Introduction- Ninety per cent of new-borns make the transition from intrauterine to extrauterine life and require little or no assistance to begin spontaneous and regular breathing. About 10% of new-borns will need some assistance to start breathing at birth, and only about 1% may need extensive CPR to survive. Asphyxia at birth is a leading… Read More »
Excessive genital bleeding at any time after the baby’s birth up to 6 weeks after delivery is characterised as postpartum haemorrhage. A quantitative definition is connected to blood loss in excess of 500 mL following the baby’s birth. While the quantitative definition is valuable for statistics, the effect of the blood loss is more important… Read More »
According to the newly revealed NFHS-5 statistics, the prevalence of anaemia has increased among children, women of all ages, including pregnant women, and males. With a few exceptions, this increase in prevalence was recorded in practically all states. However, there are concerns about the cut-offs and how they may be causing over-diagnosis. NFHS Haemoglobin in… Read More »
Health Care Informatics: As government programmes support the establishment of uniform electronic health records, the existing random and uneven use of paper records and computers to document, store, and retrieve patient care information is undergoing tremendous change. An electronic health record is a computerised record of all of an individual’s health information that can be… Read More »
A collaborative effort to increase accessibility to high-quality maternal health services. Every mother should have the chance to experience the moment of incredible pleasure that comes with holding a newborn in her arms. However, due to the fact that giving birth is frequently traumatic, this memory will likely never be made for many pregnant women… Read More »
Decreased Length of Hospital Stay Higher Patient Acuities Lack of Facilities in the Rural Areas Changes in Maternal Newborn Nursing Family-centred Care Labour, Delivery, Recovery and Postpartum Care Mother-baby Couplet Care
Introduction After the Reformation in the 16th century, the Church of England took over the task of approving licences for midwives to practise. At that time, only midwives, who were untrained in anatomy and obstetrics, practised midwifery. The same condition prevailed in India, where traditional “dais” practised midwifery. In Edinburgh, a chair of midwifery was… Read More »
The Lancet Series on Midwifery (2014) defines midwifery as a crucial aspect of compassionate care for expectant mothers, newborns, and families during the pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and early weeks of life. The core features of midwifery care include optimizing natural biological, psychological, social, and cultural processes of reproduction and early life, timely prevention and… Read More »