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Podcast: We Go There Podcast
Episode: S8 | E79 Forceps and Birth Injuries with Dr. Giulia Muraca M.P.H. and Ph.D.
Description: Forceps assisted birth increases the risk of OASI (obstetric anal sphincter injury) significantly. Dr. Muraca breaks down her doctoral research on instrumental assisted birth to help provide informed consent for everyone giving birth. Being informed can help decrease the risk of injury.
Dr. Guilia Muraca is a perinatal epidemiologist and an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact at McMaster University.
Her research uses epidemiologic approaches to identify optimal intervention rates in birth (e.g., cesarean delivery rate, induction rate) that minimize the frequency of adverse maternal and...