Color Atlas of CHILDBIRTH&OBSTETRIC TECHNIQUES - Farook Al-Azzawi - Preface, Contents, and Techniques

Sep 28, 2026

A 1990/1991 English color atlas by Farook Al-Azzawi presenting practical obstetric mechanics and techniques through structured topics and visual guidance. The prefatory material describes how undergraduate and postgraduate training often fails to match real clinical steps of childbirth, and how teaching improves when students see picture sequences of specific labour events. It emphasizes pragmatic presentation, patient privacy constraints in obstetric discussions, and the intent to support learning rather than replace standard textbooks, with detailed contents spanning antenatal care, childbirth mechanisms, labour management, operative delivery, and references.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryHealthcare

FormatPDF

Pages148

Reading Time6 h 13 min

AccessFree to download

Preface

Contents

Antenatal Care

The Mechanism of Childbirth

The Management of Labour

Normal Labour

Operative Vaginal Delivery

Breech Presentation

Caesarean Section

Bibliography

Index

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d | 22. | | | BUN | | | | | AU61 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | P3 | | | | | | | | | A11丽 EB 191950 FLORIDA KEYSCOMMUNITY COLLEGE5901w.COLLEGE ROADKEY WEST,FL 33040 DEMCO Color Atlas of CHILDBIRTH&OBSTETRIC TECHNIQUES Farook Al-Azzawi MBChB,MA(Cantab.).PhD,MRCOG Senior Lecturer, Honorary Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology,University of Leicester School of Medicine,Leicester Royal Infirmary.Formerly Clinical Lecturerin Obstetrics and GynaecologyCambridge University,England. LIBRARY FLORIDA KEYS COMMUNITY COLLEGE5901 West Junlor College RoadKey West.Florida 33040 RG 79 .A38 1990 To Saffana and My Parents M Mosby Year Book Dedicated to Publishing Excellence Mosby-Year Book,Inc.11830 Westline DriveSt.Louis,MO63146 Copyright ◎1990 F.Al-AzzawiAll rights reserved.Published in 1991 with rights in the USA,Canada and Puerto Rico by Mosby-Year Book,Inc. ISBN0-8016-6287-7 English edition first published in 1990 by Wolfe Publishing Ltd,2-16 Torrington Place,London WC1E7LT,UK. All rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced,storedin a retrieval system,or transmitted,in any form or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,or otherwise,withoutwritten permission from the publisher. Printed in the United Kingdom. Permission to photocopy or reproduce solely for internal or personal useis permitted for libraries or other users registered with the CopyrightClearance Center,provided that the base fee of $4.00 per chapter plus $.10per page is paid directly to the Copyright Clearance Center,21 CongressStreet,Salem,MA01970.This consent does not extend to other kinds ofcopying,such as copying for general distribution,for advertising orpromotional purposes,for creating new collected works,or for resale. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data has been applied for. Contents Preface Acknowledgements Antenatal Care The scope of antenatal careUltrasound scanningMagnetic resonance imagingAmniocentesis Chorion villus samplingFetoscopyCordocentesis Assessment of risks in the pregnant womanObstetric palpation The Mechanism of Childbirth The powers:the uterine muscleThe passages:a)the bony pelvis b)the pelvic floor The passenger:the babyThe pelvic phase of labourCardinal movements in labour The Management of Labour Management of the first stage of labour Fetal scalp blood samplingPain relief in labour By Saffana Shawket,MB,DA(Lond.),FFARCSIManagement of the second stage cf labour EpisiotomyManagement of the third stage of labour Normal Labour Conduct of the second stageConduct of the third stageShoulder dystociaResuscitation of the newborn By Paul Ward,MB,DCH,MRCP(UK)Episiotomy repair Repair of posterolateral episiotomy Repair of mediolateral episiotomy 5 6 7 7 8 13 15 16 16 17 1718 21 21 22 23 242426 27 27 29 31 37 33 39 39 48 50 50 535458 Vaginal tears Repair of second degree perineal tearsManual removal of the placenta # Operative Vaginal Delivery Decision making Pudendal nerve block:transvaginal techniqueVentouse(vacuum)extractionThe obstetric forceps Low cavity forceps delivery Manual rotation of the head and forceps delivery Kjelland's forceps delivery Breech Presentation Types of breech presentationManagement of the second stage oflabour Delivery of Twins Management of the second stage of labourInternal podalic version Caesarean Section Lower segment caesarean sectionAbdominal delivery of the small baby Vertical lowe

FAQs

What problem does the author describe from traditional obstetrics textbooks?

The author notes that the mechanics in textbooks did not match the author’s imagined steps of childbirth during training, making clinical decision processes difficult to understand without additional context.

How does the author say students learn better when using the atlas?

The author reports feedback that almost all students understood the textbook better after being shown a series of pictures depicting the sequence of events in a particular labour.

What teaching constraint in obstetrics does the author highlight?

Obstetric teaching in practice is described as hampered by the special need for the parturient’s privacy, often leading to discussion in whispers so the mother and even the father are not confused or terrified by jargon.

Sep 28, 2026

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