Sentences with phrase «obstetric practice»

As many have incorrectly used fetal distress and birth asphyxia as interchangeable terms, the Committee on Obstetric Practice of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has expressed concern regarding the use of the two terms.

ACOG Committee Opinion no. 658: Optimizing Support for Breastfeeding as Part of Obstetric Practice.

Two randomly assigned study groups of expectant mothers were formed over a 7 - month period (12/94 — 6/95) from three independent, obstetric practices in six clinical offices in and around the Greater Rochester, NY, area.

In a study to be presented Friday, Jan. 27, in the oral concurrent session at 1:15 p.m. PST, at the Society for Maternal - Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting ™, researchers with the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, presented the study titled Association between day and month of delivery with maternal - fetal mortality: weekend effect and July phenomenon in current obstetric practice.

Pushed By Jennifer Block This book is a no nonsense, upfront look at modern obstetric practices and malpractices.

Sure, a midwife attends me in labour but the policy is governed by obstetric practice, not midwife led or normal birth.

«EFM hasn't reduced perinatal mortality or CP at all,» says George Macones, M.D., vice chairman of the Committee on Obstetric Practice at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Note: This article was reviewed by Joseph R. Wax, MD, chairman of the Committee on Obstetric Practice for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and a maternal - fetal medicine specialist at the Maine Medical Center in Portland.

Dr Gowri Motha has worked as an obstetrician in London since 1981 where for over 20 years she has been exploring alternatives to conventional obstetric practice.

At first glance, the graph above appears to represent an indictment of contemporary obstetric practice.

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists» Committee on Obstetric Practice however, considers a prior cesarean delivery to be an absolute contraindication to planned home birth (ACOG, 2011, Committee Opinion on Home Birth).

Analysis of Canadian PPH data showed that adjustment for caesarean delivery and labor induction, several other maternal characteristics and obstetric practices did not explain the increase in PPH rates though it did explain some of the increase in hysterectomy for PPH [5].

Osborne says often people choose their provider and then a location, but notes that today's system of group obstetric practices make it very unlikely you'll actually have your preferred provider during birth.

Presenters were the following Home Birth Consensus Summit delegates: Marian MacDorman, PhD, National Center for Health Statistics; Bill Barth, MD, Mass General Hospital / Vincent Obstetrics and Gynecology Service, and Past Chair, Committee on Obstetric Practice, ACOG; Kristi Watterberg, MD, University of New Mexico and Chair, Committee on Fetus and Newborn, AAP; and Geradine Simkins, RN, DEM, CNM, MSN, Executive Director, Midwives Alliance of North America.

The author does a very good job at neither villianizing nor praising modern obstetric practices, but reminds the reader that there have been practices in the past that seemed advantageous and even a healthy option that turned out not to be so in the long run.

Optimizing support for breastfeeding as part of obstetric practice.

The use of prenatal artifacts — equipment for taking blood pressure or for urinalysis, for example — are thus, embedded in the larger power / knowledge matrices of midwifery — obstetric practices.

American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists Committee on Obstetric Practice.

Tina Cassidy gently explains some of the barbaric birth techniques from 1700 and 1800's and take the reader through the discovery of current obstetric practices.

Committee on Obstetric Practice.

ACOG Committee on Obstetric Practice.

The ACOG Committee on Obstetric Practice's opinion on planned home birth (2011) noted that although the Committee believes that hospitals and birthing centers are the safest setting for birth, it respects the right of a woman to make a medically informed decision about delivery.

The latter I see with sickening regularity in my obstetric practice in Africa.

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Committee on Obstetric Practice.

The ACOG Committee on Obstetric Practice has reaffirmed that the term «fetal distress» is imprecise and nonspecific and has asked that the anesthesiology community be made aware that this term should not be used.

As our obstetric practice changed, did it change women's expectations about how they should prepare for birth?

Obstetric practices were selected based on an affiliation with Rochester General Hospital, the proportion of obstetric patients choosing to breastfeed, and willingness to participate in the clinical trial.

Pacifier use was not associated with either study group assignment (educational packet received at first prenatal visit) or the obstetric practice where the women were recruited (P >.7).

Committee Opinion # 658, Optimizing Support for Breastfeeding as Part of Obstetric Practice, updates ACOG's breastfeeding recommendations and outlines ways ob - gyns can support women in achieving their breastfeeding goals.

It was developed primarily by ACOG's Breastfeeding Expert Work Group based on the clinical guidance in CO 658, Optimizing Support for Breastfeeding as Part of Obstetric Practice.

Breastfeeding Expert Work Group Mission Statement: ACOG's Breastfeeding Expert Work Group will assist ACOG, specifically the Committee on Obstetric Practice and other committees as appropriate, by providing expertise in breastfeeding medicine and use that expertise to develop and promote breastfeeding tools and initiatives for providers and patients at all levels of the community.

ACOG's Committee on Obstetric Practice has also stated that the term birth asphyxia should no longer be used as it is too vague of a diagnosis for medical use.

15Committee on Obstetric Practice (2010) Moderate caffeine consumption during pregnancy.

Plaintiff alleged that an obstetric practice's negligence resulted in the stillbirth of her full - term fetus, as well as significant injuries to the mother during birth.