PHARMACOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS IN LABOUR (Retrieved from: www.wix.com Presented by: Marlene Mitanis Candice Herse Precious Zvomuya WHAT IS A PHARMACOLOGICAL INTERVENTION? Pharmacology is defined as: “a broad discipline describing the use of chemicals to treat and cure disease” (Kenakin‚ 2006‚ p. 1) Intervention is defined as: “action taken to improve a medical disorder” (Miettinen‚ 2014‚ p. 95) or “the act…of interfering as to modify. Specifically any measure whose purpose is to improve
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birthing canal‚ breached position (1))‚ it sometimes can occur unexpectedly during difficult births. If the mother had risk factors such as pre-gestational diabetes or a child with a large birth weight‚ she would have been encouraged to undergo a C-section(1). Erb’s palsy occurs when the brachial plexus is stretched during delivery leading to damage of the upper trunk(from C5 and C6 roots). It is most commonly seen due to shoulder dystocia where the shoulder is stuck after the delivery of the head
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Childbirth is notorious for induced pain‚ it can be scary but exciting all in the same breath. Pain can be unbearable for most mothers. Many options are available to control her pain but not tolerance. The distinction of what is right or wrong in the relief of pain during labor depends solely on the pain threshold and birthing experience for mom and baby. Two mechanisms that help control pain are nonpharmacological and pharmacological methods. Pharmacological verses Nonpharmacological Common pharmacologic
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Introduction Shoulder dystocia is when a baby’s shoulders get stuck at the opening of the vagina after the head is delivered during labor. Shoulder dystocia is a medical emergency. It can cause serious injury to both the baby and the mother. Who is at risk for shoulder dystocia? This condition is more likely to develop if: The mother has diabetes. The mother has a very small pelvis. The mother has a deformed pelvis. The mother is obese. The mother is of advanced age. The mother has a history of shoulder
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Clinical Reflection: This week in clinical I had my first real labor and delivery experience. My patient‚ RW‚ was admitted for pre-Eclampsia and headache. She was my first patient to be married and older than me‚ so my experience was a little different. One of the most striking complications of her pregnancy was her obesity. She had a BMI of 49.89‚ which complicated her FHR monitoring‚ mobility‚ and labor progression. RW had also had back surgery which was complicated by osteomyelitis
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Risk factors for placenta accreta are prior c-section and any other uterine surgeries. A presentation of placenta previa plus previous h/o other uterine surgery carries a 4% incidence of placenta accreta. In addition‚ a history of c-section plus a presentation of placenta previa in current pregnancy is associated with a 10-35% incidence of placenta accreta.(Uptodate) Management of placenta
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gave an impact on how he emphasized the way his teacher reacted to all of them. Besides‚ throughout his story‚ he made it obvious to the readers that his teacher was indeed an absolute witch‚ especially in the part when she blurted out a Cesarean Section metaphor. Though Sedaris expressed that his French teacher was associated with feelings
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6 Things That Happen To Your Body Postpartum You’ve done your fair share of obsessive research and know what you’re getting yourself and your hooha into and it’s all worth it because baby will be here soon! Here’s the next chapter- the postpartum phase- the kind of stuff nobody talks about because‚ well‚ it’s pretty scarring and and a little gross. 1. Stitches Down Under: You may already know that episiotomies aren’t a routine procedure‚ but even if you aren’t the receiver of an incision you might
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Sitting in the bathroom waiting for the dip stick to tell our fate. A minute passes and two pink lines light up the test strip. It’s official we are expecting again. Flushed with delight and apprehension of confirming my pregnancy‚ I call the doctor to confirm. It’s a Friday‚ they cannot see me until Wednesday. With emotions raging through my head‚ feeling elated and nervous‚ I can’t wait to tell my husband. I know I should wait for confirmation but I am too excited. He is overjoyed at the news.
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AN INTRODUCTION TO CONIC SECTIONS There exists a certain group of curves called Conic Sections that are conceptually kin in several astonishing ways. Each member of this group has a certain shape‚ and can be classified appropriately: as either a circle‚ an ellipse‚ a parabola‚ or a hyperbola. The term "Conic Section" can be applied to any one of these curves‚ and the study of one curve is not essential to the study of another. However‚ their correlation to each other is one of the more intriguing
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