Simkin, Penny,  1938- <br/><br/>
The labor progress handbook :  early interventions to prevent and treat dystocia / 
Penny Simkin, Lisa Hanson, Ruth Ancheta ; with contributions by Wendy Gordon, Suzy Myers, Gail Tully ; Illustrated by Shanna dela Cruz and Dolly Sundstrom. 
 - Fourth edition. 
 - xx, 388 pages :  illustrations ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Normal labor and labor dystocia : general considerations / Penny Simkin and Ruth Ancheta -- Assessing progress in labor / Wendy Gordon, Suzy Myers, with contributions by Gail Tully and Lisa Hanson -- Prolonged prelabor and latent first stage / Penny Simkin and Ruth Ancheta -- Prolonged active phase of labor / Penny Simkin, Ruth Ancheta, and Lisa Hanson -- Prevention and treatment of prolonged second stage of labor / Penny Simkin, Lisa Hanson, and Ruth Ancheta -- Optimal newborn transition and third and fourth stage labor management / Lisa Hanson and Penny Simkin -- Low-technology clinical interventions to promote labor progress / Lisa Hanson -- Epidural and other forms of neuraxial analgesia for labor : review of effects, with emphasis on preventing dystocia / Penny Simkin -- The labor progress toolkit : part 1 / Penny Simkin, Ruth Ancheta -- The labor progress toolkit : part 2 : comfort measures / Penny Simkin and Ruth Ancheta. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781119170464 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2016039438 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Dystocia--prevention & control<br/>Birth Injuries--prevention & control<br/>Labor, Obstetric
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Handbooks
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RG701  / .S57 2017 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>618.5 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WQ 39