Providing a practical, accessible guide to emergency situations encountered in obstetrics and gynaecology, the second edition of this essential handbook is designed around the symptoms and signs a patient presents with.

• PART 1: OBSTETRICS


• 1: Kevin Hayes, S. Arulkumaran, Christina Coroyannakis, Edwin Chandraharan: Pregnancy changes and early pregnancy complications


• 2: Stergios Doumouchtsis, Aris Papageorghiou, Ingrid Watt-Coote, Onnig Tamizian, Sambit Mukhopadhyay: Medical emergencies in pregnancy


• 3: Onnig Tamizian, Hassan Shehata, Mishkat Shehata, Vishalli Ghai, Christina Coroyannakis, Edwin Chandraharan, Claire Hordern, Sambit Mukhopadhyay: Obstetric complications


• 4: Amar Bhide, Deepika Deshpande: Concerns for the fetus and surveillance


• 5: Hilary Turnbull, Sambit Mukhopadhyay, Stergios Doumouchtsis, K. Nikolopoulos, E. Chrysanthopoulou, D. Vinayagam, Christiana Nygaard, Renata Wendler, Frank Schroeder: Interpartum procedures and complications


• 6: Stergios Doumouchtsis, G. Iancu, D. Vinayagam, M. Basu, Christiana Nygaard, Justin Richards: Post-delivery procedures and complications


• 7: Stergios Doumouchtsis, Austin Ugwumadu: Sepsis in pregnancy


• 8: Joanna Becares Doumouchtsi, Jonathan Dominguez- Hernandez: Complications associated with complex psychological needs


• 9: Olujimi Jibodu, Leonie Penna, Austin Ugwumadu, K Rege, Sambit Mukhopadhyay, Paul Simpson: Miscellaneous topics in obstetrics


• PART 2: GYNAECOLOGY


• 10: Tahir Mahmood: Abnormal menses and bleeding


• 11: Stergios Doumouchtsis: Chronic and acute abdominal pain


• 12: Vikram Talaulikar, S. Arulkumaran: Intra-operative emergencies


• 13: Vikram Talaulikar, Stergios Doumouchtsis, Christiana Nygaard, G. Iancu: Postoperative complications


• 14: Kamal Ojha: Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome


• 15: Sheila Radakrishnan, Kamal Ojha: Contraception and termination of pregnancy


• 16: Kamal Ojha: Vaginal discharge


• 17: David Nunns: Vulval problems


• 18: Stergios Doumouchtsis, M. Basu, Claudine Domoney, Sambit Mukhopadhyay: Miscellaneous topics in gynaecology


• 19: Hugh Byrne: Diagnostic laparoscopy and emergencies following laparoscopic surgery


• 20: K Rege, Hannah Sims, Eddie Morris, Stergios Doumouchtsis: General issues in obstetrics and gynaecology

Stergios K. Doumouchtsis MSc MPH PhD MRCOG studied medicine at the University of Athens Medical School and was later awarded a PhD in Surgical Research. He trained at the London Deanery. Following the completion of subspecialty training in Urogynaecology at St George's Hospital, London, Stergios was awarded an Ethicon Travel Award by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and worked as a visiting Scholar in the University of Michigan, where he trained in Robotic Surgery and participated in research projects with the Pelvic Floor Research Group. Stergios is a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at St George's as well as the Lead Urogynaecologist Consultant for Childbirth Injury and Pelvic Health after Childbirth services, and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at St George's University, London. He is currently a member of several scientific and professional committees, working groups and societies, and is a prolific conference speaker and author of journal articles.
Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran MD, PhD, FRCS, FRCOG, is author of 250 indexed publications, 30 books and more than 175 book chapters. He is also Editor in Chief of Best Practise and research in Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology; Honorary fellow of the American, Sri Lankan, South African, Pakistan, Indian, Japan, Australian & NZ Colleges of O&G, Royal College of Midwives and Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health; and Honorary Member of the Canadian, Malaysian, German, Italian, Mumbai and South African Societies. He was knighted in recognition of Services to Medicine & Health Services by Her Majesty the Queen in her Birthday Honours List in June 2009.