Re: Burying the ultrasound unit
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Tue Jun 20 12:22:24 2006
LOL ... I meant the ultrasound image ... not the machine LOL.
Art
At Tue, 20 Jun 2006, Henry Gregor wrote:
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>No silly...you bury the vial the MTX came in.
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> :-)
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> Hank
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>"art fougner, md" <evsono@pipeline.com> wrote:
> If one uses MTX for tubal pregnancy, do you bury the ultrasound?
>
>Art
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>At Mon, 19 Jun 2006, D. Ashley Hill wrote:
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>>Listmember:
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>>The Florida legislature passed a law that physicians and hospitals must
>>provide the option of burial or cremation in the event of ANY fetal
>>loss, even less than 20 weeks. This includes patients with a
>>miscarriage, fetal demise in utero, or even an ectopic. The doctor or
>>nurse notifies the patient that she has the right to choose a funeral
>>home and have any remaining tissue sent to that funeral home for burial
>>or cremation. I understand that some patients may wish to provide a
>>service after a miscarriage, but I wonder how this will affect those who
>>have ectopic pregnancies. Most ectopics are placentas only and do not
>>have fetal tissue. I suspect that offering burial or cremation will
>>injure many patients psychologically who have ectopics, since, in my
>>experience , most are reassured when they find out that there was no
>>baby and "only placenta." Does anyone have experience with this?
>>
>>Ashley
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>>--
>>D. Ashley Hill, MD
>>Associate Director
>>Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
>>Florida Hospital Family Practice Residency
>>Medical Directo, Loch Haven Ob/Gyn Group
>>Division Director, Dept. of Ob/Gyn, Florida Hospital Orlando
>>Orlando, Florida
>>
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>art fougner, md
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