MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'cesarean'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:26:39 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4642547&cid=t_347450_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F03%2F27%2Fsunday-news-round-up-5%2F Assorted items of interest collected over the last week or so; as usual, the Sunday round-up is more socially than medically oriented, this week with several items on transgender women and related rights, issues, and prejudices as I’ve been trying to read more about these topics. Scientific American has an excerpt from a new book, Demand Better! Revive Our Broken Health Care System. It’s a pretty clear explanation of how little doctors apply the best, most current evidence to medical treatment, and might be pretty shocking for folks who are not involved in evidence-based medicine issues. For example: Even though clinical guidelines exist…physicians get it right about 55 percent of the time across all medical conditions. In other words, patients receive recommended care ... Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4642547 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:25:47 +0100 4642547 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4544969&cid=t_347450_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fpostpartum-hemorrhage-what-every-pregnant-woman-should-know%2F2011.03.03 Having a baby can be a beautiful thing until something goes wrong. The tragedy is that many high-risk conditions can be managed appropriately if the patient is cooperative and the healthcare provider is competent and well trained. Unfortunately, almost 600 pregnant women die in the U.S. each year from complications and the most common complication is significant blood loss after birth or postpartum hemorrhage (PPH).  PPH occurs when there is a blood loss of 500 cc or greater for a vaginal delivery and 1,000 cc after a cesarean section (C-section). Or, if you were admitted with a hemoglobin of 12 and it drops by ten points to 11, there should be a high index of suspicion for PPH as well. Therefore, if you feel lightheaded or dizzy, have palpitations or an increased heart rate after deliver... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4544969 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:00:52 +0100 4544969 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4331011&cid=t_347450_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fcesarean-section-6-ways-to-prevent-complications%2F2011.01.11 Although I’ve been a proponent for the prevention of medical errors for years and wrote a book to address those issues, I think my obstetrician-gynecologist (OB/GYN) colleagues are finally catching on. Dr. Patrick Duff of the University of Florida’s OB/GYN department wrote an article in the December issue of the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology that caught my attention. In his article, “A Simple Checklist for Preventing Major Complications Associated with Cesarean Delivery,” Duff outlines steps that OB/GYNs should take in order to reduce complications during and after a cesarean section. Duff patterns his list after Dr. Atul Gawande’s book, “The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get it Right,” which has set the standard regarding reducing complications after su... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4331011 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:00:15 +0100 4331011 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3987008&cid=t_347450_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F09%2F20%2Frecent-obos-posts-on-maternal-deaths-breastfeeding-henrietta-lacks-cesarean-and-older-womens-health%2F Ha, that was a mouthful. Here are a few posts I’ve done recently at Our Bodies Our Blog that I’ve neglected to link up here: Quick Hit: WHO Releases New Report on Worldwide Maternal Deaths – The World Health Organization, with UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank, has released a new report on trends in global maternal mortality from 1990-2008. CDC Releases Breastfeeding Report Card: Initiation is Up, but Continuation is Stagnant – The CDC released a new breastfeeding report card, reporting that 3 out of 4 new mothers in the now U.S. start out breastfeeding, meeting the Healthy People 2010 national objective for breastfeeding initiation for the first time. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks – report from my attending a talk by author Rebecca Skloot, and a bit ab... Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3987008 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:19:36 +0100 3987008 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3891668&cid=t_347450_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmiscarriage-dont-wait-to-get-pregnant-again%2F2010.08.22 About 15 to 20 percent of women who know they are pregnant will have a miscarriage. The loss of a pregnancy before 20 weeks is considered a miscarriage. Many women suffer grief and shock after a miscarriage and fear there is something wrong with them or that they did something to cause it. But the reasons for miscarriage are usually not known. Women are often told to wait “a few months” to get pregnant again to let their bodies recover. A new study published in the British Medical Journal looked at over 30,000 women who had a miscarriage in their first recorded pregnancy and subsequently became pregnant again. They found that women who conceived again within six months were less likely to have another miscarriage or problem pregnancy. They were even less likely to have a... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3891668 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:00:00 +0100 3891668 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3231442&cid=t_347450_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E3%2FNtSnC_Go22M%2Fdesigner-obstetrics-cesarean-section-on.html Should women be able to request a cesarean section to deliver their baby just because they can? Cesarean Section on demand is defined as a primary or first cesarean section at the request of the mother in the absence of any medical or obstetrical indication. A cesarean section is usually done for maternal or fetal reasons in accordance with accepted medical practice and guidelines set forth by the American College of OB/GYN (ACOG). An electively requested cesarean section in an uncomplicated pregnancy has traditionally been considered inappropriate and not done by most obstetricians. However, in recent years this belief has been challenged and more obstetricians are honoring their patients decisions. ACOG, in their committee opinion No. 394, December 2007, outlines the most recent guidel... Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3231442 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:36:49 +0100 3231442 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3204958&cid=t_347450_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2Fk4EKJFt7dlY%2F After a half century of increasing birth weights among American newborns, the trend is now reversing itself and birth weights are dropping, say researchers. That’s not to mean there aren’t any big babies being born, it’s just that they’ll become unusual again, if the trend continues. Birth weights don’t predict how big a baby will become as he or she grows, but researchers are finding that birth weight plays a role in future health. Research is beginning to show that smaller babies face a higher risk of short-term complications, even requiring intensive care. As well, people born with low-birth weights may have a higher risk of developing certain types of chronic diseases. Birth Weight Increases in the Past Birth weights increased in the past, in North America... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3204958 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:44:23 +0100 3204958 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1407370&cid=t_347450_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FBreastfeeding123%2F%7E3%2F280002235%2F At 27 weeks of pregnancy, with a plan for a home birth, I am starting to hear other women’s horror stories about their birth experiences (please, people, I have my own leftover trauma from a fourth degree tear and an epidural that failed (that’s how I know I can labor and deliver without pain medication if given the opportunity!)) In the last two weeks, two women have mentioned how much the International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN) helped them recover emotionally from a cesarean. In addition to attending La Leche League meetings, the two women attended local ICAN support group meetings. ICAN is dedicated to cesarean prevention, c-section recovery, and advocacy for the rights of birthing women. It currently has chapters in the United States, Canada, Ireland, Singapore, and... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1407370 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:37:51 +0100 1407370 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=828079&cid=t_347450_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F08%2F28%2Felevated-pregnancy-blood-sugars-linked-to-childs-obesity%2F Filed under: Type 2, Adult Onset, Diet, Lifestyle, Research, Exercise, Daily News, Support, CareA new study by Kaiser Permanente's Center for Health Research carries both good news and bad news. Bad news first -- research of 9,439 mother-child pairs shows maternal blood sugar is tied to a future risk of obesity in offpsring. Pregnant women with above-normal blood sugar levels were twice as likely to have overweight kids. Across all racial and ethnic groups, the higher the mother's blood sugar during pregnancy, the greater the chance her offspring would develop obesity by 5 to 7 years of age. Now if you're pregnant and you've been diagnosed with high blood sugar, take a deep breath. The good news is the risk of childhood obesity is reversible if elevated sugars are treated through diet, ex... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=828079 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 828079