Tag: High Risk Obstetrics

Ask the Experts: What is Placenta Accreta Spectrum, and why does it require specialized care to protect expectant moms?

October has been established as Accreta Awareness Month to raise awareness about this potentially life-threatening condition that can occur during pregnancy. Patients with accreta have their placenta attach too deeply so it cannot be expelled during childbirth, putting them at risk of severe bleeding. Fortunately, with expert care from a high-risk obstetrics specialist, new moms [...]

2023-09-05T06:50:13-06:00October 2nd, 2023|
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Maternal Fetal Medicine Services perform rare blood transfusion

Jax came to Regional One Health with heart failure and accumulating fluid in different parts of his body after a specialist in Cassi Day's hometown recommended our services. Millimeters. Dr. Mauro Schenone and his team in Maternal Fetal Medicine Services at Regional One Health faced a task that required threading a needle [...]

2018-10-10T08:18:49-06:00April 26th, 2018|
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A Story of Survival

Kelly, Louis and Gary Parrish He wasn’t supposed to survive. Nearly as soon as Kelly Parrish discovered she was pregnant she faced the near certainty she wouldn’t bring her baby home. The pregnancy was a shock. Kelly – the mother of two boys – recently delivered a stillborn son, Elliott Theodore, at [...]

2021-12-28T11:28:51-06:00November 11th, 2017|
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High Risk Pregnancy Team Takes Safety Expertise Overseas

When a team of four providers from Regional One Health visited China last month, it was a trip that ultimately could have an impact on some 110 million people. That’s how many people live in a region of China where doctors from 36 hospitals attended safety training led by a high-risk obstetrics care team [...]

2018-10-10T08:21:23-06:00May 23rd, 2017|
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Immense Joy

Dr. Mari Demonstrates New Technology That Gives Twins the Gift of Life Excitement about choosing nursery colors and the perfect names can too quickly turn into a nightmare for expectant mothers who are pregnant with identical twins. Nearly 15 percent of identical twins will develop Twin-to- Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS) in the womb — [...]

2020-07-21T17:17:21-06:00October 3rd, 2015|
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Proud Memphians

“WHEN I REFLECT ON HOW THE DOCTORS AT THE SHELDON B. KORONES NEWBORN CENTER AT REGIONAL ONE HEALTH SAVED MY BOYS’ LIVES, I AM NEARLY SPEECHLESS. THERE ARE NO WORDS TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE. EVERYTHING I COULD SAY SOUNDS SO SMALL COMPARED TO WHAT THEY’VE DONE FOR MY WIFE, MY BOYS AND ME.” ASHTON [...]

2020-07-21T17:12:36-06:00October 1st, 2015|
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Quadruplets born at Regional Medical Center

Home to the High-Risk Obstetrics Program, multiple births are not uncommon at Regional Medical Center.  But quadruplets?  That's a little more rare.  In the last two years, staff at Regional Medical Center has delivered one set of quadruplets, compared to five triplets and 150 twins. Erica Moering was surprised when she learned she was [...]

2018-10-10T08:21:36-06:00August 25th, 2015|
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Maternity services honored for safety performance

Pam Castleman accepting the Exceptional Performance for Maternity Care award at the Memphis Business Group on Health luncheon. The Memphis Business Group on Health (MBGH) distributes awards annually to hospitals in the Memphis area who exemplify excellence in patient safety as evidenced in patient safety measures.  At the MBGH annual awards luncheon [...]

2018-10-10T08:16:44-06:00May 21st, 2015|
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Identical Triplets Born at Regional Medical Center

Three of the mid-south’s newest residents were featured in the December 9, 2014 issue of The Commercial Appeal.  Ashton and Jennifer Hall were living in London, England when they got the news – she was pregnant with identical triplets.  According to Dr. Giancarlo Mari, medical director of the high risk obstetrics program at Regional [...]

2018-10-10T08:21:45-06:00December 9th, 2014|
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