OBJECTIVE To evaluate the blood ordering practice and blood transfusion for Caesarean sections at our institution and to compare the estimated blood loss between anaesthetists and obstetricians. METHODS A review of 126 patients undergoing both elective and emergency Caesarean section was undertaken in 2002. Information collected included the number of blood units cross-matched preoperatively,...

CONTEXT Patient outcomes have been used to assess the performance of hospitals and physicians; in contrast, residency programs have been compared based on nonclinical measures. OBJECTIVE To assess whether obstetrics and gynecology residency programs can be evaluated by the quality of care their alumni deliver. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS A retrospective analysis of all Florida and New Yor...

OBJECTIVE Collaborative, interdisciplinary care models have the potential to improve maternity care. Differing attitudes of maternity care providers may impede this process. We sought to examine the attitudes of Canadian maternity care practitioners towards labour and birth. METHODS We performed a cross-sectional web- and paper-based survey of 549 obstetricians, 897 family physicians (400 ant...

OBJECTIVES To assess the intentions of Australia's specialist obstetricians to cease practice and their reasons for abandoning this specialty. DESIGN A structured questionnaire posted to Fellows of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG), issued 11 July 2001 with a return date of 31 July 2001 (in practice, responses were accepted up to 31 Aug...

This issue is dedicated to the memory ofDavid Charles, who died on August 2, 1993, leaving a void affecting many academicians and clinicians in obstetrics and gynecology throughout the world. For those of you who may not have known him, David was Welsh by birth and educated in London. He held certifications in obstetrics and gynecology from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists,...

OBJECTIVE To describe the current practice, experience, and confidence of Canadian obstetricians in the management of obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASIS) and to explore the need for national practice guidelines on this topic. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional, Internet-based survey between December 2010 and March 2011. The survey was initially tested among a sample population and t...

Women receiving a positive diagnosis of an abnormality during pregnancy may be counselled about a termination by one of several types of health professionals including obstetricians, geneticists, and genetic nurses. There is anecdotal evidence to suggest that these groups differ in both their approaches to counselling and their attitudes towards abnormality. The aim of the current study is to d...

We assessed the attitudes of Canadian obstetricians toward chiropractic with a 38-item cross-sectional survey. Ninety-one obstetricians completed the survey, for a response rate of 14% (91 of 659). Overall, 30% of respondents held positive views toward chiropractic, 37% were neutral, and 33% reported negative views. Most (77%) reported that chiropractic care was effective for some musculoskelet...

OBJECTIVE To gather more information regarding prenatal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing by examining the practice patterns of obstetrician-gynecologists. METHODS Survey questionnaires were sent to 1,032 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Fellows and Junior Fellows in practice. Questionnaires included inquiries about obstetrician-gynecologist characteristics,...

BACKGROUND Current practice guidelines recommend active management of the third stage of labor. We compared practices of three maternity care provider disciplines in management of third-stage labor and the justifications for their approach. METHODS This study is a cross-sectional survey of maternity practitioners in usual practice settings in British Columbia. All 199 obstetricians, all 82 mi...