Metabolic gestational age assessment in low resource settings: a validation protocol

How e-learning creates new opportunities in hospital settings? Innovations in a low resource setting

Background: E-learning and telemedicine have become common methods in changing and developing medical education and clinical processes. The purpose of this study was to describe the innovations of blending e-Learning into the educational and medical processes of hospital services Methods: The process of action research included plan, act, observation and reflection was followed. Implementation,...

Gestational age assessment in infants of very low birthweight.

The accuracy of gestational age assessment (Dubowitz et al., 1970) was tested for infants weighing 1500 g or less. There was good correlation with known dates. This system is applicable to and accurate for infants delivered very prematurely.

Cranial ultrasound assessment of gestational age in low birthweight infants.

The anatomical features of the cerebral hemispheres of 97 infants were studied by ultrasonography. A scoring system was devised based on anatomical and ultrasound appearances and compared with gestational age calculated from the date of the mother's last period. There was a significant positive correlation between gestational age and ultrasound score. Cranial ultrasonography is an accurate and ...

Telemedicine in Low-Resource Settings

Telemedicine is a fuzzy term with several synonyms (telehealth, e-health, etc), which cover a wide range of topics, all concerning the delivery of health care at a distance. “Health care” itself is a broad concept, encompassing diagnosis and treatment of patients, education of staff, patients, and the general public, and administrative activities, such as collecting public health data, as well ...

Correction to 'Estimation of gestational age from fundal height: a solution for resource-poor settings'.