Sentences with phrase «obstetrical hospital»

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I created lists of supplies by navigating my way through various homebirth websites and browsing the birthing rooms of the hospital I had previously worked, considering how I might manage obstetrical emergencies in the home environment.

I have specialized in Maternal Child Nursing in a hospital setting for fourteen years, with eight years as a charge nurse on the Obstetrical Unit.

Midwives will also attend to births in hospitals and birthing centers (most birthing centers are staffed primarily by midwives but have obstetrical backing).

My interest in ritual was stimulated by my realization that standard obstetrical procedures serve as rituals through which hospital birth is transformed into a rite of technocratic initation.

Evening talk for consumers, all - day workshop for midwives, hospital seminar for obstetrical practitioners.

Out - of - hospital births were also associated with a higher rate of unassisted vaginal delivery and lower rates of obstetrical interventions and NICU admission than in - hospital births, findings that corroborate the results of earlier studies.3 - 5 These associations follow logically from the more conservative approach to intervention that characterizes the midwifery model of care8, 19 and from the fact that obstetrical interventions are either rare (e.g., induction of labor) 20 or unavailable (e.g., cesarean delivery, whether at home or at a birth center) outside the hospital setting.

Van der Hulst et al. [7] observed that the more receptive women's attitude was toward medical technology, the more likely women were to opt for a hospital birth, and the more likely it was they would experience an obstetrical intervention.

Planned out - of - hospital birth was also strongly associated with unassisted vaginal delivery (93.8 %, vs. 71.9 % with planned in - hospital births; P < 0.001) and with decreased odds for obstetrical procedures.

Obstetrical procedures were more common among women who had planned in - hospital births than among women who delivered out of the hospital (30.4 % vs. 1.5 % for induction of labor and 26.4 % vs. 1.1 % for augmentation of labor, P < 0.001 for both comparisons)(Table 3).

Rates of obstetrical intervention are high in U.S. hospitals, and we found large absolute differences in the risks of these interventions between planned out - of - hospital births and in - hospital births.38 In contrast, serious adverse fetal and neonatal outcomes are infrequent in all the birth settings we assessed, and the absolute differences in risk that we observed between planned birth locations were correspondingly small; for example, planned out - of - hospital births were associated with an excess of less than 1 fetal death per 1000 deliveries in multivariate and propensity - score - adjusted analyses.

Consideration of maternal preferences, including preferences for obstetrical services, is also important; the fact that U.S. hospitals generally decline to allow vaginal birth after a woman has undergone cesarean section may be associated with the increase in home births.10, 39,40

We assessed perinatal morbidity and mortality, maternal morbidity, and obstetrical procedures according to the planned birth setting (out of hospital vs. hospital).

Hospital procedure rates were unaffected by the reclassification of transferred patients, but the out - of - hospital rates for obstetrical procedures rose after reclassification of transfers (to 4.8 % for induction and to 7.5 % for augmenHospital procedure rates were unaffected by the reclassification of transferred patients, but the out - of - hospital rates for obstetrical procedures rose after reclassification of transfers (to 4.8 % for induction and to 7.5 % for augmenhospital rates for obstetrical procedures rose after reclassification of transfers (to 4.8 % for induction and to 7.5 % for augmentation).

Planned out - of - hospital birth remained strongly associated with decreased odds of induced labor (adjusted odds ratio, 0.11; 95 % CI, 0.09 to 0.12), cesarean delivery (adjusted odds ratio, 0.18; 95 % CI, 0.16 to 0.22), and other obstetrical procedures and increased odds of unassisted vaginal delivery (adjusted odds ratio, 5.63; 95 % CI, 4.84 to 6.55).

Women & Infants Hospital was one of the first hospitals in the country to provide around - the - clock coverage for obstetrical patients, and we maintain a record of excellence with respect to patient care and safety.

So, too, have hospital costs spiraled, and doctors say the first cuts are in obstetrical care.

Planned out - of - hospital birth was also strongly associated with unassisted vaginal delivery (93.8 %, versus 71.9 % with planned in - hospital births; p < 0.001) and with decreased odds for obstetrical procedures.

Further, any facility providing obstetrical care should have the services listed as essential components for a level I hospital.

They evaluated perinatal morbidity and mortality, maternal morbidity, and obstetrical procedures according to the planned birth setting (out of hospital versus hospital).

ELGIN — Many hospitals in eight southeastern Illinois counties no longer provide obstetrical services.

«Compared with women who planned to birth in hospital, women who planned to birth at home underwent fewer obstetrical interventions, were more likely to have a spontaneous vaginal birth and were more likely to be exclusively breastfeeding at 3 and 10 days after delivery,» write the authors.

Hospitals with labor and delivery units have protocols in place to respond to obstetrical emergencies.

AKA hospital birth and modern obstetrical care.

OB Hospitalist services: The region's only program with board certified OB physicians available in house 24/7 to provide consistent to patients in the hospital, as well as patients arriving with an obstetrical emergency.

As Chief of Obstetrical Services at Spectrum Health Gerber Memorial, a community hospital in Fremont, Michigan, Dr. Tami Michele worked in partnership with maternity and newborn care staff, anesthesia providers, women's health, hospital administrators, and risk management to develop a consensus hospital policy and a mother's informed - decision tool to support VBAC within Spectrum Health, an integrated health system headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

I don't, however, agree with any claims that home births are equally as safe as hospital births: the AMA is wrong to put a big flashing danger sign on all home births, but they're not wrong to state that in cases of obstetrical emergency, the hospital is the better place to be.

Most hospitals offer tours of the obstetrical floor at designated times.

It is our opinion that any birth environment, home or hospital, that is ill - equipped to manage an obstetrical emergency is a dangerous place for any woman to birth her baby, as uterine rupture in physiologic birth is no more likely than any other obstetrical emergency any maternity center may face.

Most hospitals offer scheduled tours of the obstetrical floor.

Unfortunately, there is no way to discern from these data which obstetrical interventions — if any — that were significantly more common among women with planned hospital births contributed to their reduced rates of perinatal complications and which were «unnecessary.»

Planned out - of - hospital birth also had a statistically significant association with higher rates for 5 - minute Apgar scores of less than 7, neonatal seizures, neonatal ventilator support, maternal blood transfusion, and unassisted vaginal delivery but with lower rates of both admission to neonatal intensive care units and obstetrical interventions, including induction and augmentation of labor, operative vaginal delivery, cesarean delivery, and severe perineal lacerations.

Here is what you wrote — «Despite the fact that a Fall 2012 Cochrane Library Review (considered the gold standard of independent inquiry and scientific objectivity) reports that home birth is as safe or in many cases actually safer than hospital birth, the American obstetrical community continues to publicly oppose homebirth, citing safety concerns as their main argument.»

Despite the fact that a Fall 2012 Cochrane Library Review (considered the gold standard of independent inquiry and scientific objectivity) reports that home birth is as safe or in many cases actually safer than hospital birth, the American obstetrical community continues to publicly oppose homebirth, citing safety concerns as their main argument.

Women who plan out - of - hospital birth to avoid obstetrical interventions now have important information on the associated rates of perinatal complications, and those who choose hospital birth to minimize their risks of perinatal complications now have a better idea of the magnitude of the actual reduction in risk.

Thus, it is understandable that women seeking less obstetrical intervention in childbirth have sought safe alternatives to hospital births.

The legislation requires medical facilities with obstetrical programs to implement comprehensive obstetric patient safety programs similar to a program implemented in 2003 at New York - Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell Medical Center.

Winfield, located in the northwestern part of the state, does have its own hospital — but, like many rural hospitals, it no longer offers obstetrical services, Avery says, so women in labor must travel about 60 miles to Tuscaloosa.

Low birth volumes make the economics of obstetrical units harder still: Rural communities are generally graying, a demographic fact that reduces the number of births and makes it difficult for hospitals to financially justify having maternity wards at all.

When hospital budgets get tight, Avery explains, obstetrical wards are often one of the first things to go.

That means these counties had absolutely no hospitals providing obstetrical care — forcing women to travel to other counties.

Obstetrical services in Forsyth County are consolidated with the opening of new facilities at Forsyth Memorial Hospital.

In expressing his concerns about the use of this synthetic preparation, Price refers to a study by Dr. Wayne Brehm published in the Ohio State Medical Journal.21 Brehm studied the effect of various courses of vitamin D treatment on 540 obstetrical cases in two Columbus, Ohio hospitals.

Plaintiffs alleged that various doctors and the hospital were negligent in performing an emergency Cesarean section and that the on - duty obstetrical resident was liable for allegedly failing to obtain the Plaintiff - mother's informed consent prior to surgery.

During the course of his career, Mr. Rodriguez has successfully represented children who have suffered brain damage from obstetrical malpractice and blindness from neonatal malpractice, and patients who have been injured due to other forms of hospital, physician and nursing errors, including the failure to timely diagnose breast, prostate, rectal, colon, and lung cancer, the performance of unnecessary surgeries, and surgical mistakes.

During the course of her career, she has successfully represented children who have suffered brain damage from obstetrical malpractice, and patients who have been injured due to other forms of hospital, physician and nursing errors, including the failure to timely diagnose breast, prostate colon, and bone cancer (Ewing's Sarcoma), the performance of unnecessary surgeries, and surgical mistakes.

John and Chris have resolved many claims involving a wide variety of medical malpractice lawsuits including hospital and obstetrical malpractice resulting in cerebral palsy.

In addition to these novel issues of agency and «legal employment», the case required significant understanding of medicine, as it was a case against a military hospital for obstetrical negligence that resulted in catastrophic injuries to an unborn child.

Observed obstetrical deliveries and gynecological surgeries performed at INOVA Alexandria Hospital.

Hartford Hospital, Hartford • CT 2007 — Present Staff Registered Nurse Labor and Delivery Provided caring and compassionate RN services for women with ante partum, intrapartal, post partum and nursery condition, including high - risk obstetrical / neonatal cases.