Obstetric fistula

Lutheran Medical Center (LMC), one of eight hospitals in the Sister’s of Charity of Leavenworth Health System, had the second highest cesarean section rate in the system in 2014 (SCL Health, 2015). Westside Women’s Care (WWC), a privately owned obstetrics practice, employs 14 providers who attend approximately 65% of the births at LMC. WWC’s primary cesarean section rate from March 2014 to March 2015 was 34.8%, the highest of all LMC provider groups. The primary cesarean section rate in Colorado

Pregnancy Outcomes Following Exposure to quetiapine in mono- and polytherapy By: Nigara A Sayram Student number: 998823420 CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY Date: August 6th, 2015   Abstract Objective: Investigate the reproductive safety of quetiapine in mono- and polytherapy Design: Cohort study using a prospectively collected database Setting: Motherisk program, the Hospital for Sick Children Participants: Pregnant women with mental illnesses who contacted motherisk clinic initially inquiring information

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) published the expected standards for pre-registration midwifery education. They stated that Student Midwives are required to assist in the care and support of several women throughout their antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum period. This is achieved via the caseload holding scheme (Nursing and Midwifery Council, 2009). Midwifery led continuity of care models are described as care given during the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period from a known and

Pregnancy Long Case M.P is a 44 year old woman who presents at 39+5 gestation. Section 1 Task 1 Obstetric History Current Pregnancy History of Presenting Complaint Planned induction of labour on the 28/7/15 Gestational age of the fetus M.P’s first day of her last menstrual period (LMP) was the 20/11/2014. The estimated date of delivery (EDD) was determined using Naegele’s rule, which calculated EDD as the 27/8/15. This was refuted by an ultrasound at 8 weeks gestation to measure crown rump length

Project Background (500 words) The placenta is a fetal organ that is vital for the growth of the fetus during pregnancy. Abnormalities in placental development can result in pregnancy complications such as intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and pre-eclampsia (PE), which affect one in ten pregnancies in New Zealand. IUGR occurs in 3-5% of all pregnancies, and is associated with an assortment of increased risks of its own, such as hypoglycaemia, hypothermia, developmental delays and increased

The risk of maternal and infant mortality can be significantly reduced by increasing access to early and adequate prenatal care (Chapman & Durham, 2010). The prenatal period provides an opportunity to make positive changes in all aspects of a women 's health status and health maintenance behaviors. Early and adequate prenatal care provides the opportunity to identify significant risks to the pregnant women, and develop interventions to reduce or eliminate potential complications (Chapman & Durham

The idea of childbirth over time has been viewed in at least three different ways: as a social natural occurrence; as a passage to an early death; and in present times as a medical procedure needed when having children. In the seventeenth and eighteenth century childbirth was seen as a social celebration conducted by midwives, while in the nineteenth century fear of death arose due to an increase of maternal mortality rates. This time period also served as a transition time between the elimination

Original Quantitative Research Question: Does use of progesterone in early pregnancy explain viable pregnancies in patients with a history of miscarriage? Change One: In pregnant patients with a history of miscarriage, how does progesterone use compared to no treatment affect the viability of a pregnancy within nine months? Change Two: In a random sample of pregnant women with a history of recurrent miscarriage of unknown etiology, how does the application of 400 mg of progesterone, vaginally, twice

Infant mortality has long been considered to be an important indicator of a nation’s health, and while it has fallen dramatically over the past five decades, there are still striking differences along socioeconomic, geographic, and racial lines. “In 2009, the infant mortality rate was 12.4 infant deaths per 1,000 live births among blacks, compared to 5.3 among whites.” Equally large and persistent differences by race are found for other birth outcomes – including stillbirths, preterm births, and

The Nine Months That made you ', communicate on Monday 22 August. The narrative was a record of the Barker Theory that birth weight decides health in later life. The program started by presenting Professor David Barker whose early work established the frameworks for this hypothesis. In the late 1980s, he revealed a relationship between birth weight and lifetime danger of coronary course infection utilizing information from Hertfordshire Birth Records. Since the production of this exploration, Professor