{"id":9049,"date":"2016-11-18T15:36:32","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T20:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.229.122.34\/en\/?page_id=9049"},"modified":"2016-11-21T14:42:42","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T19:42:42","slug":"information-for-health-professionals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/clinical-services\/deptpgrmcs\/clinics-and-services\/placenta-health-clinic\/information-for-health-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"Information for Health Professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-center\"><em>The Ottawa Hospital &#8211; General Campus, 8th floor, Division Maternal Fetal Medicine, Dept OBS GYN<br \/>\n501 Smyth Rd Ottawa Ontario, K1H 8L6<\/p>\n<p><\/em>The placenta is a complex organ which supports fetal growth and development. Some of the most common perinatal complications are related to placental diseases\/maldevelopment. For instance, fetal growth restriction and preeclampsia are both related to major underlying placental pathophysiology.<\/p>\n<p>At The Ottawa Hospital &#8211; General Campus, we have developed the tools and expertise to evaluate women and their fetuses at risk of placental complications or with already established complications. These include a detailed clinical evaluation, prenatal serology and specialized ultrasounds of the placenta (developed by this team), which assesses its morphology as well as blood flow. Detailed and\/or serial feto-placental ultrasounds are also performed as appropriate. We offer pre-pregnancy consultations, antepartum and postpartum evaluations including post loss discussions. Details and interpretation of placental pathology is offered.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><strong>The objectives of the Placenta Health Clinic are as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li lang=\"en-US\">Evaluate pregnant women (and their fetuses) at risk for placental disease and determine preventative strategy when available, or surveillance where appropriate<\/li>\n<li lang=\"en-US\">Provide consultation for women and their fetuses affected by placental disease and delineate a plan of care including surveillance and appropriate interventions<\/li>\n<li lang=\"en-US\">Provide pre-pregnancy consultation for women with a past history of placental disease<\/li>\n<li lang=\"en-US\">Promote evidence-based research in the evaluation and treatment of these complications and integrate patient care with research initiatives<\/li>\n<li lang=\"en-US\">Promote education of women and their families as well as that of physicians and allied health professionals on the role of placental diseases in perinatal medicine.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p lang=\"en-US\">The Placenta Health Clinic aims to assist the referring physician or midwife in the evaluation, diagnosis, prevention and\/or treatment of such complications. As such, it is mostly a consultation clinic and as per the wish of the referring health professional, various models can be considered including shared care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ottawa Hospital &#8211; General Campus, 8th floor, Division Maternal Fetal Medicine, Dept OBS GYN 501 Smyth Rd Ottawa Ontario, K1H 8L6 The placenta is a complex organ which supports fetal growth and development. Some of the most common perinatal complications are related to placental diseases\/maldevelopment. For instance, fetal growth restriction and preeclampsia are both [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"parent":8989,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9049","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9049\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}