The risk of potentially life-threatening morbidity around childbirth, such as renal failure, obstetric shock, and amniotic fluid embolism, increases in older mothers, according to a study published by ...

Accurate blood pressure measurement is fundamental to the early diagnosis of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, says a review. The diagnosis and management of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, as ...

Hospital-based obstetric services have declined significantly, especially in rural areas, affecting maternal and infant health outcomes. The decline in obstetric services coincides with rising ...

Women living in rural Canada are at a higher risk of having serious complications during childbirth than their urban counterparts, and their children are at a greater risk of serious illness needing ...

Accurate blood pressure measurement (BP) is fundamental to the early diagnosis of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, says a review published 1 April, 2015, in The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist (TOG).