TY - BOOK ED - World Health Organization-WHO TI - Managing complications in pregnancy and childbirth:a guide for midwives and doctors SN - 92 4 154587 9 AV - WQ 240 .W46 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - Geneva PB - World Health Organization (WHO) KW - Pregnancy|Parturition|Pregnancy Complications N1 - Outlines the clinical principles of managing complications in pregnancy and childbirth and begins with a table that the health care worker can use to rapidly assess the woman's condition and initiate appropriate treatment and describes the symptoms by which women with complications of pregnancy and childbirth present. Emphasizes on the general principles of emergency, general and operative care, including infection prevention, the use of blood and replacement fluids, antibiotics and anesthesia and analgesia. Guidance on the initial care of the normal newborn is also provided ER -