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General Resources  
Journals 
Professional Societies and Associations 
General Resources

Multiple Birth - Facts  

Prenatal Diagnosis  

Intrapartum Electronic Fetal Monitoring(CPMC)

Home Uterine Activity Monitoring

Antenatal Diagnosis in Congenital Abnormality

Fetal Medicine Unit
St. George's Hospital Medical School
London

Prenatal Diagnosis

Why Are We Using Electronic Fetal Monitoring?

Obstetric Ultrasound: A Comprehensive Guide

CHORUS: Pregnancy/Fetus

Obstetrics: Intrapartum Monitoring and Management  

Fetal Ultrasound

Fetal Growth Assessment- Decisions Support

Emedicine.com

Multilingual Glossary of Technical and Popular Medical Terms in Nine European Languages
This system contains the electronic form of eight glossaries, in which you can find 1830 technical and popular medical terms in eight of the nine official European languages : English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Danish.

FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

Department of Health and Human Resources News and Press Releases

Czech Gynecological and Obstetrical Society
This site, in English and Slovak, provides information on the Professional Societies and Associations for OB/GYN practitioners in the Czech Republic.

Evanston Northwestern Perinatal Center

Fetal Health Surveillance in Labour
Fetal Echocardiography - Gold Edition Greggory R. DeVore, MD

Intrapartum Electronic Fetal Monitoring
Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, Full Text Review, Prepared by Geoffrey Anderson, MD, PhD, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and Department of Health Administration, University of Toronto

Fetal Echocardiography Homepage
Library of Images, Fetal Calculator, Discussion Forum, and much more from the University of Pennsylvania

New Frontiers in Fetal Surgery
An article by Craig Farrand featuring four doctors and pioneer researchers at the WSU School of Medicine: Dr. Alan Flake, associate professor of surgery and ob/gyn; Dr. Mark Evans, professor and vice-chief of ob/gyn, and professor of molecular medicine/ genetics and pathology; Dr. Mark Johnson, assistant professor of ob/gyn, molecular medicine/genetics and pathology; and Dr. Ruben Quintero, assistant professor of ob/gyn.

Perinatology - development and evaluation of new methods for fetal surveillance. Studies of fetal and utero-placental circulation
In clinical perinatology, surveillance of fetal health is a major task because of the inaccessibility of the fetus to direct examination in utero. Parallel with the technical development of diagnostic methods it is necessary to collect the background data on fetal physiology and to evaluate the diagnostic power of the new methods in a clinical situation.

Labor, Delivery, Postpartum OBGYN.net Clinical Collection

Explanation of Late Decels
How serious are late decels following a contraction? Assuming that it's a natural contraction, not pit-induced, what do you think should be done about them? How many does it take to get you alarmed?

Maternal Heart Rate Mistaken for Fetal Heart Rate
Nurses insisted she push in semi-sit position. HR dropped below 100 (80ish). 15 min. into 2nd stage, doc is talking possibility of C. I suggest squatting. In this position, HR stays above 100, ranging from 120 to 160 - great variability, but she can't stay like this forever. Everytime she pushes in a sitting position, HR drops. After a total of about 40 minutes, doc explains that only the caput is coming through and molding. That in conjunction with low HR and late decels puts her back on the operating table under general.


Journals and Publications

Prenatal and Neonatal Medicine  

Frontiers in Fetal Health: A Global Perspective 

Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators

Obstetrics and Gynecology

The Journal of Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Medical Education Online: An Electronic Journal

The Journal of the American Medial Association (JAMA)

The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Online

The Journal of Maternal-Fetal Medicine


Professional Societies and Associations

Advances in Labour and Risk Management  

Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
The mission of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada is to promote optimal women’s health through leadership, collaboration, education, research and advocacy in the practice of obstetrics and gynaecology.

Collège Français d'Echographie Foetale
The Collège Français d'Echographie Fétale has around 100 members, all doctors whose expertise lies in gynecological and obstetrical echography. The site language is French.

Association of Educators in Radiological Sciences
The goal of the Association of Educators in Radiological Sciences, Inc. (AERS) is to meet the needs of the educatorin radiological sciences.  AERS is one of the largest organizations for radiological science educators, with approximately one thousand educators from the United States and other countries.

American College of Radiology
The American College of Radiology Public Relations Department provides members, the media, insurers, other health care professionals, and the public with information about current developments in diagnostic radiology and radiation oncology.

The American Healthcare Radiology Administrators
The American Healthcare Radiology Administrators is a nonprofit organization dedicated to addressing the needs of healthcare and imaging administrators and promoting the highest level of management practice in the administration of healthcare and radiological sciences.

American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology was organized and incorporated "to encourage the study, improve the practice, and advance the cause of obstetrics and gynecology, subjects which should be inseparably interwoven; and to grant and to issue to physicians duly licensed by law, certificates or other equivalent recognition of special knowledge in obstetrics and gynecology".

American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology

American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine is a multidisciplinary organization dedicated to advancing the art and science of ultrasound in medicine and research through its educational, scientific, literary and professional activities.

Spotlight on AIUM
OBGYN.net interviewed Stephanie P. Reisberg, Media Manager, and Glynis Harvey, Director of Committees and MIS, at the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine about the creation of the AIUM web site, what they're doing now and plans for the future.

American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS)
The American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers® (ARDMS®), incorporated in June of 1975, is an independent, nonprofit organization in operation to administer examinations and award credentials in the areas of diagnostic cardiac sonography, diagnostic medical sonography, vascular technology, and ophthalmic biometry.

Australian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine
The main activities of the Society involves education and liaison with state government and educational authorities.  The website contains educational information as well as information about the Society.

The British Institute of Radiology
The British Institute of Radiology is a registered charity whose aim is to forge links between medicine, science and industry to improve the detection and treatment of disease.  It is a multidisciplinary learned society whose activities cover all aspects of the radiological sciences, and whose members consist of radiologists, radiographers, medical physicists, radiotherapists, radiobiologists and industry executives.

The Radiological Society of North America
The purpose of the Radiological Society of North America is to promote and develop the highest standards of radiology and related sciences through education and research. The Society seeks to provide radiologists and allied health scientists with educational programs and materials of the highest quality, and to constantly improve the content and value of these educational activities. The Society seeks to promote research in all aspects of Radiology and related sciences, including basic clinical research in the promotion of quality healthcare. The Society seeks to foster closer fellowship among all radiologists and greater cooperation among radiologists and members of other branches of medicine and allied healthcare professionals.

Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
To "promote, advance, and educate its members and the medical community in the science of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, and as a consequence, contribute to the enhancement of patient care."