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The presence of meconium can indicate a severely debilitating fetal event. Its exact role in fetal hypoxia, CNS damage, heart rate abnormalities, and pulmonary dysfunction--all hotly debated--is the basis of this discussion.

The presence of meconium can indicate a severely debilitating fetal event. Its exact role in fetal hypoxia, CNS damage, heart rate abnormalities, and pulmonary dysfunction--all hotly debated--is the basis of this discussion.

After analyzing the clinical research, the authors present a practical approach to the challenge of caring for pregnant women who weigh 250 lb or more. Guidelines for these patients--who tend to have more C/S, larger babies, and longer hospital stays--aim to minimize morbidity and mortality, thus improving perinatal outcome.

This device represents a new option in contraception that has a low failure rate and better bleeding profile and continuation rate than nonhormonal IUDs. Proper patient selection and counseling about amenorrhea are the keys to effective use.

Infection Protocol- this ulcerative genital infection has been found in the southeastern region of the US, particularly in African-Amnericans.

Although there is still no gold standard for screening women at risk for the disease, there are several valuable procedures available.

Innovations like HDTV laparoscopy and virtual colonoscopy--which once were only science fiction--will continue transforming surgery and the OR as we know them today.