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Three Methods of Fetal Weight Estimation Compared in Women With BMI ≥ 35 kg/m2 at Term—A Prospective Observational Study

Birth, EarlyView.
Visual summary of a prospective study comparing sonographic, maternal, and clinical fetal‐weight estimation methods in women with BMI = 35 kg/m2 at term. The graphical abstract presents the study objective, design, accuracy measures, and the primary finding that maternal and sonographic estimations demonstrated similar accuracy and both exceeded that ...
Inshirah Sgayer, Yara N. Francis, Nadine Ashkar‐Majadla, Ruba Tuma, Lior Lowenstein, Maya Frank Wolf, Marwan Odeh   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Midwifery Students' Definitions of Normal Labor and Birth: A Study From Five Countries

Birth, EarlyView.
The image brings together the seven aspects considered most important in defining ‘normal/physiological birth’ according to research carried out among 664 student midwives across five countries. ABSTRACT Introduction Internationally, many women and birthing people are receiving maternity care interventions as a routine with no medical indication for ...
International Network Exploring Midwifery Students' Confidence in Physiological Birth, Jalana Lazar, Juliet Wood, Jane Fry, Barbara Baranowska, Urszula Tataj‐Puzyna, Debora Dole, Emma Ritchie, Clare Davison, Cindy L. Farley, Felicity Agwu Kalu, Maria Healy, Maria Węgrzynowska   +12 more
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Women with gestational diabetes mellitus in the ACHOIS trial: Risk factors for shoulder dystocia [PDF]

, 2007
The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.comBackground: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with increased risk of fetal macrosomia and shoulder dystocia.
Athukorala, C., Crowther, C., Willson, K.   +2 more
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Early neurodevelopmental outcome in newborns with mild hypoxic‐ischaemic encephalopathy

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
Aim To describe the natural history of newborn children with mild hypoxic‐ischaemic encephalopathy in the first year of life. Method This was a multicentre, prospective observational study involving five neonatal intensive care units in an Italian region using both structured clinical and neurophysiological assessments according to the Italian Society ...
Domenico M. Romeo, Chiara Arpaia, Angelo Di Malta, Elisa Pede, Grazia Maria Cicala, Daniela Ricci, Francesca Serrao, Eugenio Mercuri, Claudia Brogna, Mild Encephalopathy Regional Network*, Giovanni Vento, Chiara Cafforio, Eleonora Scapillati, Roberta Arena, Francesca Gallini, Vita Augusta, Andrea Guzzetta   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maternal Factors and Labor Interventions Predicting Shoulder Dystocia

Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2020
Background and purpose: Shoulder dystocia is an obstetrics emergency which could be prevented by identifying its predictors and taking effective measures.
Sedighe sadat Kazemi nia, Roghayeh Rahmani Bilandi, Fatemeh Hadizadeh-Talasaz, Hosein Nezami   +3 more
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Passive shoulder mobility and active shoulder external rotation recovery in upper‐trunk brachial plexus birth injuries after nerve repair

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
This was a retrospective cohort study of 322 patients with upper trunk brachial plexus birth injury following nerve surgery of C5 and/or C6. We found that a substantial gap remained between passive and active shoulder external rotation in adduction, indicating that passive mobility is not the limiting factor in active external rotation recovery ...
Eva T. E. Ulmann, Jochem Nagels, Willem Pondaag, Martijn J. A. Malessy   +3 more
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Shoulder Dystocia: Effective Management of an Obstetric Emergency [PDF]

, 2009
Shoulder dystocia is an obstetric emergency which can result in significant maternal and neonatal morbidity, and in some cases perinatal death. It is an unpredictable event which causes stress and trauma for all concerned.
Ansell (Irving), Lesley
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Shoulder dystocia: What is the risk of recurrence? [PDF]

, 2008
Objective. To study the recurrence risk of shoulder dystocia in women who have previously experienced at least once shoulder dystocia. Design. A retrospective study of vaginal deliveries complicated by shoulder dystocia. Setting.
Yahya F., Nassar A.H., Usta I.M., Abu-Musa A., Hayek S.   +4 more
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Visual Estimation of Force Applied During Simulated Deliveries Complicated by Shoulder Dystocia

American Journal of Perinatology Reports, 2018
Background Shoulder dystocia occurs when the fetal head delivers, but the shoulder is lodged behind the pubic symphysis. Training for these emergency deliveries is not optimized, and litigation can occur around a shoulder dystocia delivery ...
Margaret Walters, Allison Eubanks, Elizabeth Weissbrod, John Fischer, Barton Staat, Shad Deering   +5 more
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Postpartum Body Weight and Cardiometabolic Biomarker Trajectories in Women With Gestational Diabetes: A Population‐Based Matched Cohort Study

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims To compare postpartum trajectories in body weight and cardiometabolic biomarkers between women with and without GDM, and to explore the moderating effect of progression to type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Materials and Methods We used electronic primary care healthcare records and linked hospital episode records of women who gave birth between ...
Ruya Abdulsalam, Susan A. Jebb, Moscho Michalopoulou, Carmen Piernas, Richard Stevens, Nerys M. Astbury   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source