obstetric
(adjective)
Of, or relating to obstetrics (the care of women during and after pregnancy).
Examples of obstetric in the following topics:
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Placenta Previa
- Placenta previa is an obstetric complication in which the placenta is attached to the uterine wall close to or covering the cervix.
- Placenta previa is an obstetric complication in which the placenta is attached to the uterine wall close to or covering the cervix .
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Pelvimetry
- Traditional obstetrical services relied heavily on pelvimetry to decide if natural or operative vaginal delivery was possible or if and when to use a cesarean section.
- Explain the reasons why pelvimetry, the measurement of the pelvis, is used less frequently in obstetrics
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Ilium
- The bi-iliac width measure is helpful in obstetrics because a pelvis that is significantly too small or too large can have obstetrical complications.
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Injuries to Nerves Emerging from the Brachial Plexus
- Lesions in nerves of the brachial plexus are classified as obstetric or traumatic as a result of shoulder trauma, inflammation, or tumors.
- But in general, brachial plexus lesions can be classified as either traumatic or obstetric.
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Exercise and Pregnancy
- In the absence of either medical or obstetric complications, doctors advise an accumulation of 30 minutes a day of exercise on most if not all days of the week.
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Development of the Extraembryonic Coelom
- Artificially colored image of contents in the cavity of the uterus seen at approximately 5 weeks of gestational age by obstetric ultrasonography.
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Comparison of Female and Male Pelves
- These conflicting demands are often termed the obstetrical dilemma.
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Pelvic Structure and Childbearing
- This compromise has been referred to as the obstetrical dilemma.
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Stages of Labor
- Longer labors are associated with declining rates of spontaneous vaginal delivery and increasing rates of infection, perineal laceration, obstetric hemorrhage, as well as need for intensive care of the neonate.
- With the advent of modern interventive obstetrics, artificial rupture of the membranes has become common, so babies are rarely born in the caul (en-cual birth).
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Early Pregnancy Tests
- With obstetric ultrasonography the gestational sac sometimes can be visualized as early as four and a half weeks of gestation (approximately two and a half weeks after ovulation) and the yolk sac at about five weeks' gestation.