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Teen Pregnancy: We ARE Failing our Children
What is wrong with these scenarios?!?....Last Thursday night while I was in the hospital on call for our Residency Program, we had 8 patients on our Labor and Delivery unit. The mean maternal age was 17...The next day, I was covering our ultrasou...
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Another Late Midtrimester Pregnancy Loss
Soumya has left a new comment on your post "Recurrent Early Pregnancy Loss - 6 - A Special Pat..." (I have modified/revised her comment somewhat to the best of my understanding of her concerns)...Hi I lost my pregnancy at 24 weeks on July 17. Actu...
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Thanks to Emily DeVoto at "The Antidote..."
Emily,Great job on this week's Grand Rounds and thanks for including a link to my recent post on "The Human Value of Knowledge." I have found that sharing special moments in patient care, happy and sad, is definitely an antidote to trying to keep ...
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Thanks Dr. Val for Grand Rounds 4.31!
Thanks Dr Val Jones at RevolutionHealth for all the time and attention put into this week's Grand Rounds 4.31. The link to my recent post on the "Use of Fondaparinux During Pregnancy" is also much appreciated!A growing number of women are being id...
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ACOG Annual Meeting - San Diego - Why Do Men Have Nipples?
I am going to take some liberties here, so forgive me (or FIRE me). I know that the title of these web sites has been changed (for the better, because at least someone signing on can now easily find the sites!) to “Health Talk” but Healthline aske...
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Understanding 'Rh-disease'
When antibodies from an Rh-sensitized woman cross the placenta and enter the circulation of an Rh-positive baby, they attach to the Rh-antigens on the fetal red blood cells (RBCs). Once that occurs, the fetal immune system is fooled into believin...
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Abnormal First Trimester Screen in a Woman with Chronic Kidney Disease
Hello Dr. T:I am also new to the whole blogging thing. I am currently 13 weeks 3 days, and was told at my last prenatal appointment that based on my first trimester screening, I have a 1 in 235 chance of having a baby with Downs syndrome. I am onl...
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Fever in Pregnancy
The same reader who asked if obstetrical ultrasound caused babies to be left-handed also wanted to know if fever during early pregnancy could hurt her baby. As is so much in this business, the answer, of course, is not straightforward. The simpl...
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"The Road Not Taken..."
Recently, I was asked to see a very interesting patient in consultation. Although a favorable outcome of her pregnancy is by no means guaranteed at this time, I am fairly sure that the timely request from her physician for a “curbside” consult av...
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Amniocentesis is Not Without Risk
Occasionally, a series of comments are left that leave me feeling quite disturbed. Included below is such a series received over the past few weeks, and to which I responded, that tell a story all by themselves. Please read all the way to the end ...
