Sentences with phrase «as obstetric»

It is regarded as an obstetric emergency because fetal demise can happen if the baby is not delivered.

Future studies should focus on addressing existing research gaps such as obstetric outcomes, complications, sexuality and therapeutic surgeries, state the authors.

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

Since the early 1990s, government policy on maternity care in England has moved towards policies designed to give women with straightforward pregnancies a choice of settings for birth.1 2 In this context, freestanding midwifery units, midwifery units located in the same building or on the same site as an obstetric unit (hereafter referred to as alongside midwifery units), and home birth services have increasingly become relevant to the configuration of maternity services under consideration in England.3 The relative benefits and risks of birth in these alternative settings have been widely debated in recent years.4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Lower rates of obstetric interventions and other positive maternal outcomes have been consistently found in planned births at home and in midwifery units, but clear conclusions regarding perinatal outcome have been lacking.

My two years in hospital included six months as an obstetric SHO / junior resident, and such traces scared me silly.

Not exact matches

They were confirmed in the textbooks on embryology and obstetric gynecology — and as he pointed out, they had been set forth quite amply in the brief.

As of 1997, «nearly two - thirds of all women who give birth in hospitals with high - volume obstetric units had an epidural during labor.

«Mars Attack» is new term coined to describe unjustified violation of women by care providers at the time of birth, as well as the purposeful abandonment of the peer review system by major obstetric journals and the abandonment of the use of research evidence by ACOG in their latest protocols, in order to justify continued use of this form of violence against women.

planning birth in an obstetric unit is associated with a higher rate of interventions, such as instrumental vaginal birth, caesarean section and episiotomy, compared with planning birth in other settings

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

After graduation as a midwife, she worked in the obstetric department of a regional hospital.

Most women in Ireland have obstetric - led medicalised hospital care as there are no other choices available to them.

I suppose it is hardly surprisingly that she accepts no responsibility for the many unknown babies who died as a result of her preaching about the purported virtues of homebirth; she accepts no responsibility for the death of her OWN child who died as a result of her refusal to seek obstetric care.

The grass roots organization Improving Birth coined the term «obstetric violence» - which is playing out in labor and delivery units in certain parts of the world; the World Health Organization called for increased scrutiny of these disrespectful childbirth care practices, as women treated in this way, feel assaulted and violated, and must be taken as seriously as rape.

The study was a prospective cohort study with planned place of birth at the start of care in labour as the exposure (home, freestanding midwifery unit, alongside midwifery unit, or obstetric unit).12 Women were included in the group in which they planned to give birth at the start of care in labour regardless of whether they were transferred during labour or immediately after birth.

Women were analysed in the group in which they planned to give birth, with the obstetric unit group as the reference.

Women were classified as «healthy women with low risk pregnancies» if, before the onset of labour, they were not known to have any of the medical or obstetric risk factors listed in the NICE intrapartum care guideline.

Women readily accepted genuine obstetric problems as a reason for transfer, but professional unease and antipathy not related to the particular pregnancy were not as readily accepted.

Recently, in the USA, doulas have been sited as a positive obstetric technique for mother and carers.

Probably it also arises from a misunderstanding of their role and of the accountability of midwives as well as from an exaggerated idea of what is expected of general practitioners, who despite obstetric training are unlikely to have maintained their skills.

Ina May Gaskin's C - section statistics over 40 years: 1.7 % American hospital C - section statistics: 32 % not including routine episiotomy and so on... Oh yes, I know who I would trust for my child's birth... And if the price of an intact body and a peaceful birth was «gentle stimulation» I would accept it with no hesitation... Of course I live in France where obstetric violence is the norm and home birth nearly considered as criminal by the establishment, but where puritanism is long gone (thank God)... You may remove this post as you did for my previous one... It's OK we've got lots of you this side of the Atlantic telling us what's good or bad for us and we trust them less and less.

Yet we know from repeated high quality, robust research that midwifery - led care options (as opposed to midwife attended care in obstetric - led units) is the safest model of care for 85 % of women.

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Pilot Breastfeeding Training Program: I participated as a consultant in this pilot AAP program to train the pediatric, obstetric and family practice interns and residents at Harbor - UCLA Medical Center.

A total of 777 women with diabetes were recruited with 635 women randomised to each group as follows: 319 women were allocated to the antenatal hand expression group and 317 women were allocated to standard obstetric and diabetic care.

The choices are usually based on whether you have private health insurance as this will determine whether you are entitled to private obstetric care.

The problem is, when you get into some groups that complain about «medicalized» birth, they do not turn to ACOG & obstetric science as a guide.

3) Episiotomy Parameters Linked to Risk for Injury During Birth Emma Hitt, PhD Authors and Disclosures March 8, 2012 — Increased depth and length of episiotomy, as well as increased distance from the midline to incision point, are associated with decreased risk for obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASIS), according to a new study.

Articles on childbirth and obstetrics «On Pregnancy» (ok as is) «On Childbirth» (ok as is) «Childbirth» (Sagesbirth4) «Culture and Birth: The Technocratic Imperative» -LCB- ok as is -RCB- «The Rituals of American Hospital Birth» -LCB- ok as is -RCB- «Obstetric Training as a Rite of Passage» (ok as is -RCB- «The Technocratic Body: American Childbirth as Cultural Expression» -LCB- ok as is -RCB- «The Technocratic Model of Birth» -LCB- TechMod -RCB- «The Technocratic, Humanistic, and Holistic Models of Birth» -LCB- ok as is -RCB- «Anthropology and -LSB-...]

Miriam's medical and education background includes: teaching prenatal classes and nursing students in the classroom and clinical setting, coordinating an OB department, and working as the Hospital Obstetric Consultant which included policy writing and continuing education for all obstetrObstetric Consultant which included policy writing and continuing education for all obstetricobstetric staff.

Topics: «Birth and Obstetric Training as a Rite of Passage,» «Three Paradigms of Birth and Health Care,» «Birth Centers in the Technocracy,» «Models of Midwifery Education: A Global Tour.»

In the late 1980s, I interviewed 12 obstetricians about their experiences of medical training for «Obstetric Training as a Rite of Passage,» an article first published in the Medical Anthropology Quarterly that later became a chapter in Birth as a an American Rite of Passage.

1987 «Obstetric Training as a Rite of Passage,» in Obstetrics in the United States: Woman, Physician, and Society, Robert Hahn, ed.

Incremental cost effectiveness ratios and net benefit statistics for normal birth outcome in women at low risk of complications according to planned place of birth: home, freestanding midwifery unit (FMU), or alongside midwifery unit (AMU) with obstetric unit (OU) as reference

They are more likely to have medical conditions such as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and diabetes, and to experience obstetric complications and caesarean birth than women of normal weight [28, 59].

Perinatal events can result in associated longer term health and broader societal costs, as shown by the size of damages paid in obstetric litigation cases, which represent a substantial cost to the NHS.27 Follow - up over weeks or longer to monitor recovery, or a future assessment of the outcomes for mothers and babies at a later date, would act as a vehicle for estimating costs and consequences beyond the perinatal period and shed more light on long term cost effectiveness.

Ironically the Birthplace Study (National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit) found that labour takes nearly twice as long in obstetric units than it does in midwife - led units or at home.

All maternity patients have access to monitors, medication, obstetric specialists, pediatric specialists and surgical procedures as needed.

The mother makes her decision regarding breastfeeding prior to delivery in more than 90 % of cases; therefore, her choice of infant nutrition should be discussed starting in the second trimester and continue as part of an ongoing dialogue during each obstetric visit.

The obstetric unit group contained the largest number of eligible births and was therefore used as the reference to maximise statistical efficiency.

«A baby with a cleft lip or palate, for example, is often more prone to developing upper respiratory problems such as colds, allergies, and ear infections,» says Aimee Creelman, a lactation consultant and obstetric nurse at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital in Southern Vermont.

Although it is not as large as the university hospitals, Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights assures moms it has an obstetric anesthesiologist on staff at all times.

IBCLCs can be found in a wide variety of settings including private practice, working with home birth midwives, hospitals and birth centers, pediatric and obstetric offices, public health clinics such as the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program as well as many other settings.

As a childbirth educator and a childbirth assistant, I have read or heard obstetric myths — old doctors» tales, if you like — many times.

This recommendation is consistent with those of other medical and nursing organizations, such as the American Academy of Pediatrics (9) and the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (10).

Some were listed as «suggesting planned birth at an obstetric unit» and some as «indicating individual assessment when planning place of birth».

The emergency obstetric referral interventions examined included financial arrangements, implementation strategies and delivery arrangements such as information and communication technologies, changes in where care is provided, integration of services, and the use of ambulances.

These procedures should not be described as «safe» without any caveats; they may be «safe» in terms of obstetric science's ability to treat any undesirable consequences, but the lay person may understand the term «safe» to mean that there will not be any undesirable consequences.

This was defined as admission to an intensive care unit, uterine rupture, eclampsia or major obstetric haemorrhage (requiring a large blood transfusion).

Of course them knowing my medical / obstetric history does make their opinion much more valuable as well.

Midwifery model of care vs. Hospital Obstetric model of care — as I said in my first statement which is what we are talking about here right?