Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) remains an obstetric emergency in which minutes matter. The immediate priorities are recognition, calling for assistance, uterine…
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Postpartum haemorrhage: tranexamic acid and balloon tamponade
Fetal Sacrococcygeal Teratoma: Surveillance And Fetal Therapy
Fetal sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT) is an uncommon tumour arising near the base of the spine and coccyx. It may be detected during the routine mid-pregnancy…
Neonatal Osteogenesis Imperfecta: Bisphosphonate Therapy and Fracture Management
Neonatal osteogenesis imperfecta is a rare inherited disorder of bone fragility that can present before birth, at delivery, or during the first weeks of life.…
Maternal Intrahepatic Cholestasis: What Ursodeoxycholic Acid Can Do
Maternal intrahepatic cholestasis is a pregnancy-specific liver disorder characterised by itching, raised serum bile acids and, often, abnormal liver function…
Fetal Hydrocephalus: Deciding When a Shunt Is Needed After Birth
Fetal hydrocephalus describes an abnormal enlargement of the brain’s ventricles that is identified during pregnancy. After delivery, clinicians may use terms…
Neonatal Congenital Rubella Syndrome: Prevention and Long-Term Care
Congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) is a preventable collection of birth defects caused when a pregnant person develops rubella, especially during the first…
Maternal Factor V Leiden and placental thrombosis
Factor V Leiden is an inherited change in the F5 gene that makes factor V less responsive to activated protein C, one of the body’s natural anticoagulant…
Fetal Biliary Atresia: Ultrasound Clues And Outcomes
Fetal biliary atresia is an uncommon and serious cause of neonatal cholestasis in which the bile ducts become damaged or obliterated. The condition may begin…
Neonatal Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycaemia: Diazoxide and Octreotide Therapy
Neonatal hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia occurs when insulin secretion remains inappropriately high for a baby’s blood glucose concentration. Insulin drives…
Maternal hyperemesis gravidarum: nutrition and thiamine support
Severe nausea and vomiting in pregnancy can move well beyond ordinary morning sickness. Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) may prevent a pregnant person from keeping…
