Dr. Jason H. Collins This is Me

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1. 1. www.preginst.com

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   Published on: 5/25/2008   Last Visited: 5/25/2008

   Dr. Jason CollinsThe Pregnancy Institute

2. 2. Untitled Document

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   Published on: 10/10/2006   Last Visited: 2/2/2008

   Dr. Jason Collins, MD, is the president of the non-profit Pregnancy Institute in Louisiana. He is in charge of the Perinatal Umbilical Cord Project (PUCP). "UCAs represent 20 percent of all stillbirths," says Dr. Collins. "As a cause of death it is two to four deaths per 1,000 live births. What is notable about these statistics is stillbirth due to umbilical cord accidents is more frequent than death due to maternal hypertension or gestational diabetes, which combined are responsible for 1 to 2 deaths per 1,000 live births."
   
   According to Dr. Collins, there are 25 different umbilical cord pathologies, and all are detectable on ultrasound. The problem is that there is not an established protocol for establishing these pathologies prenatally. Women who are not labeled high-risk are not screened for umbilical cord problems. Dr. Collins' goal with the PUCP is to "demonstrate that it is possible to identify UCA and manage it to prevent stillbirths."

3. 3. Fetal Heart Beat Monitoring at Home

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   Published on: 5/13/2006   Last Visited: 2/2/2008

   Though the OB community is generally not in favor of monitoring - let alone home monitoring - Dr. Jason Collins, an NSS National Director and head of the Pregnancy Institute is developing a system for home use that will provide real-time readouts of a woman's contractions and her baby's heart rate as she sleeps. Connected to the Internet through a laptop computer, the monitor will be capable of sending an alert to a woman's physician on his or her PDA.
   
   Dr. Collins believes pregnant women who have been identified as being at risk of stillbirth due to FHB decelerations should be using a fetal heartbeat monitor during maternal sleep, the time when most stillborn deaths occur. He theorizes that because the mother's blood pressure is lowest during this period, and because cord compression is more likely when the woman is lying down - especially in late term when there is little room for the baby to move - a monitor may have the potential to detect any dangerous fluctuation or decline in the baby's heartbeat in time to allow for appropriate medical intervention.