In obstetrics there are two patients to care
for instead of one
a mother and a baby or fetus. The management of one patient
heavily affects the management of the other. Sometimes the
decision has to be made to care for one patient at the expense of
the other; i.e. care for the mother frst. The second patient (the
fetus) may be viable or not.
a mother and a baby or fetus. The management of one patient
heavily affects the management of the other. Sometimes the
decision has to be made to care for one patient at the expense of
the other; i.e. care for the mother frst. The second patient (the
fetus) may be viable or not.