Obstetric palsy n. реrоnеі. Whitman (Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Chicago, 1922)

General Obstetrics and Gynecology: Obstetrics

Objective: We tested if fetal pulse oximetry in addition to electronic fetal monitoring (CTG) and scalp blood sampling improves the accuracy of fetal assessment and allows safe reduction of operative deliveries ( 50%) and scalp blood sampling ( 50%) performed because of nonreassuring fetal status. Study design: A randomized controlled trial was conducted in 146 patients with term pregnancies in...

Obstetrics and gynecology.

Emergency contraception could reduce the number of unintended pregnancies by 1.7 million. The best approach to oral contraception is education and not limitation, but it is unlikely that there will be any increase in contraceptive availability in the near future. Routine ultrasonography in low-risk pregnancies does not appear to be cost-effective.

Gynecology and obstetrics.

Simulation in obstetrics and gynecology.

Simulation is a practical and safe approach to the acquisition and maintenance of task-oriented and behavioral skills across the spectrum of medical specialties, including obstetrics and gynecology. Since the 1990s, the profession of obstetrics and gynecology has come to appreciate the value of simulation and major steps are being taken toward incorporating this technique into specialty-specifi...

Indian contribution to obstetrics & gynecology.

In the year 1951, there was a conference of renowned Gynecologists and Obstetricians from all over the world at Paris. The representative from India thundered in the Conference that no woman should loose her precious baby because of cervical incompetence. He disclosed a totally different and innovative approach for cervical incompetence. He described cervical cerclage operation for habitual sec...