Drug Handbook in Obstetrics and Gynaecology By Dr Ak Debdas

Drug Handbook in Obstetrics and Gynecology

By Dr Ak Debdas

The aim of this handbook is to focus on drugs in obstetrics and gynaecology. A thoroughly revised, updated, and user-friendly edition, this book is an instant medicine guide for pregnancy, covering medical disorders in pregnancy. This book is divided into two parts: obstetrics and gynecology. This book is designed to serve as a quick ‘medicine memory aid’ for busy obstetricians, physicians, and general practitioners to answer their ever-haunting queries about prescribing in pregnancy, such as—Which antibiotic, Which anti-emetic, Which anti-hypertensive, Which anti-tubercular, At which dose, At what frequency, For what duration, and in which trimester? What about advisability regarding breast-feeding, etc.? Treatment of gynaecological disorders is essentially drug-dependent. Besides, with the increasing availability of ultraprecise, sophisticated investigation and monitoring facility, the medical options of treatment for gynaecological disorders are also increasing, e.g., ectopics can now be treated medically, first-trimester abortion can be achieved by drugs alone, fibroids can be made to shrink by drugs, etc. This ready-reckoner has been designed to cope with all the above and more instantly. The major beneficiaries of this ready-reckoner will be internees, young house officers, and obstetrics and gynaecology postgraduates, who must carry the book all the time in their pocket to rescue them in every practical situation they would have to face, whether in the outpatient department (OPD) or ward or emergency room of the obstetrics unit. For undergraduate students, it will be like a ‘pre-exam pill’ for tiding over both theory and viva of obstetrics and gynaecology.