Indications for a c-section during labor

Intrapartum Differential diagnosis for Temp >38.0C Epidural fever (transient), DVT/PE (if prolonged IOL or limited mobility), UTI, Intraamniotic infection (with or without ROM), etc   Chorioamnionitis aka IAI aka Triple-I (intrapartum intraamniotic Infection) One temp >39.0C One ...  Show more

Hysteroscopy = looking inside the uterus with a scope Steps: Dilate the cervix Distend the uterus with fluid Look around, identify pathology, identify tubal ostia, remove pathology if using an operative scope or Myosure or another resectoscope. Feared complication: Hyponatremia f ...  Show more

Content covered in this episode includes: [0:27] Obstetrics chapter of S2S including questions like: - What are the different terms for spontaneous abortion? - In fetal heart monitoring, what is the difference between early decelerations, late decelerations, and variable decelera ...  Show more

Contributor: Meghan Hurley MD

Educational Pearls:

Pearls about labor:

Labor is split into 3 stages.

Session 19 Today, we have Dr. Karen Shackelford from Bard Vitals, joining us as we break down another question. Meanwhile, have a look at Meded Media for more resources available to premeds and medical student. Another podcast medical students could listen to is Specialty Stories ...  Show more

CardioNerds (Amit Goyal), Dr. Natalie Stokes (Cardiology Fellow at UPMC and Co-Chair of the Cardionerds Cardio-Ob series), and episode lead Dr. Priya Freaney (Northwestern University cardiology fellow) discuss “The Fourth Trimester” with Dr. Malamo Countouris and Dr. Alisse Hausp ...  Show more