Abstract Trauma knowledge and skills are needed to support relational safety for children in out-of-home care birth family contact is a particular area where trauma-informed approaches critical. Mixed methods were used understand the application of New South Wales, Australia. A total 118 caseworkers 15 organisational leaders took part an anonymous survey or semi-structured interview. Descriptiv...

Background. Evidence recommends encouraging expectant mothers to adopt birthing positions that will assist them in having a normal physiological birth. Upright birthing positions have been shown to have good birth outcomes and assist women to give birth normally. However, adopting the lithotomy position with legs flexed and supported with hands has become an entrenched clinical birthing practic...

The aim of this research was to determine the incidence, risk factors and perinatal outcome of the macrosomic infants (birth weight > or = 4000 g). The retrospective research was performed using a case-control study conducted at Mostar Clinical Hospital. Total of 379 women gave singleton term births to macrosomic newborn in the period from January 1st, 2004 to December 31st, 2005 (observed grou...

The aetiology of nasal deformity has frequently included birth trauma. There is no consensus in the literature as to whether nasal surgery, in the form of closed reduction, is indicated in neonates. The majority of studies in the literature that advocate intervention have inadequate followup periods and there is a paucity of evidence for the adverse effects of conservative management. This case...

New and conflicting evidence about the effect of pre-natal life and the process of birth has revived the old argument about the relative importance of nature and nurture in producing cerebral defects. A few processes have received general recognition; for example, that birth trauma may cause cerebral palsy and that rubella in early pregnancy may cause certain malformations associated with impai...

INTRODUCTION Trauma, including suicide, accidental injury, motor traffic accidents, and homicides, accounts for 73% of all maternal deaths (early and late) in NSW annually. Late maternal deaths are underreported and are not as well documented or acknowledged as early deaths. METHODS Linked population datasets from births, hospital admissions, and death registrations were analysed for the peri...

OBJECTIVE To study the relation between traumatic birth and the development of permanent facial palsy in the newborn. DESIGN Retrospective case control study of children with 'congenital' facial palsy. SETTING Two tertiary referral centres for patients with facial palsy. SUBJECTS 61 children with established facial palsy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Odds ratios of recognised factors for birth...

Restrictions of the cranium at birth probably affects all of us to some degree. It is thought that in severe instances this restriction may lead to brain damage, cerebral palsy (spasticity) or autism, or may contribute towards Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (cot death). In less severe cases it may lead to dyslexia, learning difficulties, hyperactivity, epilepsy, obsessional behaviour, personality...

Abstract Objectives To describe and review a series of penile trauma. Methods Patients with suspicions fracture that received surgical treatment were included from 2015 to 2022. Characteristics collected: date birth, type affected parts the penis, evolution after surgery. Description complications outcomes. Results 11 consecutive patients due suspicion 3 had negative previous ultrasonography. s...