The primary limitation of this study is that we did not record the individual characteristics of all maternities without severe maternal morbidity during the study period.
NPV is the proportion of maternities without an associated cancer identified in the hospital data that in fact did not have an associated cancer.
Specificity (equivalent to one minus false positive fraction) is the proportion of maternities without an associated cancer that were also not identified in the hospital data.
Under hospital policy, no one can remove newborns from the maternity unit without being discharged or without permission from a medical authority, maternity ward employees testified Monday.
Fortunately, hospitals do admit maternity patients without money or insurance, but these women are likely to have gone without adequate prenatal care.
The baby was planned but, unexpectedly, I had to take my maternity leave without pay.
Automated blood pressure devices are frequently introduced in maternity care without prior validation for their accuracy in pregnancy.
Keeping in touch (KIT) days: Up to 10 days can now be worked during maternity leave without losing statutory maternity pay.
"A revolution has taken place in our conception of maternity, almost without our realizing it," she writes.
Somehow, I assumed I was just another patient, but of course they knew -- I was on the maternity ward without a baby.
We must make sure that we allow opportunities, and include guidelines, that provide for women to have maternity leave without intimidation.
