Your Hospital Is Not Telling You Everything About Pregnancy Complications
Let’s be honest. Most of us only hear about maternal health when someone dies. But here is what nobody is talking about. For every woman who dies from a pregnancy complication, between 50 and 100 women survive something terrifying. A hemorrhage. An ICU admission. Sepsis. Uterine rupture. Cardiorespiratory arrest. That is called severe maternal morbidity. […]
From Scalp Sampling to AI-Driven Fetal Monitoring: A Journey Toward Saving Lives
Many years ago, during my OB-GYN residency at Harlem Hospital in New York City, we relied on fetal scalp sampling to monitor babies at risk of hypoxia (low oxygen) during labor. This challenging procedure involved obtaining a blood sample from the fetal scalp to measure pH levels, which indicated whether the fetus was experiencing low […]