CESAREAN SECTION
Exceeding the World Health Organization´s recommended rate of 10-15%, the current Canadian c-section rate is approximately 26%. This is a source of concern for all practitioners involved in maternal and child care, since this intervention is associated with increase risk of adverse outcomes for the mother and the newborn.
We examine the reasons why health care practitioners are having one quarter of births undergoing major surgery. Analyzing the outcomes for mother and infant at short and long term, we aim to find ways to reduce these rates and lower the impact that they have in our population.
PRETERM BIRTHS
Being almost 10% of the deliveries, preterm births are a mayor cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. The costs intended to treat short and long term care for premature babies represent close to the 90% of the health care budget. Preventing preterm births remains a challenge because the causes are numerous, complex and not completely understood.
Our effort is to study them and find interventions that can reduce not only the risk of prematurity, but also decrease the enormous costs that this signifies to the health care system.
RARE DISEASES IN PREGNANCY
Some conditions in pregnancy are so rare that few obstetricians will come across them in their whole careers.
ior during pregnancy. Our purpose is primarily to examine maternal and neonatal outcomes of these conditions and to better understand them so as to ultimately improve our knowledge and to provide better services to our patients.
HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY
Hormone replacement therapy has been used for many years in women with a variety of symptoms during menopause. Some clinical trials have found that hormone replacement therapy increased the risk for cancer and cardiovascular disease, which led to a decrease in its consumption.
We focus our effort on seeking results that could be beneficial for patients who are treated with hormonal therapy in order to promote security and confidence among users.