39115 - Maternal Obstetrical Pathology

Academic Year 2025/2026

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Midwifery (cod. 9201)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the module, the student possesses the knowledge and the ability to understand obstetric pathology and diagnostic-therapeutic procedures aimed at medical intervention. They also have knowledge and the capability to provide essential healthcare measures to safeguard the lives of both the woman and the fetus in the absence of the physician.

Course contents



1. Anemia in Pregnancy
2. Hypertension in Pregnancy and Preeclampsia
3. Screening for Preeclampsia in the First and Third Trimesters (sFlt1/PlGF)
4. Gestational Diabetes
5. Thyroid during Pregnancy
6. Obstetric Cholestasis
7. Obstetric Consultation for NIPT (Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing)
8. TOLAC (Trial of Labor After Cesarean) and VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean)
9. Postpartum Hemorrhage
10. Postpartum Infections: Endometritis and Surgical Site Infections
11. Deep Vein Thrombosis
12. Pulmonary Embolism
13. Congenital Thrombophilias
14. Peripartum Pericarditis
15. Anaphylactoid Syndrome of Pregnancy (Amniotic Fluid Embolism)
16. Tumors in Pregnancy
17. Cardiac Arrest in Pregnancy and Perimortem Cesarean Section
18. Overview of Emergency Obstetric Surgery

    Readings/Bibliography

    Lesson slides are recommended

    Teaching methods

    Traditional lectures

    Assessment methods

    An intermediate quiz will be administered midway through the course, consisting of 31 multiple choice questions.

    At the end of the course, students who have successfully passed the intermediate quiz will be required to take a final quiz, also consisting of 31 multiple choice questions.

    Students who did not pass or did not take the intermediate quiz will be required to complete both the intermediate and final quizzes in a single session, for a total of 62 multiple choice questions.

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