Definition of obstetric
: of, relating to, or associated with childbirth or obstetrics
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Ruth Landau, an obstetric anesthesiologist at Columbia University Medical Center, has been dealing with a national shortage of a vital drug.
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But features unique to labor and delivery in obstetric hospitals in India may have made checklists ineffective.
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The emergency department would continue to provide obstetric care.
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Nursing numbers The researchers note a possible explanation for why many of the 74 women had obstetric codes without any other evidence of pregnancy.
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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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Origin and Etymology of obstetric
modification of Latin obstetricius, from obstetric-, obstetrix midwife, from obstare
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