Outline of obstetrics

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to obstetrics:

Obstetrics – medical specialty dealing with the care of all women's reproductive tracts and their children during pregnancy (prenatal period), childbirth and the postnatal period.

What is obstetrics?

Obstetrics can be described as all of the following:

Medicine – medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness in human beings.
Medical specialty – branch of medical science. After completing medical school, physicians or surgeons usually further their medical education in a specific specialty of medicine by completing a multiple year residency to become a medical specialist.
Academic discipline – In addition to being a medical specialty, obstetrics is the study of the reproductive process within the female body, including fertilization, pregnancy and childbirth.

History of obstetrics

Childbirth and obstetrics in antiquity

Medical history

Gravidity and parity

Pregnancy and childbirth

= Family planning =

= Female reproductive anatomy =

= Conception =

= Testing =

= Prenatal stage =

== Prenatal development ==

== Prenatal care ==

Prenatal care – regular medical and nursing care recommended for women during pregnancy. Also known as antenatal care.
Prenatal nutrition
Maternal nutrition
Nutrition and pregnancy
Concomitant conditions
Diabetes mellitus and pregnancy
Systemic lupus erythematosus and pregnancy

== Prenatal monitoring ==

= Childbirth =

Childbirth

== Preparation for childbirth ==

== Roles during childbirth ==

Doula
Midwife
Mother – a woman who has raised a child, given birth to a child, and/or supplied the ovum that united with a sperm which grew into a child. During childbirth, she is the patient.
Perinatal nursing
Men's role in childbirth
Obstetrician

== Delivery ==

= Postpartum issues =

Complications of pregnancy and childbirth

Complications of pregnancy ( list)
abortion
abruption
breech birth
cephalo-pelvic disproportion
caesarean section, cesarean section, C-section
dermatoses of pregnancy specific skin conditions during pregnancy
diabetes
eclampsia
ectopic pregnancy
epilepsy and pregnancy
gestational diabetes
Group B Streptococcus infection
HELLP syndrome
hypertension
hysterectomy
Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR)
macrosomia (big baby)
malpractice
miscarriage or stillbirth
obstetric fistula
obstetric hemorrhage
Pelvic girdle pain
placenta praevia
pre-eclampsia
premature birth, preterm labor or prematurity
small for gestational age (SGA)
uterine rupture
uterine incarceration

Obstetrics organizations

Obstetrics publications

Persons influential in obstetrics

Edward Kowalski

References

External links

[http://www.ingenious.org.uk/See/Medicineandhealth/Obstetricsgynaecologyandcontraception/ Ingenious] - Archive of historical images related to obstetrics, gynaecology, and contraception.
[http://www.congressmed.com/cogi World Congress on Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology & Infertility (COGI)]
[http://www.acog.org/ American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists]
[http://www.obgynhealth.net/ OBGYNHealth.net]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20150715011452/http://www.shwhc.com/ Seven Hills Women's Health Centers] - Leaders in Women's Health with a helpful women's health library

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