Managing pain in newborns is one of the most delicate responsibilities in perinatal medicine. Babies in neonatal intensive care units experience dozens of…
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Neonatal Pain Management With Sucrose and Other Gentle Methods
Preventing Preterm Birth in Twin Pregnancies
Carrying twins brings extra appointments, more detailed scans and a greater focus on the timing of birth. Spontaneous preterm labour occurs more often in twin…
Labor dystocia: modern approaches to augmentation and arrest
Labor dystocia describes slow, abnormal or arrested progress during childbirth. It may result from ineffective uterine contractions, malposition, a large…
Fetal MRI For Brain Anomalies: Indications And Prognostic Value
Fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become a valuable second-line examination when ultrasound raises concern about a baby’s brain. It can add anatomical…
Maternal obesity and anaesthetic risks at caesarean delivery
Around one in three women giving birth in Australia today has a body mass index above the healthy range. With caesarean delivery rates sitting between thirty…
Neonatal jaundice and phototherapy thresholds in Asian newborns
Hyperbilirubinaemia remains one of the most common conditions encountered in newborn nurseries across the Asia-Oceania region. While most cases follow a benign…
Perinatal palliative care for life-limiting fetal diagnoses in Australia
When a routine morphology scan at nineteen or twenty weeks reveals a serious structural abnormality, or when non-invasive prenatal testing flags a chromosomal…
Fetal Echocardiography and Congenital Heart Disease Screening Across Asia
Congenital heart disease remains the most common serious birth defect across the Asia-Pacific region, affecting roughly eight to ten of every thousand live…
Hypothermia Protocols in Neonatal HIE: A Global Review
When an infant is deprived of adequate oxygen or blood flow around the time of birth, a cascade of injury unfolds across the newborn brain. This condition,…
Maternal Sepsis: Early Recognition And Antibiotic Stewardship
Maternal sepsis is a time-critical complication in pregnancy, labour, birth and the postnatal period. Infection may begin with chorioamnionitis, urinary…
