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Filter by:Currently there is no standardized method of collecting and transferring umbilical cord blood to laboratory vacuum tubes. Current methods are messy and may require needles to draw the blood presenting risk of blood exposure and percutaneous injury to obstetrical personnel. A safer, more efficient method of collecting cord blood is needed. The investigators propose to use the Q-Cup technology for collecting cord blood. The Q-Cup device is a two-piece injection molded blood collection and transfer device that enables safe and easy collection of blood from the newborn's umbilical cord and readily transfers the blood into a laboratory vacuum tube. The device consists of a collection cup with a wide opening to easily collect blood from the umbilical cord and a guide tube with a recessed needle which is attached to the collection cup. The operator is enabled to fill the required vacuum containing tubes in a clean, quick, efficient and safe manner by simply inserting the vacuum tube into the guide tube of the Q-Cup. As a result, there is less risk of blood exposure and percutaneous injury and blood is collected more efficiently. This device allows the practitioner to collect and transfer umbilical cord blood: without the need for removing the stopper from the vacuum tube (reducing mess and contamination) and without the need for a syringe and exposed needle (reducing injury and infection).
Background: Prenatal whole genome sequencing (PWGS) will give expecting parents large amounts of genetic data about their baby. This raises ethical concerns. Researchers want to find out if women want access to the kind of data PWGS provides. They want to know why and under what circumstances women would or would not want the data. Objective: To explore the views of pregnant women about possible use of PWGS. To find out whether they would want different categories of genetic data, and how they would use such findings. Eligibility: Women ages 18 and older who pregnant and speak English or Spanish Design: Participants will be recruited by their doctors. Participants will take a survey about their views of PWGQ. They may take it online or on paper.
The aim of this study is to determine the effect of aerobic exercise on maternal and offspring vascular health.
Randomized controlled single blind prospective comparative study
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of exercise programs on pregnant women with pregnancy-related Low Back and Pelvic Pain (LBPP). Hypotheses of the study were: 1) Exercise programs relieve the intensity of LBPP in pregnant women and 2) Exercise programs promote functional capacity for pregnant women with LBPP.
Infiltration of the skin with lidocaine is standard practice prior to lumbar epidural placement in laboring parturients1. Skin infiltration, although brief, can be very stressful and painful for patients.2 This initial discomfort may cause patient anxiety, thus increasing the pain and decreasing the satisfaction with the procedure. To reduce this discomfort, various topical alternatives have been investigated with varying degrees of success.1-4 Now that a topical mixture of lidocaine that is safe and effective is available, the investigators would like to determine if it can reduce the pain of skin infiltration in particular and epidural placement as a whole.