title: Antenatal management of at-risk pregnancies from a distance.
abstract: This study was undertaken to determine whether antenatal care can be achieved in women with at-risk pregnancies residing in rural areas with limited access to antenatal care and maternal fetal medicine (MFM) specialists. Over a period of 15 months, 156 women with high-risk pregnancies (diabetes, hypertensive disorders, suspected fetal anomalies, prior caesarean complications) from six different healthcare units had 350 visits managed by telemedicine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Arkansas for the Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
authors.forename: Tesa L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Ivey
authors.forename: Dawn
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: Nafisa K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Dajani
authors.forename: Everett F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Magann
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D001131:Arkansas; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D018566:Pregnancy, High-Risk; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000379:methods*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019035:Rural Health Services; D017216:Telemedicine; D016064:Vaginal Birth after Cesarean
keywords: high-risk pregnancy; rural medicine; telemedicine