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Obstetrics is the medical field focused on caring for pregnant people, managing childbirth, and providing care after delivery. It's an important surgical specialty that in many places is combined with gynecology to form the OB/GYN field.
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Key facts
- Occupation.name
- Obstetrician
- Occupation.official_names
- Physician Surgeon
- Occupation.type
- Specialty
- Occupation.activity_sector
- Medicine, surgery
- Occupation.formation
- Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) Doctor of Osteopathic medicine (D.O.) Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.) Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB)
- Occupation.employment_field
- Hospitals, clinics
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Research
652,445 papers- Forensic Obstetrics and Clinical Risk Factors.Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie · 2024
- Obstetrics.The Practitioner · 1976
- Does advanced operative obstetrics still have a place in contemporary practice?Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology · 2015
- The unanticipated difficult intubation in obstetrics.Anesthesia and analgesia · 2011
- The maximin strategy in modern obstetrics.The Journal of family practice · 1981
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- medical specialty
- Subclass of
- obstetrics and gynaecology
- Part of
- obstetrics and gynaecology
- Image
- Midwife check-up.jpg
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- different from
- gynaecology
- practiced by
- obstetrician
- exact match
- schema.org/Obstetric
- facet of
- women's health
- Commons category
- Obstetrics
- topic's main category
- Category:Obstetrics
- P8168
- Ventura
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Article · Español
La obstetricia (del latín obstetricius 'de la comadrona') o tocología (del griego τόκος tókos 'parto' y -λογία -logía 'estudio') es la especialidad médica que se ocupa del embarazo, el parto y el puerperio, incluyendo las situaciones de riesgo que requieran de una intervención quirúrgica. Como especialidad médica la obstetricia es combinada con la ginecología bajo la disciplina conocida como obstetricia y ginecología. En varios países existe la profesión de Obstetricia como especialidad dedicada a la Salud Sexual y Reproductiva, dirigida por profesionales obstetras con competencias en atención final, diagnóstico y tratamiento del embarazo, parto y puerperio en condiciones fisiológicas normales; quienes se enfocan también en las áreas preventivo promocionales, docencia, asistencial y de investigación.
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