来自丹麦的研究人员通过全国性注册数据，开展了一项探讨孕产妇合并症与儿童癌症关联的病例对照研究。研究利用产科合并症指数 (Obstetric Comorbidity Index)分析1977-2013年间6419例病例和160484例对照，发现孕前糖尿病 (OR=1.82)、剖宫产史 (OR=1.20)和妊娠高血压 (OR=1.27)显著增加子代急性淋巴细胞白血病 ...

Obstetricians delivering in private hospitals have always known that having your baby under the care of a private ...

We identified obstetric service status for every rural and urban short-term acute care hospital in every US state. During 2010–22, seven states had at least 25 percent of hospitals close their ...

In my experience, the nebulous nature of obstetric violence and the dynamic within the health system make it really hard to report abuse towards patients. However, ...

A 16-year-old girl awaits surgery at HEAL Africa hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Her baby died after six days of labor, and she continuously leaks urine because of obstetric fistula.

Today, the 23 rd May 2017, is the fourth International Day to End Obstetric Fistula. The day was first observed by the UN in 2013, but fistula has been a silent death for generations for millions ...