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May 15th, 2022 - Shoulder dystocia (ShD) is one of most dangerous obstetric complication. The objective of this study was to determine if the ultrasonographic fetal biacromial diameter (BA) and derived parameters could predict ShD in uncomplicated term pregnancies...

Apr 3rd, 2022 - Brachial plexus birth injuries (BPBIs) are typically traction type injuries to the newborn that occur during the delivery process. Although the incidence of these injuries has overall decreased from 1.5 to around 0.9 per 1000 live births in the Un...

Mar 10th, 2022 - To determine whether a net decline in glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c ) from early to late pregnancy is associated with lower risk of adverse perinatal outcomes at delivery among women with pregestational diabetes. A retrospective analysis from 20...

Feb 24th, 2022 - To examine the prevalence of antenatal maternal hypoglycemia after initiation of pharmacotherapy for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDMA2) and its association with pregnancy outcomes. Retrospective cohort of GDMA2 women receiving either insulin or...

Feb 15th, 2022 - Shoulder dystocia, or shoulder entrapment at birth, is an obstetrician's nightmare, which not infrequently leads to court litigation with complaints of serious foetal and/or maternal damage. Increasingly, retrospective management scrutiny is exten...

Aug 11th, 2021 - Gestational diabetes is diabetes that develops during pregnancy. Prevalence of gestational diabetes in the US has been estimated at 5.8% to 9.2%, based on traditional diagnostic criteria, although it may be higher if more inclusive criteria are us...

Dec 20th, 2019 - Suspected macrosomia is encountered commonly in obstetric practice. As birth weight increases, the likelihood of labor abnormalities, shoulder dystocia, birth trauma, and permanent injury to the newborn increases. The purpose of this document is t...

Dec 20th, 2019 - Suspected macrosomia is encountered commonly in obstetric practice. As birth weight increases, the likelihood of labor abnormalities, shoulder dystocia, birth trauma, and permanent injury to the newborn increases. The purpose of this document is t...

Apr 21st, 2017 - Practice Bulletin No 178: Shoulder Dystocia.|2017||adverse effects,methods,diagnosis,prevention & control,therapy,therapy,methods,

Oct 25th, 2016 - Suspected fetal macrosomia is encountered commonly in obstetric practice. As birth weight increases, the likelihood of labor abnormalities, shoulder dystocia, birth trauma, and permanent injury to the neonate increases. The purpose of this documen...

Apr 19th, 2021 - Umbilical cord cutting determines the separation of the newborn from mother. Umbilical cord clumping consists in the binding of the umbilical cord by nipper to interrupt blood flow from placenta to foetus. In the spontaneous labor there are two mo...

Aug 6th, 2020 - Macrosomia and growth restriction are important causes of perinatal morbidity, at or near to term. However, clear identification of 'at risk' foetuses is difficult and clinical estimates of fetal weight are poor. Historically, ultrasound has been ...

Aug 4th, 2020 - Optimizing the second stage of labor is important for positive maternal and neonatal outcomes. Dystocia of labor refers to a lack of progress of labor for any reason, and it is the most common indication for cesarean delivery in nulliparous women ...

Jul 23rd, 2020 - The purpose of this study is to verify if postprandial walks are effective in obese pregnant women, as regards to gestational weight gain and typical diseases of that period, as gestational diabetes and preeclampsia. Perinatal outcomes will be obs...

Feb 20th, 2020 - Few studies have researched the use of telemedicine in the management of type 1 diabetes during pregnancy. These studies are additionally limited due to number of patients as well as number of secondary outcomes reported. Therefore, this study wil...

Apr 27th, 2021 - Women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) during the COVID-19 pandemic were diagnosed later in their pregnancy than those diagnosed prior to the pandemic, suggests an audit of almost 1000 pregnancies at a leading UK hospital. GDM-re...

Oct 1st, 2020 - Brachial plexus injury often is thought to co-occur with shoulder dystocia, but the two complications appear to be unrelated, according to research published in Obstetrics & Gynecology. Grace J. Johnson, MD, and colleagues at Baylor College of Med...

Apr 15th, 2019 - Is induction of labor at 39 weeks cost-effective? Hersh and colleagues performed a cost-effectiveness analysis for induction of labor at 39 weeks versus expectant management for low-risk nulliparous women. 7 Based on 2016 National Vital Statistics.

Feb 20th, 2019 - LAS VEGAS – A dental support device designed to facilitate pushing by optimizing the Valsalva maneuver during the second stage of labor did not shorten time to delivery. dimarik/iStock/Getty Images In a randomized, controlled trial of 346 nullipar.

Sep 26th, 2018 - Gestational weight gain above or below the level recommended by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) guidelines resulted in significantly worse outcomes for mothers and babies, according to data from nearly 30,000 women. Comstock/Thinkstock Previous st.