Fetal urinary tract obstruction is a serious pregnancy complication in which urine cannot pass normally from the fetal bladder into the amniotic cavity. The…
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Fetal Urinary Tract Obstruction: Vesicoamniotic Shunt Outcomes
Maternal autoimmune disease and the placental journey of antibodies
Many women of reproductive age live with autoimmune conditions such as systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren syndrome, immune thrombocytopenia, or myasthenia…
Amplitude integrated EEG monitoring in neonatal seizure care
Neonatal seizures are among the most common neurological emergencies encountered in the perinatal period, with the majority arising within the first week of…
Fetal Meningomyelocele: Postnatal Repair and Urologic Care
Meningomyelocele, the most common open neural tube defect compatible with survival, results from failed closure of the caudal neuropore during the fourth week…
Obstetric Analgesia and Its Influence on Labour and the Newborn
Obstetric analgesia refers to the range of pharmacological and non-pharmacological techniques used to relieve pain during childbirth. In Australian hospitals…
Neonal Osteopenia of Prematurity: Screening and Supplementation
Neonatal osteopenia of prematurity, sometimes called metabolic bone disease of prematurity, is a condition characterised by reduced bone mineral content in…
Fetal echogenic bowel: aneuploidy risk and the diagnostic pathway
Finding bright or "echogenic" bowel during a second trimester morphology scan can leave expecting parents in a Sydney ultrasound suite feeling blindsided. The…
Maternal drug eruption in pregnancy: a differential diagnosis framework
Skin reactions during pregnancy can be alarming for both the patient and the clinician, particularly when a medication is suspected as the trigger. Maternal…
Reducing Perinatal Stroke Risk Through Maternal Care
Perinatal stroke refers to a cerebrovascular injury occurring before birth, during labour or in the first 28 days of life. It can result from arterial…
Neonatal cooling therapy: monitoring rebound hyperthermia after rewarming
When a newborn suffers hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, the first hours of life shape a lifetime of outcomes. Therapeutic hypothermia, often called neonatal…
