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ACOG Abnormally invasive placenta AIP Cesarean delivery CD Color Doppler imaging CDI Federation International of Gynecologists and Obstetricians FIGO Intensive care unit ICU Magnetic resonance imaging MRI Massive…

Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Delivery

Open full size image Key Abbreviations American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ACOG Body mass index BMI Cephalopelvic disproportion CPD Fetal heart rate FHR Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy HIE Lower uterine segment LUS Maternal-fetal medicine units MFMU National Institute of Child Health…

Cesarean Delivery

Open full size image Key Abbreviations American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ACOG Cephalopelvic disproportion CPD Cesarean delivery CD Computed tomography CT Delayed cord clamping DCC Deep venous thrombosis DVT Fetal heart rate FHR Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy HIE National Institutes of…

Antepartum and Postpartum Hemorrhage

Open full size image Key Abbreviations Fresh frozen plasma FFP Packed red blood cells pRBC Placenta accreta syndrome PAS Obstetric hemorrhage is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality throughout the world. Despite treatment protocols, postpartum hemorrhage remains the…

Malpresentations and Malposition

Open full size image Key Abbreviations Abdominal diameter AD American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ACOG Amniotic fluid index AFI Anteroposterior AP Biparietal diameter BPD Cerebral palsy CP Combined spinal-epidural CSE Computed tomography CT Confidence interval CI External cephalic version…

Obstetric Anesthesia

Open full size image Key Abbreviations Advanced cardiovascular life support ACLS American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ACOG American Society of Anesthesiologists ASA Basic life support BLS Confidence interval CI Central nervous system CNS Combined spinal-epidural CSE Induction-to-delivery I-D Laryngeal…

Intrapartum Fetal Evaluation

Open full size image Key Abbreviations Amnioinfusion AI Electronic fetal monitoring EFM Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development NICHD Fetal electrocardiography FEC Fetal scalp electrode FSE Intrauterine pressure catheter IUPC Tocodynamometer TOCO Background Intrapartum fetal…

Shoulder Dystocia

Open full size image Key Abbreviations Abdominal diameter-biparietal diameter difference AD-BPD Defining Shoulder Dystocia In a normal delivery, after expulsion of the fetal head, external rotation occurs, returning the head to a right angle position in relation to the shoulder…

Operative Vaginal Delivery

Open full size image Key Abbreviations American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ACOG Anteroposterior AP Biparietal diameter BPD Body mass index BMI Confidence interval CI Disseminated intravascular coagulation DIC Food and Drug Administration FDA Intelligence quotient IQ Intracranial hemorrhage ICH…