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The History of Preconception Care: Evolving Guidelines and Standards
This article explores the history of the preconception movement in the United States and the current status of professional practice guidelines and standards. Professionals with varying backgrounds (nurses, nurse practitioners, family practice physicians, pediatricians, nurse midwives, obstetricians/gynecologists) are in a position to provide preconception health services; standards and guidelines for numerous professional organizations, therefore, are explored. The professional nursing organization with the most highly developed preconception health standards is the American Academy of Nurse Midwives (ACNM); for physicians, it is the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). These guidelines and standards are discussed in detail
Decision-to-delivery interval in pregnant women with intrapartum non-reassuring fetal heart rate patterns
Risk factors for emergency cesarean delivery of the second twin after vaginal delivery of the first twin
A survey of obstetrical anaesthesia practice, teaching and research in canadian university departments of anaesthesia
Within prisons, is there an association between the quantity of prenatal care and infant birthweight?
Group B Streptococcal Infection Early Onset Disease Controversies in Prevention Guidelines, and Management Strategies for the Neonate
The importance of skinâtoâskin contact for early initiation of breastfeeding in Nigeria and Bangladesh
Analysis of 'count-to-ten' fetal movement charts: a prospective cohort study
Objective We aimed to describe patterns of maternally perceived fetal movement (FM) counts in normal third-trimester pregnancies and present associations between published limits of decreased fetal movement (DFM) and FM patterns in the total population