An obstetric labor complication is a difficulty or abnormality that arises during the process of labor or delivery. The Trust for America's Health reports...
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termed obstetric labor complications, and problems that occur primarily after childbirth are termed puerperal disorders. While some complications improve...
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Childbirth (redirect from Obstetric labor)
result in maternal exhaustion, fetal distress, and other complications including obstetric fistula. Eclampsia is the onset of seizures (convulsions)...
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later on. Some, due to obstetric fistulae and other complications from childbirth, do not survive. Physical consequences of obstetric fistulae lead to severe...
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Obstetrical bleeding is bleeding in pregnancy that occurs before, during, or after childbirth. Bleeding before childbirth is that which occurs after 24...
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Maternal death (redirect from Obstetric death)
categories: direct obstetric deaths and indirect obstetric deaths. Direct obstetric deaths are causes of death due to complications of pregnancy, birth...
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The obstetrical dilemma is a hypothesis to explain why humans often require assistance from other humans during childbirth to avoid complications, whereas...
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Obstetrics (redirect from Obstetric)
standard modified criteria have been lowered to 135 since the late 1980s. Obstetric ultrasonography is routinely used for dating the gestational age of a...
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Obstetrical forceps are a medical instrument used in childbirth. Their use can serve as an alternative to the ventouse (vacuum extraction) method. Forceps...
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Obstructed labour (redirect from Impaired labor)
rupture, or having post-partum bleeding. Long-term complications for the mother include obstetrical fistula. Obstructed labour is said to result in prolonged...
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Simpson Kathleen R., Thorman Kathleen E. (2005). "Obstetric 'Conveniences' Elective Induction of Labor, Cesarean Birth on Demand, and Other Potentially...
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delivered. Obstetrical nurses help provide prenatal care and testing, care of patients experiencing pregnancy complications, care during labor and delivery...
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hemorrhage 668 Complication (medicine) of the administration of anesthetic or other sedation in labor (childbirth) and delivery 669 Complication (medicine)...
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Pregnancy (redirect from Stage of labor)
pregnancy because of pregnancy complications, disease, or routine prenatal care. Medical ultrasonography including obstetric ultrasonography, and magnetic...
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Episiotomy (category Obstetrical procedures)
(July 2016). "Practice Bulletin No. 165: Prevention and Management of Obstetric Lacerations at Vaginal Delivery". Obstetrics and Gynecology. 128 (1):...
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Shoulder dystocia (category Complications of labour and delivery)
baby's head. It is a type of obstructed labour. Shoulder dystocia is an obstetric emergency. Initial efforts to release a shoulder typically include: with...
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stage of labor starts after the birth of the baby and is finished when the placenta is delivered. It can last from 5 to 30 minutes. Complications of vaginal...
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Uterine atony (section Complications)
gestational products such as the placenta and rapid identification of obstetric lacerations, helps exclude other causes of PPH. Laboratory tests can be...
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Emergency childbirth (section Maternal complications)
Joelle (ed.), "Precipitous Labor and Emergency Department Delivery", Emergency Department Management of Obstetric Complications, Cham: Springer International...
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Midwifery (section Labor and delivery)
exercised in applying this advice to women with substantial medical or obstetric complications." The review found that midwifery-led care was associated with...
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Outline of obstetrics (redirect from List of obstetric topics)
or stillbirth obstetric fistula obstetric hemorrhage Pelvic girdle pain placenta praevia pre-eclampsia premature birth, preterm labor or prematurity...
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Caesarean section (category Obstetric surgery)
(singleton at full term in a head-down position with no other obstetric or medical complications), the risk of death in the first 28 days of life has been...
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Epidural administration (category Obstetrical procedures)
move during labor. Movement such as walking or changing positions may help improve labor comfort and decrease the risk of complications. Epidural analgesia...
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Eclampsia (section Complications)
include nausea, vomiting, headaches, and cortical blindness. If the complication of multi-organ failure ensues, signs and symptoms of those failing organs...
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during instances of duress, such as obstructed labor or if the baby was positioned in breech. Obstetric physicians may provide care for chronic medical...
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Amniotic fluid embolism (category Complications of labour and delivery)
An amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a life-threatening childbirth (obstetric) emergency in which amniotic fluid enters the blood stream of the mother...
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Asynclitic birth (section Complications)
Fetal head asynclitism may affect the progression of labor, increase the need for obstetrical intervention, and may be associated with difficult instrumental...
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and Gynecologists; Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (March 2014). "Obstetric care consensus no. 1: safe prevention of the primary cesarean delivery"...
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Tocolytic (redirect from Labor suppressant)
(also called anti-contraction medications or labor suppressants) are medications used to suppress premature labor (from Greek τόκος tókos, "childbirth", and...
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Obstetrics and gynaecology (redirect from Obstetric and Gynaecology)
training available to physicians in the US are: Maternal-fetal medicine: an obstetrical subspecialty, sometimes referred to as perinatology, that focuses on...
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