OBJECTIVE To compare the effect of admission cardiotocography and Doppler auscultation of the fetal heart on neonatal outcome and levels of obstetric intervention in a low risk obstetric population. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial. SETTING Obstetric unit of teaching hospital PARTICIPANTS Pregnant women who had no obstetric complications that warranted continuous monitoring of fetal hea...

Modern society with its bad ecology, chronic stress and the prevalence of mental activities over physical no longer treats pregnancy as a physiological state with "natural" course of events but the state that requires intensive medical supervision, active, even invasive, intervention during pregnancy and delivery. In most cases such intervention is the only way to save life for a mother and her...

OBJECTIVE To describe the frequency, characteristics, and patient outcomes for women who accessed Emergency Medical Services (EMS) for obstetric emergencies at the ports of entry (POE) between El Paso, Texas, United States of America, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. METHODS A descriptive study of women 12-49 years of age for whom an EMS ambulance was called to an El Paso POE location fr...