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PRENATAL CARE [8 records]

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Record 1 2025-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
DEF

... medical care that focuses on disease prevention.

CONT

Preventive care refers to routine physical examinations, immunizations, prenatal care, dental checkups, screening for hearth disease, cancer, and other potential afflictions, and other services intended to ensure good health and prevent disease—or minimize the effects of illness if it occurs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
CONT

Contrairement aux soins curatifs, qui sont mis en œuvre une fois que la maladie est présente, les soins préventifs ciblent généralement des personnes non symptomatiques et souvent en bonne santé, dans le but de les maintenir le plus possible en bonne santé.

Spanish

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Record 2 2020-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Perinatal Period
DEF

The care provided to mothers and their fetuses before delivery.

CONT

Prenatal care, in the form of pregnancy counseling, physical checkups, lab tests, and delivery preparations, can have a significant impact on the health and wellness of parents and their children.

Key term(s)
  • pre-natal care
  • ante-natal care

French

Domaine(s)
  • Périnatalité

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Periodo perinatal
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Record 3 2017-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Medical Staff
DEF

A registered nurse with additional training as a midwife who delivers infants and provides prenatal and postpartum care, newborn care, and some routine care(such as gynecological exams) of women.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Personnel médical
OBS

Infirmière ayant reçu la formation nécessaire à exercer les fonctions d'une sage-femme.

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Human Diseases
OBS

SOFT is a self-funded ... non-profit, volunteer organization incorporated in 1980. SOFT has helped families for over three decades and is recognized as a primary source of information about trisomy 18, 13 and related disorders.

OBS

SOFT is a network of families and professionals dedicated to providing support and understanding to families involved in the issues and decisions surrounding the diagnosis and care in Trisomy 18, 13 and other related chromosomal disorders. Support can be provided during prenatal diagnosis, the child's life and after the child's passing. SOFT is committed to respect a family's personal decision and to the notion of parent-professional relationships.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Maladies humaines

Spanish

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Record 5 2008-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Reproduction (Medicine)
  • Sociology of the Family
CONT

Embryo "adoption" is a very desirable form of "adoption" in that the recipient couple can experience the miracle of pregnancy and birth of their "adopted" child as well as be certain that the unborn child receives the very best prenatal care.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Reproduction (Médecine)
  • Sociologie de la famille
DEF

Couple à qui un autre couple fait don d'un ou de plusieurs de ses embryons surnuméraires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Reproducción (Medicina)
  • Sociología de la familia
DEF

Pareja que recibe de una pareja donante uno ó más embriones.

CONT

Las donantes son seleccionadas de acuerdo con las características físicas de la pareja receptora, por lo tanto se tienen en cuenta la talla, la contextura física, el color de la piel, del cabello, de los ojos y en lo posible el grupo sanguíneo. Una vez seleccionada la donante se sincroniza la estimulación de la ovulación de la donante con la preparación del endometrio de la receptora para que sea receptivo a los embriones originados con el semen del marido.

OBS

Una pareja receptora adopta prenatalmente embriones criopreservados de otra pareja donante.

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Record 6 2004-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baby and Child Care
  • Hygiene and Health
CONT

Promote healthy childhood development through :prenatal care, expanded immunization programs, control of respiratory and diarrheal diseases by conducting programs such as...

PHR

Healthy childhood development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soins du bébé et puériculture
  • Hygiène et santé
PHR

Développement sain des enfants.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Puericultura
  • Higiene y Salud
PHR

Desarrollo saludable de la niñez.

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Record 7 1995-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
OBS

A Clinical Guideline of The Society of Obstetricians and Gyneacologists of Canada (SOGC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
OBS

Directive clinique de La Société des obstétriciens et gynécologues du Canada (SOGC).

Spanish

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Record 8 1994-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
DEF

Medical care that includes prenatal care of the mother-to-be as well as monitoring the fetus before its birth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière

Spanish

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