PROLOG: Obstetrics

This unit will be an asset to your obstetric practice by enabling you to: identify components of antepartum care that optimize maternal and perinatal outcomes in uncomplicated pregnancies, including education regarding normal pregnancy; plan efficacious and cost-effective management of medical and obstetric conditions encountered during the antepartum period; identify the risks and prognoses of selected complications of pregnancy and risks and prognoses of selected complications in the neonate; describe invasive and noninvasive methods of fetal assessment in the antepartum period and identify the risks, indications, predictive value, and physiologic basis for tests; diagnose and manage obstetric emergencies; select appropriate management strategies for intrapartum care and delivery; and, consider medical - legal principles, risk management, and office management guidelines in obstetric practice.