Obstetric Emergencies provides the obstetrician with insights regarding optimum care for the mother and the unborn child and how to deal with emergency situations in obstetric practice.  With the advent of technology, practicing obstetricians need to keep updating themselves with current advances in their clinical practice. The book will serve as an indispensable reference guide to all the clinicians and postgraduate students, since it provides a practical and accessible guide to all emergency situations from the immediately life-threatening to the smaller but urgent problems that could arise, thus ensuring a better prognosis.  Special topics that include medicolegal issues in obstetrics, pregnancy as a result of rape, diabetic ketoacidosis in pregnancy and labor and role of imaging modalities in obstetric emergencies are some of the topics which have been covered. The book will be a reference guide for all busy practitioners, providing a scientific and evidence-based approach, leading to best clinical practices.