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Kurt Aterman was raised in the Czech-Polish portions of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire during World War I and the interwar period. After completing medical school and beginning postgraduate pediatrics training in Prague, this Jewish Czech physician fled to England as a refugee when the Nazis occupied his homeland in 1939. He repeated/completed medical training in Northern Ireland and London, working briefly as a pediatrician. Next, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corp in India, working as a pathologist. After the war and additional pathology training, he spent the next decade as an experimental pathologist in Birmingham, England. After completing a fellowship with Edith Potter in Chicago, Aterman spent the next 2 decades as a pediatric-perinatal pathologist, primarily working in Halifax, Canada. Fluent in many European languages, he finished his career as a medical historian. Aterman published extensively in all 3 arenas; many of his pediatric pathology papers were massive encyclopedic review articles, accurately recounting ideas from historical times. Aterman was a classical European scholar and his papers reflected this. Aterman was one of the founding members of the Pediatric Pathology Club, the predecessor of the Society for Pediatric Pathology. This highly successful refugee's writings are important and memorable.
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Patologia/história , Pediatria/história , Perinatologia/história , Canadá , Europa Oriental , História do Século XX , Reino UnidoRESUMO
This is a short appreciation of Jean W Keeling as a pediatric pathologist.
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Feto , Patologia/história , Pediatria/história , Perinatologia/história , Educação Médica/história , Feto/patologia , História do Século XX , História do Século XXI , Humanos , Patologia/educação , Pediatria/educação , Perinatologia/educaçãoRESUMO
Adrian Grant pioneered methodological innovations in the randomised trials organised by the Perinatal Trials Service established at the national Perinatal Epidemiology Unit in Oxford, UK. This Commentary discusses these innovations, and shows the wide range of trials designed under his directorship.
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Medicina Baseada em Evidências , Perinatologia/história , Cuidado Pré-Natal/história , Ensaios Clínicos Controlados Aleatórios como Assunto , Feminino , História do Século XX , Humanos , Perinatologia/normas , Gravidez , Cuidado Pré-Natal/normas , Qualidade da Assistência à SaúdeAssuntos
Permeabilidade do Canal Arterial/diagnóstico , Permeabilidade do Canal Arterial/história , Canal Arterial/anatomia & histologia , Perinatologia/história , Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Cardiovasculares , Canal Arterial/fisiopatologia , Permeabilidade do Canal Arterial/fisiopatologia , História do Século XV , História do Século XX , História Antiga , Humanos , Recém-Nascido , Recém-Nascido PrematuroRESUMO
Scottish obstetrician James Young Simpson first introduced the use of ether and chloroform anesthesia for labor in 1847, just 1 year after William Morton's first successful public demonstration of ether anesthesia at the Massachusetts General Hospital. The contemporaneous development of surgical anesthesia and obstetrics enabled obstetric anesthesia to address the pain of childbirth. Shortly after its introduction, obstetricians raised concerns regarding placental transport, or the idea that drugs not only crossed the placenta, but exerted detrimental effects on the neonate. The development of regional anesthesia and clinical work in obstetric anesthesia and perinatology addressed issues of the safety of the neonate, enabling obstetric anesthesia to safely and dramatically reduce the pain of childbirth.
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Anestesia Epidural/história , Anestesia por Inalação/história , Anestesia Obstétrica/história , Perinatologia/história , Anestésicos Inalatórios/efeitos adversos , Índice de Apgar , Clorofórmio/efeitos adversos , Éter/efeitos adversos , Feminino , História do Século XIX , História do Século XX , História do Século XXI , Humanos , Troca Materno-Fetal , Parto Normal/história , GravidezAssuntos
Ginecologia , Obstetrícia , Publicações Periódicas como Assunto , Políticas Editoriais , Ginecologia/história , História do Século XX , História do Século XXI , Obstetrícia/história , Pediatria/história , Perinatologia/história , Publicações Periódicas como Assunto/história , Nascimento Prematuro/prevenção & controle , Estados UnidosRESUMO
The term 'obstetrics and gynaecology' now feels like an outmoded name for women's health care. Since the 1960s the specialty has been transformed by social change, technical innovation and medical subspecialization, although the core values of good clinical practice remain unchanged.
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Ginecologia/história , Obstetrícia/história , Fertilização In Vitro/história , História do Século XX , História do Século XXI , Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Minimamente Invasivos/história , Perinatologia/história , Guias de Prática Clínica como Assunto , Cuidado Pré-Natal/história , Saúde Reprodutiva/história , Especialização/história , Reino UnidoRESUMO
Dr. Katherine Wisner interviewed Dr. John Cox, a founding member of the Marcé Society. Dr. Cox discussed the beginnings of the Marcé Society, his views about the current Society, and his vision for the future.
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Depressão/diagnóstico , Saúde Mental/história , Mães/psicologia , Perinatologia/história , Complicações na Gravidez/psicologia , Sociedades Médicas , Saúde da Mulher/história , Depressão/psicologia , Feminino , História do Século XX , Humanos , Período Periparto , GravidezAssuntos
Desnutrição/história , Transtornos Mentais/história , Efeitos Tardios da Exposição Pré-Natal/história , Fenômenos Fisiológicos da Nutrição Pré-Natal , Pesquisa/história , Adolescente , Criança , Desenvolvimento Infantil , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , História do Século XX , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Inteligência , Masculino , Desnutrição/complicações , Desnutrição/epidemiologia , Transtornos Mentais/epidemiologia , Transtornos Mentais/etiologia , Saúde Mental/história , Perinatologia/história , Gravidez , Efeitos Tardios da Exposição Pré-Natal/epidemiologia , Efeitos Tardios da Exposição Pré-Natal/prevenção & controle , Saúde Pública/história , Medicina Social/história , África do Sul/epidemiologiaRESUMO
To report on improved perinatal states in Japan, governmental and United Nations Children's Fund reports were analyzed. Initial maternal mortality, which was 409.8 in 1899, decreased to 4.1 in 2010, with a reduction rate of 409.8/4.1 (102.4) in 111 years: 2.5 in the initial 50 years in home delivery and 39.3 in the later 60 years in hospital births. The difference between 2.5 versus 39.3 was attributed to the medicine and medical care provided in hospital births. The total reduction of neonatal mortality was 77.9/1.1 (70.8), and the rate in the initial 50 versus later 60 years was 2.8/25. Also, there was a big difference after introduction of extensive neonatal care. Virtual perinatal mortality after 22 weeks was estimated to be 428 in 1000 births in 1900 (i.e. those infants born at 22-28 weeks were unlikely to survive at that time), while the perinatal mortality was reported to be 22 weeks or more in 1979 (i.e. premature babies born at ≥22 weeks survived in 1979 because of the improved neonatal care). Actually, 60% of premature infants of 400-500 g survived in the neonatal intensive care unit. In a recent report, 36% of infants born at 22 weeks survived to 3 years. Although there were neurodevelopmental impairments, outcomes were improved. In conclusion, perinatal states have remarkably improved in Japan.
