Obstetric consent and the cost of severe obstetric adverse events

The role of obstetric events in schizophrenia.

It is now well established that obstetric complications or obstetric events increase the risk for schizophrenia. This is a small effect—the pooled odds ratio of the effect of exposure to obstetric complications on the subsequent development of schizophrenia has been estimated to be about 2.0 (95% confidence interval, 1.6–2.4). The term ‘‘obstetric complications’’ covers a wide range of events, ...

The prevalence of adverse obstetric outcomes follow of an abnormal maternal serum AFP and NTDs screen positive group

Introduction: Prenatal maternal serum AFP screening tests have some inherent false positive and false negative results. For NTDs Screening test (FTS) false positive rate (FPR) is about 1% and false negative rate (FNR) is 20%. A false positive result encourages by Anomaly scan and invasive diagnostic procedures (that poses lots of stress on women, too), while a false negative result lead to a N...

Multiple electrode aggregometry in severe obstetric haemorrhage.

Predicting adverse obstetric outcome after early pregnancy events and complications: a review.

BACKGROUND The aim was to evaluate the impact of early pregnancy events and complications as predictors of adverse obstetric outcome. METHODS We conducted a literature review on the impact of first trimester complications in previous and index pregnancies using Medline and Cochrane databases covering the period 1980-2008. RESULTS Clinically relevant associations of adverse outcome in the subseq...

Women’s Psychological Stress and Obstetric Disorders

Background & aim: Occupational exposures can cause problems such as reproductive system disorders; however, the effects of some exposures, such as psychological stress, have not been investigated yet. This study aims to investigate the effects of women’s psychological stress on obstetric disorders. Methods:This historical cohort study was conducted on 1400 working women in Mashhad, Iran. Data ...