Obstetric medicine is the care of women with medical problems in pregnancy. Medical problems may predate or arise de novo in pregnancy. Some are common and some are dangerous. Both obstetricians and physicians recognise the need for greater numbers of appropriately trained clinicians to care for such women. There is a demand for such training, particularly from trainee obstetricians. The Royal ...

BACKGROUND Uterine rupture is an obstetric calamity with surgery as its management mainstay. Uterine repair without tubal ligation leaves a uterus that is more prone to repeat rupture while uterine repair with bilateral tubal ligation (BTL) or (sub)total hysterectomy predispose survivors to psychosocial problems like marital disharmony. This study aims to evaluate obstetricians' perspectives on...

OBJECTIVE To assess the behavior and preferred delivery method among Iranian obstetricians in challenging cases. METHOD Using the revised Jackson personality inventory questionnaire, the attitudes of obstetricians toward cesarean delivery were assessed in challenging childbirth cases. The study was conducted at the Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in Mashhad, Iran. RESULT Seventy-five...

The professional liability crisis remains a common problem for obstetricians. Approximately 90% of American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists fellows have been sued at least once and 25% have been sued four or more times. Approximately 15% of obstetricians have ceased obstetric practice because of exorbitant premiums and the prevalence of nonmeritorious claims in this field of practice...

One thousand and ninety-three obstetricians answered a questionnaire on the management of pregnant women with pre-existing hypertension and pre-eclampsia. They reported that they frequently used antihypertensive drugs (most often methyldopa and diuretics) in severe essential hypertension but tended to give sedatives in mild cases. Renal impairment was considered more important that raised blood...

Our objective was to study the practices surrounding the use of ABPM to diagnose hypertension and white coat hypertension (WCH) in pregnant Jordanian women. Questionnaires were e-mailed to 311 physicians from Amman (the capital of Jordan) who was members of the Jordanian Medical Association. We received completed questionnaires from 104 obstetricians and 119 primary care physicians. A significa...

Epidural analgesia is the most common preferred method of labor analgesia. The aim of this study is to evaluate the knowledge and attitudes of Turkish obstetricians and gynecologists concerning epidural analgesia and to reveal their doubts as well. A prospective survey amongst obstetricians and gynecologists in Turkey (n=152) was conducted to obtain information about obstetricians' education, k...