To assess the frequency and length of your contractions as well as your baby's heart rate, you'll need to have continuous electronic fetal monitoring during an induced labor. You'll probably have to lie down or sit still while being monitored, but some hospitals offer telemetry, which means...
Infant, NewbornNurse PractitionersAIMS: To assess what proportion of all cardiac abnormality can be suspected at birth when all clinical examination before discharge is undertaken by a small stable team of clinicians. METHODS: A prospective audit of all the 14 572 births in a maternity unit only...
Ideally, renal function biomarkers should be expressed as age﹊ndependent z﹕cores and evidence suggests indexing these values to postヽonceptual age rather than chronological age. Newborn and maternal serum creatinine correlate tightly for more than 72 hours after delivery, rendering this biomarker ...
Domenghino, A., Walbert, C., Birrer, D.L.et al.Consensus recommendations on how to assess the quality of surgical interventions.Nat Med29, 811–822 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02237-3 Download citation Received24 October 2022 ...
The hemoglobin levels chart below outlines normal hemoglobin ranges according to Medscape:2 Newborn:14-24 g/dL 0-2 weeks:12-20 g/dL 2-6 months:10-17 g/dL 6 months-1 year:9.5-14 g/dL 1-6 years:9.5-14 g/dL 6-18 years:10-15.5 g/dL ...
But, this one point doesn't show the complete picture. Your child’s provider will assess several values over time to determine the trend of how your baby is growing compared to the average growth curve on the chart. Try not to become too focused on a single number. There is a wide ra...
(Family Features) An estimated 1 in 33 babies is born with a birth defect, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While so...
others.10 In the light of these new developments in research, there is a pressing need to assess the possibilities for and implications of genetic testing and screening in common diseases (pertaining to multifactorial disorders as well as monogenic subtypes) from both a clinical and a societal ...
Only a few studies assess Maternal Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH) services at the community level and focus on interventions at the level of primary care. More large scale research factoring in specific contexts is particularly needed. Additional investigation on the cost-effectiveness of health ...
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) infection remains a leading cause of newborn morbidity and mortality. The study aimed to determine the adherence rate to the universal screening policy a decade after its introduction. Secondly, whether the timing of antibioti