May 4, 2009 — The infants most affected by general anesthesia for cesarean delivery are those who are already compromised in utero, according to the results of a study reported in the April 29 Online ...

Midpelvic operative vaginal delivery is associated with significantly higher risk for severe birth trauma and obstetric trauma compared with cesarean delivery, a new study shows. Rates of severe ...

During labor and delivery, infants preferentially secrete a different stress hormone than their mothers do, according to a new clinical study. During labor and delivery, infants preferentially secrete ...

A simple, inexpensive test administered early in labor appears able to predict which women are most likely to have trouble delivering a healthy baby. Developed at the University of Southern California ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo., Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Infants born to women who've survived a hurricane face significant fetal distress risks and can experience long-term healthcare problems, a U.S. study says.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Compared with infants born before the COVID-19 pandemic, those born during the pandemic had decreased fetal ...

The companies plan to co-develop solutions that support the integration of Raydiant Oximetry’s fetal pulse oximetry technology into GE HealthCare’s fetal monitoring and digital perinatal surveillance ...

Fetuses with complete heart block have an increased mortality with most deaths occurring in utero or during infancy. The cardiac evaluation of these fetuses is difficult since the ventricular rate is ...

Fetuses of mothers who show high rates of depression, anxiety and stress weigh less and are smaller than average at midterm, according to a recent study from the University of Miami School of Medicine ...