Obstetric-Pædiatric Relationships

Pædiatric Nursing

Working relationships between obstetric care staff and their managers: a critical incident analysis

BACKGROUND Malawi continues to experience critical shortages of key health technical cadres that can adequately respond to Malawi's disease burden. Difficult working conditions contribute to low morale and frustration among health care workers. We aimed to understand how obstetric care staff perceive their working relationships with managers. METHODS A qualitative exploratory study was conduc...

Obstetric Shock

OBSTETRIC shock is one of the most serious of the accidents associated with childbirth. Puerperal sepsis is the only condition responsible for a larger proportion of maternal deaths. Out of 141 consecutive deaths occurring in the Belfast Maternity Hospital, and the Royal Maternity Hospital, Belfast, during the ten years, 1927-36, twenty-three, i.e., 16.3 per cent., were due to obstetric shock. ...

Obstetric Fistula

Obstetric fistula is a serious and debilitating complication of childbirth affecting millions of women in the developing world. A gynecologic fistula refers to an abnormal communication between the urinary tract or the gastrointestinal tract and the genital tract, produced by obstetric causes, usually prolonged and obstructed labor. The earliest example of obstetric fistula was found in 2050 BC...

Obstetric Surgery

Pregnancy is not a disease but a condition undertaken by most women during their reproductive lives. Pregnancy, however, is a time when health can be threatened. Any pregnancy carries the risk for hemorrhage, obstructed labor, or the need for a cesarean delivery. The sheer volume of maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide indicates that every pregnant woman is at risk for surgically preventa...