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skin-to-skin contact 310,

662

skull fracture
622 small for gestational

age 628

causes 628

characteristics
630 congenital

abnormalities 629

congenital infections 629

definition
450, 628

determination 628

follow-up 632

growth restriction 583,

629

hypoglycaemia
631 management at

birth 630

parental support 632

smoking
20, 80

social support 141

sodium 428

sodium bicarbonate 456,

602

SOS breathing 246

soya formula 712,

718, 727

Spalding’s sign 461

special care baby units
450 spontaneous abortion
460 spontaneous

miscarriage
156 spontaneous physiological

pushing 275

startle reflex 580

status epilepticus 345

statutory supervision 8

stepping reflex 580

INDEX

738‌

sterilization

feeding equipment 720

female 570–1

male
568–9 sternomastoid

haematoma 622

stillbirth
460, 517;

see also
intrauterine death

stillbirth certificate 462–3,

517

stress incontinence
113, 507

stretch marks 47

striae gravidarum
47 student midwives, drug

administration 13

subregional units 450

substance abuse
20,
150, 342

succenturiate lobe 298–9

sucking reflex 580

suction
308,
636 sudden infant death

syndrome
594 superficial thrombophlebitis

188, 502

supervision 8

supervisor of midwives 9, 511

supported positioning 636

surfactant
634, 640–2

Survanta
^®
642

sweating 589

sweat rash
586 sweeping the

membranes
365 sweet orange oil
124 symmetrical growth

restriction
169, 629

symphysis pubis
47,
504 symptothermal

method
562–3 synchronous intermittent

ventilation 635

Syntocinon
^®
292,
329, 331,

368–9

Syntometrine
^®
292, 331

syphilis
40,
58, 165

tachycardia 237

T cells 600

tea tree oil
125,
476 temperature,

postnatal 471

temperature control 582,

588, 631

TENS 254

tentorial tears 622

term baby 450

tetanus booster 21

thalassaemia
70, 617

therapeutic touch 637

thermal stress 589

thermoneutrality 588

thermoregulation 582,

588, 631

third stage of labour
287 active management 292

cardiac conditions 346

general care
289 physiological

management 290

preterm labour
361 twin and multiple

births 330

water birth 223

thirst
47 threatened preterm

labour
354, 356

thrombin time
427 thromboembolic

disorders
188,
190 thrombophlebitis,

superficial
188, 502

thromboprophylaxis 190

postoperative 488

thrush 696

thyroid disorders 192

thyroid hormones 48

thyroiditis, postnatal 193

thyroxine 48

ticarcillin 603

tiredness 44

tongue-tied
304–5 tonic clonic seizures
344 tonic neck reflex
580 tonic seizures 345

tooth extraction 304

TORCH screening 630

total bilirubin
607 total blood volume 50

total neutrophil count
601 total protein
50, 429

toxoplasmosis
88, 166

tracheal intubation
456 transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

(TENS) 254

transfer home 482

transitional care
451–2 trial of labour
324 ‘turtle’ sign 446

twins

breastfeeding 698

delivery care 328

epidural analgesia
261, 329

growth 583

locked 331

monoamniotic 331

pregnancy 170

umbilical cord,
see
cord urea 428

uric acid
428 urinary system

adaptation to pregnancy 46

postnatal disorders 506

renal conditions
194 urinary tract

infection
164,
507 urine output

newborns 578

postnatal 479

postoperative 488

urine retention
506 urine sampling,

pre-conception 20

ursodeoxycholic acid 172

urticaria neonatorum
586 uterus

adaptation to pregnancy 46

contractions
201, 204,

230, 268

inversion 412

involution 472

postnatal disorders 494

postnatal pain 504

rupture 398

scar
324, 398

silent rupture 399

sub-involution 494

vaginal birth following previous caesarean 324