DC Dutta's Textbook of Obstetrics (9th Ed.) (9^th Ed.)

This ninth edition has been fully revised to provide clinicians and trainees with the latest information and developments in the field of obstetrics.

Beginning with discussion on female reproductive anatomy, physiological changes in pregnancy, the foetus, placenta and foetal membranes, the following chapters explain antenatal care and normal labour.

The following sections cover the diagnosis and management of numerous disorders and complications that may occur during pregnancy and in labour.

A complete chapter is dedicated to imaging, amniocentesis and clinical tests, and the final section presents photographs of instruments, specimens, sonograms, MR images, and drugs.

The book provides guidelines from different professional and academic organisations including RCOG, ACOG, WHO, FIGO, NICHD, CDC, and NICE.

Summary tables, algorithms, boxes, flowcharts and ‘key points’ are given in each chapter to assist revision

- 1. Anatomy of Female Reproductive Organs
- 2. Fundamentals of Reproduction
- 3. Placenta and Fetal Membranes
- 4. The Fetus
- 5. Physiological Changes during Pregnancy
- 6. Endocrinology in Relation to Reproduction
- 7. Diagnosis of Pregnancy
- 8. The Fetus-in-Utero
- 9. Fetal Skull and Maternal Pelvis
- 10. Antenatal Care, Preconceptional Counseling and Care
- 11. Antenatal Assessment of Fetal Wellbeing
- 12. Prenatal Genetic Counseling, Screening and Diagnosis
- 13. Normal Labor
- 14. Normal Puerperium
- 15. Vomiting in Pregnancy
- 16. Hemorrhage in Early Pregnancy
- 17. Multiple Pregnancy, Amniotic Fluid Disorders, Abnormalities of Placenta and Cord
- 18. Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy
- 19. Antepartum Hemorrhage
- 20. Medical and Surgical Illnesses Complicating Pregnancy
- 21. Gynecological Disorders in Pregnancy
- 22. Preterm Labor and Birth, Preterm Rupture of the Membranes, Postmaturity, Intrauterine Fetal Death
- 23. Complicated Pregnancy
- 24. Contracted Pelvis
- 25. Abnormal Uterine Action
- 26. Complicated Labor: Malposition, Malpresentation and Cord Prolapse
- 27. Prolonged Labor, Obstructed Labor, Dystocia Caused by Fetal Anomalies
- 28. Complications of the Third Stage of Labor
- 29. Injuries to the Birth Canal
- 30. Abnormalities of the Puerperium
- 31. The Term Newborn Infant
- 32. Low Birth Weight Baby
- 33. Diseases of the Fetus and the Newborn
- 34. Pharmacotherapeutics in Obstetrics
- 35. Induction of Labor
- 36. Population Dynamics and Control of Conception
- 37. Operative Obstetrics
- 38. Safe Motherhood, Epidemiology of Obstetrics
- 39. Special Topics in Obstetrics
- 40. Current Topics in Obstetrics
- 41. Imaging in Obstetrics (USG, MRI, CT, Radiology), Amniocentesis and Guides to Clinical Tests
- 42. Practical Obstetrics
- Index

Obstetricians, Trainees

Hiralal Konar MBBS MD DNB MNAMS FACS FRCOG
Chairman, Indian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Calcutta National Medical College and C.R. Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India