This book is designed for medical graduates who have undertaken general hospital training and wish to undertake postgraduate studies in obstetrics and gynaecology. This includes specialist trainees and general practitioners. The book will also be useful for medical undergraduates and midwives and midwifery students. "Examination Obstetrics & Gynaecology" is an accessible rapid reference appropriate for daily use in a busy ward, clinic or surgery. Fully revised and updated, and building upon resources developed during the authors' specialist training for RANZCOG qualifications, and refined by practical clinical experience, it provides a summary of important and essential information needed in women's health. Organised in a note and checklist format, it utilises a step-by-step guide to diagnosis, investigations and suggested treatments appropriate to primary consultation prior to specialist referral.

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List of Abbreviations Gynaecology * History & examination * Amenorrhoea * Menstrual disorders * Endometriosis * Polycystic ovarian syndrome * Hirsutism * Contraception * Miscarriage & abortion * Ectopic pregnancy * Infertility * Pelvic Infections * Menopause and premature ovarian failure * Management of the menopause * Disorders of sexual differentiation * Paediatric and adolescent gynaecological disorders * Chronic pelvic pain * Lower urinary tract symptoms * Pelvic organ prolapse * Cervical neoplasia * Uterine neoplasia * Ovarian neoplasms * Premalignant and malignant vulval disease * Vaginal disease * Benign vulval disease * Gestational trophoblastic disease Obstetrics * Antenatal care * Antenatal diagnosis of fetal & chromosomal abnormalities * Assessing fetal well-being * Drugs & drugs of abuse in pregnancy * Infections in pregnancy * Red cell isoimmunisation * Antepartum haemorrhage * Fetal complications in later pregnancy * Breech presentation * Multiple pregnancy * Preterm prelabour rupture of membranes * Preterm labour * Induction of labour * Malpresentations & malposition * Operative delivery * Pain relief in labour * Labour ward emergencies * Maternal mortality * Perinatal mortality, birth asphyxia & cerebral palsy * Hypertension in pregnancy * Diabetes in pregnancy * Thromboembolism in pregnancy * Cardiac disease in pregnancy * Connective tissue disease in pregnancy * Haematology and pregnancy * Gastrointestinal disorders in pregnancy * Neurological disease in pregnancy * Thyroid disease in pregnancy * Renal disease in pregnancy * The puerperium