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1Clinical Methods in Obstetrics and Gynecology2
3Clinical Methods in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Second Edition
PN Nobis MBBS MD (OBG) Senior Consultant Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology International Hospital Guwahati, Assam, India Former Professor and Head Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Silchar Medical College Silchar, Assam, India ForewordBharati Barooah
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Clinical Methods in Obstetrics and Gynecology
First Edition: 1997
Second Edition: 2014
9788184489897
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5Foreword
I have the pleasure of going through the book entitled Clinical Methods in Obstetrics and Gynecology authored by Dr PN Nobis. The book is a comprehensive and updated textbook for both undergraduate and postgraduate students of obstetrics and gynecology. Moreover, the author has discussed some practical problems faced by doctors in history taking and clinical examination of pregnant women in our society where ignorance, taboos and superstitions are prevalent. Therefore, the book is very informative and useful guide for the doctors dealing with obstetric cases, particularly in rural areas.
The detection and management of high-risk pregnancies, including their early referral to well-equipped hospitals whenever necessary, are very important steps to reduce the maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity rates. This book contains a chapter on “High-Risk Pregnancy” that would be of immense help for the students as well as the practicing doctors.
I hope the book will receive due recognition and appreciation.
Bharati Barooah mbbs frcog (London)
Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Guwahati Medical College
Guwahati, Assam, India
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7Preface to the Second edition
This is the second edition of the previous book titled “Clinical Methods in Obstetrics“. In this edition gynecological portion is added and the name of the book is changed to Clinical Methods in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Few more chapters of obstetrics are added and the previous chapters are reviewed and elaborated. Looking back to the anatomy and physiology classes, an attempt is made to recapitulate the basics of female genital organs. Theoretical part of every chapter is reviewed before beginning the clinical examination, necessary investigations, and their interpretation.
Several of my past students and colleagues have rendered their valuable help in preparing the book. I am really indebted to them. I am very grateful to Dr Jayanti Chanda Das, Dr Karabi Patowary and Dr Kamal Kathar, for their excellent photography. I am also thankful to Dr Debjani Roy Chaudhury and Dr Iheule N Khiangte, for helping me in many ways while compiling the book. It is Latika and Nipak of Baruah Photostat, Bhangagarh and Mr PP Nath, who should be credited for computer typing of the whole manuscript. I am specially grateful to my wife Mrs Aruna Nobis, for her constant encouragement and necessary help and to my two kids Suman and Pahi, for their help in computer works at home.
Finally, it is Shri Jitendar P Vij (Group Chairman), Mr Ankit Vij (Managing Director) and Mr Tarun Duneja (Director-Publishing) of M/s Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India, who came forward to publish the book. I am happy to express my gratefulness to them.
My work will be rewarded provided the students, for whom it is prepared, are benefited.
PN Nobis
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9Preface to the First edition
The purpose of this book is to help the new comers who have just been introduced to the subject—obstetrics. There are several excellent textbooks on obstetrics. In all those books, methods of clinical examination and interpretation of the findings are scattered throughout. Here an attempt is made to reproduce them together in a simple manner. The need of such a book was felt while taking bedside clinics for the junior students for several years and I was prompted to prepare this. The actual work was started much earlier, but it took a long time to bring the book out. During this time, I am lucky to get help and encouragement from many of my friends and colleagues. I am specially indebted to Dr (Ms) Bharati Barooah, FRCOG, for patiently going through the manuscript and for her valuable suggestions and encouragement. She was very kind to write the foreword of the book. Again, my pediatrician friend Dr CS Das, MD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Silchar Medical College, Assam, India, rendered valuable help in the pediatric section. I am very much grateful to him. I am also grateful to Dr (Mrs) Saswati Sanyal Chaudhury, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Guwahati Medical College, Assam, India, for her valuable suggestions and constant encouragement. My thanks are due to Mr Apurba Gogoi and Mr Atanu Chaudhury, for the illustrations and to Mr B Saikia, for typing the manuscript. It gives me pleasure to offer my heartiest thanks to my elder brother Sri CD Nobis and to Sri DK Saikia, for their much needed help. My friend Dr NK Barua of National Printers, Guwahati, needs special mention, for taking the responsibility to bring out the book to light.
At last, it is my sincere hope that the book will be of some help to them for whom it is meant—my junior students.
PN Nobis
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