Fetal Distress
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Preconception, Pregnancy & Birth
Fetal Monitoring
Ultrasound
Avoiding
Fetal Distress Claims
An obstetrician's ultimate goal, put simply, is a good outcome. However, despite
the best of care, and the most ideal circumstances, some adverse outcomes are
unavoidable..
Tocolytics for Suspected Intrapartum Fetal Distress
Cesarean Fact
Sheet
These facts are presented by the ICEA Cesarean Options committee with
the hope that parents, childbirth educators, nurses, midwives and
doctors together can effectively reduce the rate of unnecessary cesarean
sections and consequently, their effects.
Fetal Diseases
Includes information on fetal anoxia, fetal macrosomia, meconium aspiration,
fetal distress, and more.
Pharmaceutical
Induction - Cytotec
Cytotec is the trade name of a synthetic prostaglandin analogue, misoprostol.
It is marketed in the USA as a specific drug for the prevention and treatment of NSAID induced stomach ulcers.
In Brazil it is widely used as an abortifacient. There have been several
clinical trials of its use as a cervical ripening and labor inducing
agent.
Premature Rupture of
Membranes
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