Modern obstetrics: beyond early delivery for fetal or maternal compromise

An Active Teaching Approach for Fetal and Maternal Assessment in Delivery Room: A Randomized Clinical Trial

ABSTRACTBackground: A modern teaching method has been used for educating the midwifery students. Regarding the importance of accuracy and speed among the midwifery students, especially in the stressful condition of childbirth, this study aimed to investigate the effect of time management and precaution techniques on the midwifery student's clinical performance in the labour ward.Methods: This s...

Maternal and fetal best interests in day-to-day obstetrics.

In medicine, it is the physician's obligation to promote and protect the patient's interest. In obstetrics, the ethical principles of beneficence and autonomy provide the fundamental framework which guides the management of all pregnant patients. As there is the need for consideration of the fetus, autonomy can become a complex issue giving rise to what is sometimes called "maternal-fetal confl...

Maternal high-fat diet and obesity compromise fetal hematopoiesis

OBJECTIVE Recent evidence indicates that the adult hematopoietic system is susceptible to diet-induced lineage skewing. It is not known whether the developing hematopoietic system is subject to metabolic programming via in utero high-fat diet (HFD) exposure, an established mechanism of adult disease in several organ systems. We previously reported substantial losses in offspring liver size with...

Fetal compromise caused by maternal carbon monoxide poisoning.

Early warning of fetal compromise--absent end diastolic flow?

This report deals with the use of a relatively new investigative technique (Doppler ultrasound) in the management of a case of early onset pre-eclampsia and discusses the benefit of this new technique over conventional methods of fetal monitoring.