{"id":10620,"date":"2021-08-24T09:36:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T09:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phpbeta.borninteractive.net\/laumcsjh\/?page_id=10620"},"modified":"2023-05-16T11:23:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T11:23:49","slug":"maternal-and-fetal-medicine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.laumcsjh.com\/our-departments\/medical-departments\/obstetrics-gynecology\/maternal-and-fetal-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Maternal and Fetal Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1633076915467{margin-bottom: 8% !important;}” el_class=”.update-bullets-style”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”133″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Maternal and Fetal Medicine” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]The maternity and fetal medicine services are designed to provide optimal care for the pregnant mother, fetus, and newborn. Our subspecialty includes the following units and services:[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_tta_accordion active_section=”0″][vc_tta_section title=”Labor and Delivery” tab_id=”1629797167851-d195a12e-10d9″][vc_column_text]Our labor and delivery suite consists of 4 private labor and delivery beds (with plans to expand to 8 beds) with their supporting services and a dedicated Caesarean Section room. Our setting provides a highly efficient, safe, and pleasant birth experience to women with both uncomplicated and complicated pregnancies. Our obstetricians are experienced and the in-house anesthesiologists offer a 24-hour epidural service. An annexed operating room is available for caesarean section and obstetric emergencies if the maternal or fetal health necessitates a quick intervention. In cases of emergencies, blood is available on-site through the hospital\u2019s established blood bank service. Most importantly, the highly proficient mid-wife team, supervised by Mrs. Jeanette Slaiby, lends excellent patient support throughout the delivery experience and during the post-delivery period.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Antenatal High-Risk Unit (Operational in 2012)” tab_id=”1629797970540-5343398e-ba64″][vc_column_text]As much as 10% of pregnancies may be complicated by significant obstetric or medical problems that may jeopardize the health of the mother and fetus. Since the maternal mortality rate in Lebanon exceeds that in developed countries by at least 6 times (with still-births rate exceeding it by at least 2 times), there is an urgent need for the creation of an antenatal high-risk unit where pregnant women with complicated pregnancies can be monitored within a hospital setting. For this purpose a 3-bed high-dependency unit equipped with twin fetal monitoring facilities and maternal non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring is under planning for operation in 2012. The unit will be meant solely for patients with such conditions as preterm labor, preterm rupture of the membranes, antenatal bleeding, and hypertensive complications in pregnancy and for women with cardiac or renal disease in pregnancy. Currently, these high-risk patients will be cared for using the intensive facilities of Labor and Delivery or the General Intensive Care Unit where need arises.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Fetal Medicine Unit (Operational 2nd half of 2010)” tab_id=”1629797970173-7a06a79c-7de4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

The fetus is the new patient of the 21st century and effectively there is no \u201caim for a pregnancy without the fetus\u201d. For this reason we have finalized the procedures for establishing the first serious fetal medicine unit in the Near East, The National Advanced Unit for Fetal Care and Research. This unit is expected to be operational by the second-half of 2010. The Unit aims to treat the fetus as a patient. It will be committed to achieve a high level of clinical excellence in prenatal diagnosis and therapy and be an active platform for research in this field. It is envisioned that the ANUFCR will become the quaternary fetal referral center for Lebanon and the Near East region. The following services will be available through the fetal medicine unit:<\/p>\n