Patient/Family Resources by Topic: Obstetrics

Complicated Childbirth Patient/Family Resources

Spanish | Miscellaneous

• MD Consult: Homepage - Health Sciences Library subscription (INFO)
  • Patient Handouts: Table of content
    • Induction of Labor: Access document
    • Labor Induction: Access document
    • External Electronic Fetal Monitoring: Access document
    • Internal Fetal Monitoring: Access document
    • Vaginal Delivery of a Breech Baby: English | Spanish | Image
    • Malposition of Vertex (Baby's Head Turned in Wrong Position for Delivery): Access document
    • External Repositioning of the Baby (External Cephalic Version): Access document | Image
    • Cesarean Section: Overview: English | Spanish
    • Cesarean Section for Abnormal Fetal Heart Rate Pattern: Access document
    • Cesarean Section for High Blood Pressure: Access document
    • Cesarean Section for a Bleeding Placenta: Access document
    • Cesarean Section for a Breech Baby: Access document | Image
    • Cesarean Section for a Large Baby: Access document
    • Cesarean Section for a Previous Uterine Operation: Access document
    • Dinoprostone, Cervical Gel or Insert: Access document
    • Contraction Stress Test: Access document
    • Severe Postpartum Bleeding (Postpartum Hemorrhage): Access document
• American Medical Association: Homepage
  • JAMA Patient Page: List of documents
    • Miscarriage: Access document (PDF)
• American Academy of Family Physicians (familydoctor.org): Homepage
  • Health Topics: List of documents
    • Pregnancy: What to Expect When It's Past Your Due Date: English | Spanish
    • Premature Babies: Caring for Your Baby: Access document
    • Intrauterine Growth Restriction: When Your Baby Stops Growing Before Birth: Access document
    • Breech Babies: What Can I Do if My Baby is Breech?: Access document
• Merck Manual - Second Home Edition: Table of contents
  • Section 22. Women's Health Issues: Table of contents
    • Chapter 261. Complications of Labor and Delivery: Table of contents
      • Introduction: Access document
      • Problems with the Timing of Labor: Access document
      • Problems Affecting the Fetus or Newborn: Access document
      • Problems Affecting the Woman: Access document
      • Procedures Used During Labor: Access document
  • Section 23. Children's Health Issues: Table of contents
    • Chapter 264. Problems in Newborns: Table of contents
      • Introduction: Access document
      • Birth Injury: Access document
      • Prematurity: Access document
      • Postmaturity: Access document
      • Small for Gestational Age: Access document
      • Large for Gestational Age: Access document
      • Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Access document
      • Transient Tachypnea: Access document
      • Meconium Aspiration Syndrome: Access document
      • Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension: Access document
      • Pneumothorax: Access document
      • Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: Access document
      • Apnea of Prematurity: Access document
      • Retinopathy of Prematurity: Access document
      • Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Access document
      • Hyperbilirubinemia: Access document
      • Anemia: Access document
      • Polycythemia: Access document
      • Disorders of the Thyroid Gland: Access document
      • Neonatal Sepsis: Access document
    • Chapter 265. Birth Defects: Table of contents
      • Introduction: Access document
      • Heart Defects: Access document
      • Urinary Tract Defects: Access document
      • Genital Defects: Access document
      • Digestive Tract Defects: Access document
      • Bone and Muscle Defects: Access document
      • Brain and Spinal Cord Defects: Access document

Spanish

• MD Consult: Homepage - Health Sciences Library subscription (INFO)
  • Patient Handouts: Table of content
    • Vaginal Delivery of a Breech Baby: English | Spanish | Image
    • Cesarean Section: Overview: English | Spanish
• American Academy of Family Physicians (familydoctor.org): Homepage
  • Health Topics: List of documents
    • Pregnancy: What to Expect When It's Past Your Due Date: English | Spanish

Miscellaneous Complicated Childbirth Patient/Family Resources

• MedlinePlus (National Library of Medicine) Health Topics: Index
  • Pregnancy: List of documents
  • Premature Babies: List of documents
• YAHOO - Health:Reproductive Health:Pregnancy and Birth
  Additional Pregnancy Sites (These sites have not been reviewed.)