Objective: To evaluate of the modified severity of obstetrical illness scoring system for predicting the outcome of critically ill obstetric patients. Methods: A total of 165 critically ill obstetric patients were enrolled. The modified severity of obstetrical illness score and acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (APACHE II) were used to evaluate the severity of obstetrical illness. ...

Accurate assessment of gestational age, fetal growth, and the detection of fetal and placental abnormalities are major benefits of sonography. Color Doppler can be used to assist in the identification of vascular architecture, detection of vascular pathology and visualization of blood flow changes associated with physiologic processes and disease states. The clinical applications of obstetrical...

We report 2 patients with obstetrical brachial plexus palsy, ipsilateral leg weakness, and contralateral motor cortical dysplasia. To our knowledge, this is the first description of such an association. In both cases, the diagnosis of obstetrical brachial plexus palsy was established clinically shortly after birth and later confirmed neurophysiologically. Motor cortex dysplasia was diagnosed by...