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PREVENTIVE CARE IN PREGNANCY

Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 1995
Pregnancy provides unique opportunities for the initiation of preventive practices that can have long-standing implications for a pregnant woman, her infant, and the entire family. The physician has an obligation to evaluate the safety and appropriateness of interventions. This article examines routine prenatal care and its rationale.
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Caring for Women with Unintended Pregnancies

Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 2011
Unintended pregnancy is a common reproductive health event. Professional responsibilities for nurses providing care to women with unintended pregnancies include appropriate assessment, options counseling, provision of or referral for desired services, care coordination, and prevention efforts aimed at decreasing future unintended pregnancies.
Katherine, Simmonds, Frances E, Likis
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Managed Care and Unintended Pregnancy

Women's Health Issues, 1998
This article assesses the adequacy of coverage of contraceptive services and supplies for US women in the various types of managed care plans with special attention to Medicaid. Between 1993 and 1995 the percent of insured private-sector employees enrolled in managed care plans rose from 51% to 73%.
R B, Gold, C L, Richards
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Fragmentation of Care in Ectopic Pregnancy

Maternal and Child Health Journal, 2016
Ectopic pregnancy is an important cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. Women who experience fragmented care may undergo unnecessary delays to diagnosis and treatment. Based on ectopic pregnancy cases observed in clinical practice that raised our concern about fragmentation of care, we designed an exploratory study to describe the number ...
Debra B, Stulberg, Irma, Dahlquist, Christina, Jarosch, Stacy T, Lindau   +3 more
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Critical care in pregnancy—Is it different?

Seminars in Perinatology, 2014
In the first part of this review, the epidemiology of obstetric critical care is discussed. This includes the incidence of severe morbidity in pregnancy, identification of critically ill and potentially critically ill patients, the incidence of obstetric ICU admissions, the type of critical illness by stage of pregnancy, ICU admission diagnoses, the ...
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Pregnancy Accompanied by Palliative Care

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 2020
When prenatal screening reveals serious concerns for a baby, pediatric palliative care teams can help. Such teams meet with pregnant women and their families to build rapport, explain the medical concerns, delineate options, and outline anticipated outcomes.
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Lesbian Pregnancy: Care and Considerations

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine, 2017
AbstractThe constructs and the provision of preconception and obstetrical care have historically been based on the assumption of heterosexuality, and have often excluded lesbian women. However, due to significant strides in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights, more lesbian women desire to create and expand their families,
Sierra, Bushe, Iris L, Romero
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Optimizing Pregnancy Loss Care

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America
Early pregnancy loss is common, occurring in 15% to 25% of all clinically recognized pregnancies. Clinical presentations vary and diagnosis is achieved by an ultrasound alone, or with serial ultrasounds and/or hCG testing. Patients may present a range of emotional responses to the diagnosis. Treatment options can be individualized and include expectant,
Keri-Lee A, Garel, Katharine O, White, Kelly M, Treder   +2 more
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Prenatal care and pregnancy outcome

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1980
The relationship of prenatal care to perinatal outcome was studied in a racially and socioeconomically homogeneous population. All patients who were delivered at the E. H. Crump Women's Hospital and Perinatal Center from July 1 to December 31, 1979, were divided into two groups, based on the amount of prenatal care received. One group of 1,102 patients
G M, Ryan, P J, Sweeney, A S, Solola
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Nursing Care in Toxemias of Pregnancy

AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 1954
Most patients who are treated according to this regimen respond to the medical management of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia. Adequate time should be allowed to determine whether or not there is a response. When the patient fails to respond to the medical management, pregnancy should be terminated by the most conservative means for that particular patient.
E, GIBLIN, T W, OSMOND
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