Although the field of childbirth has remained pretty stagnant as far as fields of medicine go, it’s been making some major strides in recent months. Though unlike other recent techniques, this newest one goes into action long before the mother’s first contraction even hits; scientists can now create 3D virtual birth simulations that could end up saving both mum and baby alike.
Instead of the robot simulator doctors used today (BirthSIM), this new tool takes the exact measurements of each individual woman’s pelvis and those of her foetus into account. This allows doctors to mimic the physics of that specific human body and spot potentially dangerous deliveries before they happen. Dr. Rudy Lapeer, head of the tool’s University of East Anglia design team, explains to Wired.co.uk:
During birth there are seven cardinal movements, but our simulator doesn’t make assumptions of those seven — it tries to simulate birth as it happens in reality.
Instead of these “assumptions,” the simulator looks at factors such as uterine pressure, the force of the mother’s stomach muscles, and any external help from hands or forceps to predict the delivery process.
Creating the simulation does require an MRI, so the new technique will — at least for now — only be employed in that small per cent of at-risk cases. But if doctors do perform the simulation and do detect a problem that could potentially result in an emergency cesarean (which are fine when planned but post a higher risk of infection when not), they would be able to significantly cut back the risk factor.
The team is still far from done; so far, they’ve only perfectly replicated three of the necessary seven cardinal movement. Doctors and midwives have been overwhelmingly supportive, though, and at this rate, there is every reason to hope that the field of childbirth will soon be seeing the advancements it deserves put into action. [Wired UK]
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Ingawa uwanja wa kuzaa umebaki pretty stagnant mbali kama mashamba ya dawa kwenda, imekuwa kufanya baadhi ya hatua kubwa katika miezi ya hivi karibuni. Kwa sababu ya teknolojia ya hivi karibuni, hii inaanza kazi kabla ya mama kuanza kupungua kwa kwanza, na sasa wanasayansi wanaweza kuunda simulation ya kuzaliwa kwa 3D ambayo inaweza kuokoa mama na mtoto. Badala ya kutumia kifaa cha kuigiza cha roboti kinachoitwa BirthSim, kifaa hiki kipya kinatumia vipimo sahihi vya utando wa kila mwanamke na vya kiinitete chake. Hii inaruhusu madaktari kuiga fizikia ya mwili wa binadamu na kutambua utoaji hatari kabla ya kutokea. Rudy Lapierre, mkuu wa timu ya kubuni ya Chuo Kikuu cha East Anglia, alielezea kwamba wakati wa kuzaliwa kuna harakati saba za msingi, lakini simulator yetu haifanyi dhana za saba hizo - inajaribu kuiga kuzaliwa kama inavyotokea kwa kweli. Badala ya "dhana hizi", simulator inaangalia mambo kama vile shinikizo la uterasi, nguvu ya misuli ya tumbo la mama, na msaada wowote wa nje kutoka kwa mikono au forceps kutabiri mchakato wa kujifungua. Kuunda simulation inahitaji MRI, hivyo mbinu mpya itakuwa <unk> angalau kwa sasa <unk> tu kutumika katika kwamba asilimia ndogo ya kesi katika hatari. Lakini kama madaktari kufanya simulation na kugundua tatizo ambayo inaweza uwezekano wa kusababisha upasuaji wa dharura (ambayo ni nzuri wakati iliyopangwa lakini post hatari kubwa ya maambukizi wakati si), wangeweza kwa kiasi kikubwa kupunguza hatari ya sababu. Timu bado ni mbali na kufanyika; hadi sasa, wao tu kikamilifu replica tatu ya muhimu saba cardinal harakati. Hata hivyo, madaktari na wakunga wamekuwa wakisaidia sana, na kwa kiwango hiki, kuna sababu zote za kutumaini kwamba uwanja wa kuzaa utakuwa ukiona maendeleo ambayo inastahili kutekelezwa. NBN 50 ni mpango wa bei nafuu zaidi wa NBN katika Australia kwa sababu. Hapa kuna mipango ya bei nafuu zaidi inayopatikana.