Stunting is a known risk factor
for obstetric complications such as obstructed labor and the need for skilled intervention during delivery, leading to injury or death for mothers and their newborns.
FRIDAY, Jan. 27, 2017 (HealthDay News)-- Excessive weight gain during pregnancy has long been tied to a higher risk
for obstetric complications.
While all postpartum women need to be screened for depression, knowing which mommas needed pitocin
for an obstetric complication will help healthcare providers identify women who may be at increased risk for postpartum depression.
Not exact matches
Gianna: The Catholic Healthcare Center
for Women» named after Saint Gianna Beretta Molla, an Italian doctor, wife, and mother, who, when faced with
complications while pregnant, refused to have an abortion at great risk to her own life» provides women gynecological and
obstetric care that is fully committed to the USCCB's Directives
for Catholic Healthcare Services and fully respects both the dignity of women and the sanctity of human life.
4 5 Others have advocated home birth
for women at high risk of
obstetric complications, 6 7 and trends to abandon risk assessment
for home birth are apparent in both Australia8 and the United States.9
If you have developed some reliable predictive tool
for unmanifested
complications that are averted by an intervention, then please share it because the
obstetric community would desperately love to use it.
For this group, we reviewed all medical records to determine whether there had been medical complications or a need for care that occurred during pregnancy — based on the «List of Obstetric Indications» - which would have been an indication for referral to obstetrician - led care if they were in midwife - led ca
For this group, we reviewed all medical records to determine whether there had been medical
complications or a need
for care that occurred during pregnancy — based on the «List of Obstetric Indications» - which would have been an indication for referral to obstetrician - led care if they were in midwife - led ca
for care that occurred during pregnancy — based on the «List of
Obstetric Indications» - which would have been an indication
for referral to obstetrician - led care if they were in midwife - led ca
for referral to obstetrician - led care if they were in midwife - led care.
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
In this study of the cost effectiveness of alternative planned places of birth in England in women at low risk of
complications before the onset of labour, we found that the cost of intrapartum and after birth care, and associated related
complications, was less
for births planned at home, in a free standing midwifery unit, or in an alongside midwifery unit compared with planned births in an
obstetric unit.
What is most worrying is that this association was adjusted
for maternal age, demographic factors, and underlying
obstetric complications and therefore reflects the additional risk of the procedure itself.
June 2017 — Since the first edition was published in 2000, Managing
complications in pregnancy and childbirth has been translated into several languages and today is used widely in training
for and the provision of emergency
obstetric care.
Because lactation is an integral part of reproductive physiology, all obstetrician — gynecologists and other
obstetric care providers should develop and maintain knowledge and skills in anticipatory guidance, physical assessment and support
for normal breastfeeding physiology, and management of common
complications of lactation.
Because lactation is an integral part of reproductive physiology, all obstetrician — gynecologists and other
obstetric care providers should develop and maintain skills in anticipatory guidance, support
for normal breastfeeding physiology, and management of common
complications of lactation.
Postpartum depression is the most under - diagnosed
obstetric complication in the U.S. (Earls, 2010) Because the burden of depression and other mental health distress is so high
for mothers and their children, and because it is often overlooked, PSI believes that there is a tremendous need
for universal screening of all pregnant and postpartum women.
As a final stage of development, two authors (VS and CR) assessed usability and feasibility by using the ResQu Index in a systematic review on maternal and perinatal outcomes related to place of birth
for women at low risk of
obstetric complications in high - income countries.
Most women should be offered midwife - led continuity models of care and women should be encouraged to ask
for this option although caution should be exercised in applying this advice to women with substantial medical or
obstetric complications.
In some models, midwives provide continuity of midwifery care to all women from a defined geographical location, acting as lead professional
for women whose pregnancy and birth is uncomplicated, and continuing to provide midwifery care to women who experience medical and
obstetric complications in partnership with other professionals.
For pregnant women who are at low risk of complications giving birth, the risk of newborn death and maternal complications is similar for obstetric deliveries by family physicians and obstetricians, according to a large study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journa
For pregnant women who are at low risk of
complications giving birth, the risk of newborn death and maternal
complications is similar
for obstetric deliveries by family physicians and obstetricians, according to a large study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journa
for obstetric deliveries by family physicians and obstetricians, according to a large study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
The control of excess weight, especially through lifestyle interventions, should be mandatory not only
for improving reproductive and
obstetric outcomes, but also
for reducing costs derived from the greater consumption of drugs in IVF, failed treatments, maternal and neonatal
complications, and metabolic and non-metabolic diseases in the offspring.»
Using data from the Society
for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology's (SOAP's) Serious
Complication Repository (SCORE) project — a large, comprehensive database that systematically captures delivery statistics and tracks
complications — the authors identified more than 257,000 deliveries (including both vaginal and cesarean) where epidural, spinal or general anesthesia was administered during childbirth.