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Episode 46: Obstetric Pharmacology and Fetal Assessment with Mike Hofkamp

Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast

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Anti-Partum Therapy for Preterm Infants

The fetal activity or gross body movements you want to see at least three or two movements in the torso or limbs. The reactive non-stress test gives you a score out of 10 and it's normal is two points abnormal is zero points so that would be perfect. Anti-partum therapy can get through real quick yeah let's do it so antonal chorochosteroids these are givings given to prevent respiratory stress syndrome and preterm infants. Finally an emerging field is fetal surgeryYeah and so it's possible to repair potentially life threatening malformations that are understood by ultrasound prior to delivery. Not surprisingly fetuses with normal carrier types will do better than fetuses with abnormal

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