OBJECTIVE The number of women aged 45 and older who become pregnant is increasing. The objective of this study was to estimate the risk of medical and obstetric complications among women aged 45 and older. METHODS The Nationwide Inpatient Sample was used to identify pregnant woman during admission for delivery. Deliveries were identified using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth R...

The purpose of this review is to discuss clinical practice guidelines for the management of the difficult airway in obstetric anesthesia. In the obstetric population, most anesthetic-related maternal deaths still result from complications of airway management following induction of general anesthesia for cesarean delivery (1-4). Airway management in pregnant patients is widely accepted as being...

Introduction: Neonatal obstetric traumas remain an important cause of morbidity-mortality. The objective of this study was to study obstetric traumatic lesions of the new-born in the paediatric department of the Centre hospitalier Roi Baudouin. Patients and method: This was a descriptive retrospective study of new-borns with obstetric trauma received at the Centre hospitalier Roi Baudouin’s pae...

Most women experience moderate to severe pain during labor and delivery, often requiring some form of pharmacologic analgesia.1 The lack of proper psychological preparation combined with fear and anxiety can greatly enhance the patient’s sensitivity to pain and further add to the discomfort during labor and delivery. However, skillfully conducted obstetric analgesia, in addition to relieving pa...

The selection of fellows in radiology subspecialties has not been a well-organized process and has led to a high degree of dissatisfaction among all parties. The granting of positions in subspecialty training programs proceeds by means of an interview process that is not centrally organized, includes variable periods for timing of interviews, and allows differing periods during which offers can...

BACKGROUND There are few studies focusing on women's experiences of early pregnancy. Medical and psychological approaches have dominated the research. Taking women's experiences seriously during early pregnancy may prevent future suffering during childbirth. AIM To describe and understand women's first time experiences of early pregnancy. METHOD Qualitative study using a phenomenological he...

from avoidable health problems—such as infectious diseases, malnutrition, and complications of childbirth—simply because they are poor. Wide differences in health status between poorer and better-off people are often avoidable and unfair, reflecting different socioeconomic constraints and opportunities rather than different individual choices.1 And while governments have made strides in improvi...

BACKGROUND Social and cultural factors combined with little information may prevent the diffusion of epidural analgesia for pain relief during childbirth. The present study was launched contemporarily to the implementation of analgesia for labor in our Department in order to perform a 2 years audit on its use. The goal is to evaluate the epidural acceptance and penetration into hospital practic...

OBJECTIVE To follow mothers' mood through pregnancy and after childbirth and compare reported symptoms of depression at each stage. DESIGN Longitudinal cohort study. SETTING Avon. PARTICIPANTS Pregnant women resident within Avon with an expected date of delivery between 1 April 1991 and 31 December 1992. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Symptom scores from the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale ...

OBJECTIVES The objective of the study was to describe new fathers' experiences with care related to complicated childbirth. METHODS A qualitative approach consisting of individual interviews using a semi-structured interview guide with open-ended questions was applied. A purposive sample of eight fathers participated. The interview text was subjected to qualitative thematic content analysis. ...