Classification-Schedules

Classification 2025 Winter Edition

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WQ

Obstetrics

Schedule Contents

Reference Works. General Works Childbirth. Prenatal Care Reproduction. Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications Labor Obstetric Surgical Procedures Postpartum Period

Classify works on obstetrical nursing in WY 157.

Reference Works. General Works

WQ 1

Organizations. Societies (General or not elsewhere classified) (Cutter from name of organization or society) (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

Includes membership lists and administrative reports issued serially or separately. Classify directories in WQ 22. Classify other serials issued by societies in W1. For academies and institutes, see WQ 23-24.

WQ 5

Collected works by several authors

WQ 7

Collected works by individual authors

WQ 9

Addresses. Essays. Lectures

WQ 11

History (Table-G)

WQ 11.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)

WQ 13

Dictionaries. Encyclopedias
(Monographs and Serials)

WQ 15

Classification. Terminology
(Monographs and Serials)

WQ 16

Tables. Statistics. Surveys (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

Classify here maternal mortality statistics without causes of death. Classify statistics including causes of death in WA 900. Classify reproductive health surveys in WQ 90.

WQ 16.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

WQ 17

Atlases. Pictorial works

Classify atlases limited to a particular part of the system here also.

WQ 18

Education

Classify here works about education.

WQ 18.2

Educational materials
(Monographs and Serials)

Classify here educational materials, e.g., outlines, questions and answers, programmed instruction, computer-assisted instruction, etc., regardless of format. Classify textbooks, regardless of format, by subject.

WQ 19

Schools, departments, and faculties of obstetrics (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

Include here works on the history of schools. Classify works on schools of obstetrics and gynecology here; classify works on schools of gynecology only in WP 19. Classify courses of study, catalogs, etc., in W 19.5.

WQ 19.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

WQ 20

Research (General)

Classify here works about research in general. Classify works about research on a particular subject by subject.

WQ 21

Obstetrics as a profession. Ethics. Peer review

WQ 22

Directories (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

WQ 22.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

WQ 23

Collective laboratories, academies, institutes, etc. (Table-G)

WQ 23.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)

WQ 24

Individual laboratories, academies, institutes, etc. (Cutter from name of institution) (Table-G)

WQ 25

Laboratory manuals. Technique

WQ 26

Equipment and supplies

Classify catalogs in W 26.

WQ 26.5

Informatics. Electronic data processing. Computers (General)

Classify works on use for special subjects by subject.

WQ 27

Collective maternity hospitals, clinics and dispensaries (Table-G)

WQ 27.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)

WQ 28

Individual maternity hospitals, clinics and dispensaries (Cutter from name of hospital) (Table-G)

WQ 28.5

Collective museums, exhibitions, etc.

WQ 28.6

Individual museums, exhibitions, etc. (Cutter from name of museum, etc.) (Table-G)

WQ 32

Laws (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

WQ 32.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

WQ 33

Discussion of law (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

WQ 33.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

WQ 34

Malpractice (Table-G)

WQ 34.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)

WQ 39

Handbooks. Resource guides
(Monographs and Serials)

Classify handbooks for midwifery at WQ 165.

WQ 90

Reproductive health surveys (Table-G)

Classify here narrative reproductive surveys. Classify statistics in WQ 16.

WQ 90.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)

WQ 100

General works

WQ 105

Maternal health

WQ 150

Popular works on pregnancy and childbirth

Childbirth. Prenatal Care

WQ 152

Natural childbirth

WQ 155

Birth setting

WQ 160

Midwifery

WQ 165

Manuals for midwives. Handbooks

WQ 175

Prenatal care. Prenatal education for the health professional

Classify works written for patients or the general public in WQ 150.

Reproduction. Pregnancy

WQ 200

General works (Table-G)

WQ 200.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)

WQ 202

Pregnancy determination

Cf. QY 335 Pregnancy tests.

WQ 203

Preimplantation diagnosis

WQ 205

Fertilization. General physiology of reproduction

WQ 206

Sex determination analysis

Classify works on genetic sex determination in QS 638.

WQ 208

Reproductive techniques

WQ 209

Prenatal diagnosis. Fetal monitoring

WQ 210

Fetus. Extraembryonic membranes. Umbilical cord. Perinatology (General)

Classify works on fetal experimentation in general in W 20.5.

WQ 210.5

Fetal anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry

WQ 211

Fetal diseases (General or not elsewhere classified)

WQ 212

Placenta

Cf. WK 920 Placental hormones.

Pregnancy Complications

WQ 215

Toxemias

WQ 220

Ectopic pregnancy

WQ 225

Spontaneous abortion. Fetal death. Perinatal death

Cf. WQ 440 Induced abortion; W 867 Illegal abortion. Classify works on perinatal mortality in WA 900.

WQ 235

Multiple pregnancy

WQ 240

Pregnancy complications (General or not elsewhere classified)

Classify works on pre-enclampsia in WQ 215.

WQ 244

Cardiovascular complications

WQ 248

Diabetes

WQ 252

Hematologic complications

WQ 256

Infectious diseases

WQ 258

Obesity

WQ 260

Urologic complications

WQ 270

Maternal death

Labor

WQ 300

General works

WQ 305

Physiology. Clinical course

WQ 307

Presentation

WQ 310

Dystocia

WQ 320

Disproportions of the pelvis

WQ 330

Complications of labor

Obstetric Surgical Procedures

WQ 400

General works

Classify works on obstetrical anesthesia in WO 450.

[WQ 410]

[This number not used]

Classify preparatory manipulation in obstetrical surgery in WQ 415.

WQ 415

Delivery (including preparatory manipulation)

WQ 425

Use of forceps

WQ 430

Cesarean section. Symphysiotomy and similar techniques

[WQ 435]

[This number not used]

Classify embryotomy in WQ 440.

WQ 440

Induction of labor. Therapeutic abortion. Techniques of induced abortion

Cf. WQ 225 Spontaneous abortion and W 867 Illegal abortion. Classify works on sociological and religious aspects of induced abortion in HQ 767-767.52. Classify works on public health aspects of abortion in WA 550.

WQ 450

Resuscitation of the newborn

Postpartum Period

WQ 500

General works. Postnatal care

WQ 505

Puerperal infection