Sentences with phrase «of obstetric complications»

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.

Multiparous women were more likely to choose a hospital birth if they belonged to an ethnic minority; had a non-optimal body mass (Quetelet index outside the range 18.8 - 24.2; P < 0.05); had a history of obstetric complications, preterm birth, or instrumental delivery; or had received medication (including vitamins and iron) in pregnancy (table 2).

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

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Direct Relief's interventions include expanding access to safe deliveries by training and equipping traditional birth attendants and midwives, addressing complications in birth with emergency obstetric care, and enrolling mothers into the Prevention of Maternal - to - Child Transmission of HIV program.

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.

Sandall et al (2013) is the most recent Cochrane Review and conclude that most women should be offered midwife - led continuity models of care, although caution should be exercised in applying this advice to women with substantial medical or obstetric complications.

In addition, another pregnancy complication that has only recently attracted the attention of the medical community is obstetric cholestasis or intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP).

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 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

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].

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.

Obstetric complications in general increase the risk of postpartum depression.

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.

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.

In some countries (e.g. Canada and the Netherlands), the midwifery scope of practice is limited to the care of women experiencing uncomplicated pregnancies, while in other countries (e.g. United Kingdom, France, Australia and New Zealand), midwives provide care to women who experience medical and obstetric complications in collaboration with medical colleagues.

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 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.»

Preterm birth, a delivery before 37 weeks of gestation, is one of the most serious obstetric complications affecting around 15 million pregnancies worldwide with more than one million newborn deaths each year due to complications of prematurity.

«This technology has the potential to allow just about every woman who is prevented from having children because of her age to have the choice to bear her own genetic offspring,» said Grifo, who insists that the fetuses were developing normally and were done in by unrelated obstetric complications.

Since more than half of maternal deaths in sub-Saharan Africa are due to obstetric complications, it is critical to ensure that women with life - threatening complications can access the emergency obstetric care that can save their life and that of their baby.

The risk of complications with a VBAC is less than 1 percent (similar to the rate of other obstetric emergencies, like cord prolapse).

In short, Obstetric Cholestasis is a rare pregnancy complication caused by a build - up of bile acids in the bloodstream.

As many of you may already know, I delivered Roman 18 days earlier than his originally anticipated arrival due to a pregnancy complication called Obstetric Cholestasis.

These findings, coupled with high rates of adolescent pregnancy and obstetric complications, highlighted the need to redouble efforts around sexual and reproductive health, the authors said

[32] Other perinatal events, such as maternal stress [33] and obstetric complications [34] may also impact upon the severity of the expression of the inherited genetic vulnerability.

Screening in home visit settings isn't going to solve the problem here in California or anywhere in the U.S.. All women deserve to be informed about the most common complication of pregnancy by their obstetric provider (90 % of births are managed by Ob / Gyns, the other 10 % by family practice doctors or nurse midwives).