Evidence-based Obstetrics and Gynecology

The most comprehensive evidence-based guide to both obstetrics and gynecology 

Aimed at practicing obstetricians, gynecologists, and trainees in the specialty, Evidence-based Obstetrics and Gynecology concentrates on the clinical practice areas of diagnosis, investigation and management. The first section of the book discusses evidence-based medicine methodology in the context of the two specialties. The second and third sections cover all the major conditions in obstetrics and gynecology, with each chapter reviewing the best available evidence for management of the particular condition. The chapters are structured in line with EBM methodology, meaning the cases generate the relevant clinical questions.

Evidence-based Obstetrics and Gynecology provides in-depth chapter coverage of abnormal vaginal bleeding; ectopic pregnancy; pelvic pain; lower genital tract infections; contraception and sterilization; breast diseases; urogynecology; endocrinology and infertility; puberty and precocious puberty; cervical dysplasia and HPV; cervical, vaginal, vulvar, uterine, and ovarian cancer; preconception care; prenatal care and diagnosis; drugs and medications in pregnancy; maternal complications; chronic hypertension; diabetes mellitus; thyroid disease; neurologic disease; psychiatric disease; postterm pregnancy; fetal complications; preeclampsia; and more. 

• First book to address evidence-based practice for obstetrics and gynecology combined
• EBM is a highly relevant approach for this high risk specialty
• Edited by leading US specialist involved in the evidence-based medicine movement

Evidence-Based Obstetrics and Gynecology is an important text for obstetricians and gynecologists in practice and in training, as well as for specialist nurses.

Edited by

Errol R. Norwitz, MD, PhD, MBA, is the Louis E. Phaneuf Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, MA, USA. Dr. Norwitz trained at Cape Town, Oxford and Harvard Schools of Medicine and is closely involved in the evidence based medicine movement. He is also the Chief Scientific Officer and Chair of Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the Tufts Medical Center.

Carolyn M. Zelop, MD, is the Director of Ultrasound and Perinatal Research in the Division of MFM and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The Valley Hospital, Ridgewood, NJ, and a Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.

David A. Miller, MD, is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

David L. Keefe, MD, is the Stanley H. Kaplan Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, at the NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.