Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a group of connective tissue disorders which are divided into various distinguishable phenotypes. The type of EDS determines the potential obstetric complications. Due to the spectrum of clinical manifestation and overlap between phenotypes, there are no standardised obstetric management guidelines. Existing literature illustrates different obstetric management i...

Background: The present investigation compared the decrease in the volume of benign tumor before and after High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) treatment to evaluate the therapeutic effects of HIFU. in terms of Lifestyle and obstetric characteristics of in patients with Benign Uterine Tumors. Materials and Methods: To collect the data on each patients’ lifestyle and obstetric characteristic...

BACKGROUND Data from hospital-based registers and medical records offer valuable sources of information for clinical and epidemiological research purposes. However, conducting high-quality epidemiological research requires valid and complete data sources. OBJECTIVE To assess completeness and validity of a hospital-based clinical register - the Obstetric Database - using a national register an...

Accurate diagnosis of obstetric antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a prerequisite for optimal clinical management. The international consensus (revised Sapporo) criteria for obstetric APS do not include low positive anticardiolipin (aCL) and anti β2 glycoprotein I (aβ2GPI) antibodies (< 99th centile) and/or certain clinical criteria such as two unexplained miscarriages, three non-consecutive mi...

Objective: To determine the most common non-obstetric indications for admission during the antepartum and postpartum period of pregnancy. Methods: This is a population-based investigation of the primary diagnoses for admission in the antepartum and postpartum periods of pregnancy. Data was obtained from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project’s State Inpatient Database for the state of Cali...

BACKGROUND Knowledge of obstetric danger signs and adequate birth preparedness (BP) are critical for improving maternal services utilization. OBJECTIVES This study assessed the effect of a participatory multi-sectoral maternal and newborn intervention on BP and knowledge of obstetric danger signs among women in Eastern Uganda. METHODS The Maternal and Neonatal Implementation for Equitable S...

Ethics is an essential component of obstetric ultrasound, an area in which the authors have collaborated for the past 25 years. The authors describe their collaboration. They then present one of the core ethical concepts of obstetric ultrasound: The ethical concept of the fetus as a patient. Next, they present one of the clearest clinical applications of ethics to obstetric ultrasound: Autonomy...

Patients with inherited bleeding disorders are rare in obstetric practice but present with prolonged bleeding even after minor invasive procedures. They require a combined approach with obstetric and hematological management of each case, including the neonatal management of a possibly affected fetus. We present the case of a pregnancy in a patient with combined Factor VII deficiency and Glanzm...

EVERY year, the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology celebrates the life and legacy of Gerard Ostheimer, M.D., an obstetric anesthesiologist renowned for his wisdom, his passion for life, and his generosity to the society and the specialty. The celebration takes the form of an eponymous lecture given at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology Annual Meeting with the p...

introduction: preterm birth is still a major health problem throughout the world, which results in 75% of neonatal mortality. preterm labor not only inflicts financial and emotional distress, it may also lead to permanent disability. the present study was conducted to determine the related risk factors and preventive measures of preterm labor. methods: this retrospective cross-sectional study a...