BACKGROUND: Inpatient postpartum recovery trajectories following cesarean delivery and spontaneous vaginal delivery are underexplored. OBJECTIVE: This study primarily aimed to compare recovery following cesarean delivery and spontaneous vaginal delivery ...
Yusuke Mazda, MD, PhD+11 more
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Medical Professional Liability and the Delivery of Obstetrical Care
ON October 11, 1989, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences released a report on a two-year study of the effects of medical professional liability on the delivery of obstetri...
Roger J. Bulger+2 more
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A Review of the Impact of Obstetric Anesthesia on Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes
Obstetric anesthesia has evolved over the course of its history to encompass comprehensive aspects of maternal care, ranging from cesarean delivery anesthesia and labor analgesia to maternal resuscitation and patient safety.
Grace Lim+5 more
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Reproductive outcomes following induced abortion : a national register-based cohort study in Scotland [PDF]
PMID: 22869092 [PubMed] Free full textPeer ...
Bhattacharya, Siladitya+6 more
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Household costs of healthcare during pregnancy, delivery, and the postpartum period : a case study from Matlab, Bangladesh [PDF]
A household survey was undertaken in Matlab, a rural area of Bangladesh, to estimate the costs incurred during pregnancy, delivery, and the postpartum period for women delivering at home and in a health facility.
Blum, Lauren S.+4 more
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Obstetric violence: a Latin American legal response to mistreatment during childbirth [PDF]
Over the last several years, a new legal construct has emerged in Latin America that encompasses elements of quality of obstetric care and mistreatment of women during childbirth - both issues of global maternal health import. Termed "obstetric violence,"
Belizan, Jose+5 more
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Obstetric Nurses’ Perceived Barriers to Immediate Skin to Skin Contact after Cesarean Birth [PDF]
Despite the strong evidence supporting immediate skin to skin contact (SSC) after birth, research suggests that patients who undergo cesarean births do not have the same opportunities for SSC as patients who undergo vaginal births.
Balatero, Joelene Sarmiento
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Equity of Inpatient Health Care in Rural Tanzania:\ud A Population- and Facility-Based Survey [PDF]
To explore the equity of utilization of inpatient health care at rural Tanzanian health centers through the use of a short wealth questionnaire.Methods: Patients admitted to four rural health centers in the Kigoma Region of Tanzania from May 2008 to May ...
Dickson, R., Sean+4 more
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Severe acute maternal morbidity and associated deaths in conflict and post-conflict settings in Africa [PDF]
SETTING: Five hospitals in four conflict and post-conflict countries (Democratic Republic of Congo, Somaliland, Sierra Leone and Burundi). OBJECTIVES: To report among hospital deliveries: 1) the proportion of severe acute maternal morbidity (SAMM), 2 ...
Hinderaker, S G+4 more
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Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) ≥2.5mU/l in early pregnancy: prevalence and subsequent outcomes [PDF]
Objective: There remains controversy over how women with abnormal thyroid function tests in pregnancy should be classified. In this study we assessed the proportion of women with thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) ≥ 2.5 mU/l in a large obstetric cohort,
Carty, David M.+4 more
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