Definition of obstetric
: of, relating to, or associated with childbirth or obstetrics
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The health system will continue to operate its emergency department — one of the busiest in the state — and will continue to provide obstetric care, including operating its neonatal intensive care unit, at the hospital.
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Former employees of the unit have told The Washington Post that plans were already in the works to eliminate obstetric services before regulators acted.
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Beyond that, obstetric training is understandably focused on life-threatening childbirth complications, like hemorrhage or infection.
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For some women, the time and distance from hospitals with the resources and specialists to handle an obstetric emergency can be fatal.
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For example, in 1980, 45 rural hospitals had obstetric services, loosely known as the field of medicine that deals with childbirth and childcare once the child is born.
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The bride’s stepfather, Dr. Howard H. Bernstein, who is retired, was an associate professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center and a director of obstetric anesthesia.
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Aaron Caughey, the chair of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Oregon Health Sciences University, and a leading researcher on obstetric practice, recalls how Clark standardized the use of oxytocin.
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The pediatric and obstetric centers of the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford will debut in December, opening its doors to children and expectant mothers at new facilities that more than double the existing campus.
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Origin and Etymology of obstetric
modification of Latin obstetricius, from obstetric-, obstetrix midwife, from obstare
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