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Antenatal management of at‐risk pregnancies from a distance
Author(s) -
Ivey Tesa L.,
Hughes Dawn,
Dajani Nafisa K.,
Magann Everett F.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/ajo.12254
Subject(s) - obstetrics , pregnancy , medicine , biology , genetics
This study was undertaken to determine whether antenatal care can be achieved in women with at‐risk pregnancies residing in rural areas with limited access to antenatal care and maternal fetal medicine ( MFM ) specialists. Over a period of 15 months, 156 women with high‐risk pregnancies (diabetes, hypertensive disorders, suspected fetal anomalies, prior caesarean complications) from six different healthcare units had 350 visits managed by telemedicine.