Abstract Objectives To explore facilitators and barriers to the implementation of a physiological approach care during labour birth in obstetric settings. how located at three levels: organisation, professional groups (midwives obstetricians) women, interact influence approach. Method A systematic review literature, identified 32 eligible studies from four databases reporting relevant qualitati...

This paper presents the development of a Decision Support System for managing the labour based on the Soft Computing technique of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps. During labour, obstetricians manage and take decisions on the fetus delivery and the procedure of the labour, monitoring continuously a visual recording of the fetus heart signal and uterine contractions and they also take under consideration ot...

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Routinely involving obstetricians in the care of low risk women at scheduled II 3 times does not appear to improve perinatal outcomes compared with involving obstetricians when complications arise. Where possible, women should be sent or given written information on models of care prior to their first visit. This is due to the high volume of information that women are required to process and th...

This policy statement was prepared by the Executive and approved by the Council of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada.

UNLABELLED This review aims to summarize existing information concerning visual disturbances in (pre) eclampsia that have been described in the literature. Preeclampsia is one of the leading causes of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Visual disturbances in (pre)eclampsia seem to be frequent phenomena. Therefore, the obstetrician/gynecologist may encounter women with serious...