Obstetrics Department

The Obstetrics Department of Tianjin First Central Hospital insists on focusing on maternal and infant health, adhering to the hospital's service concept of "entrustment of life, quality first", keeping in mind the purpose of "contribution to society, patient trust, and common development", and has gradually developed into a comprehensive department integrating medical treatment, scientific research, teaching, first aid, rehabilitation, health care, public welfare, and international exchanges and cooperation. It is the teaching base of Tianjin Medical University, Nankai University School of Medicine and other institutions. She has been awarded the title of "National Women's Civilized Post" by the All-China Women's Federation, and the Tianjin Maternal and Child Health Advanced Group. It won the honorary title of "Baby-Friendly Hospital" in 1994 and the title of Tianjin Emergency Center for Critically Ill Pregnant Women in 2016. It is responsible for the treatment and first aid of critically ill pregnant women in Tianjin and even surrounding areas. It is the leading construction unit of the regional medical center. The Department of Obstetrics was founded in 1953. With the joint efforts of hospital leaders, successive directors of obstetrics, and general medical staff, the department has continued to grow and expand, and its technical strength has continued to increase. Its scale and diagnosis and treatment level are in a leading position in Tianjin, and it has formed its own diagnosis and treatment characteristics, especially in pathological obstetrics, and is unique in the diagnosis and treatment of difficult and critical diseases.The diseases currently diagnosed and treated include: gestational hypertension, gestational diabetes, dangerous placenta previa, placenta accreta, placental abruption, HELLP syndrome, intrauterine growth retardation, pregnancy with uterine fibroids, pregnancy with ovarian cysts, and pregnancy with medical and surgical diseases. In addition, relying on the comprehensive advantages of the general hospital of Tianjin First Central Hospital and the comprehensive advantages of the obstetrics department itself, the obstetrics department has good treatment conditions for the treatment of various high-risk pregnancies and difficult and severe cases. The Department of Obstetrics has outstanding advantages and distinctive professional characteristics. It attracts pregnant women with its advanced equipment, superb technology, high-quality services and warm environment. Its delivery volume ranks among the best in Tianjin and enjoys a high reputation. The prenatal diagnosis center is one of the specialty features of the obstetrics department. It is responsible for prenatal screening and prenatal diagnosis. It has been committed to preventing birth defects, popularizing eugenics and postnatal care, ensuring the health of mothers and infants, and improving the quality of the birth population.The main businesses currently carried out include: prenatal maternal blood Down syndrome (NIPT Huimin), screening of fetuses with neural tube malformations, four-dimensional abnormality ultrasound examination, TORCH infection detection, amniocentesis, CNV and single gene disease detection, etc. It also has a team of technical backbones with close collaboration, superb skills and rigorous attitudes to support the development of prenatal diagnosis and treatment technology. In 2020, it won the title of "National Collaborative Unit for Talent Training for Birth Defects Prevention and Treatment" and "Tianjin Collaborative Unit for Talent Training for Birth Defects Prevention and Treatment". The obstetrics department currently has a critical care ward, a high-risk obstetrics ward, a home-based ward, a general obstetrics ward, a mother-infant rooming ward, a doula room, an LDR delivery room, and a delivery room. The outpatient department includes a high-risk clinic, a general clinic, a postpartum clinic, a nutrition clinic, a prenatal diagnosis clinic, a breastfeeding consultation clinic, a midwife consultation clinic, a maternal health education school, and a postpartum recovery room. The delivery room mainly handles normal delivery, vaginal surgical delivery, abnormal delivery, etc. The "one-to-one accompanying delivery" model such as painless delivery technology, doula analgesia, Lamaze respiratory pain relief delivery method, peanut ball and birthing ball has been widely carried out. The pain reduction effect is remarkable, and family-style accompanied delivery is gradually carried out to increase the concept of humanized service.Protected delivery without episiotomy and free-position delivery were implemented, and the cesarean section rate and episiotomy rate were strictly controlled, providing a basis for the national three-child policy. It has new technologies such as delayed umbilical cord ligation, neonatal arterial blood gas analysis, neonatal resuscitation, and a multidisciplinary rescue team to ensure the safety of mothers and children. The core service concept of maternal health education school - "Your needs, my goals." The teaching contents of the maternal health education school include pregnancy health care, nutrition during pregnancy, choice of delivery method, newborn characteristics and care, breastfeeding, perinatal care and other related knowledge. Special courses include gestational diabetes, how to improve the chance of normal delivery, labor analgesia, newborn care and other courses. The teaching team is composed of the director of the senior medical department, deputy chief physician, and deputy chief nurse of the hospital. They use online teaching, multimedia teaching, physical classroom teaching, interactive open communication and other learning methods, and are loved by many pregnant women. Through medical and nursing practice, the Obstetrics Department has completed a number of scientific research projects from the Tianjin Municipal Health Bureau Science and Technology Fund, the First Central Hospital’s Spring Breeze Project, and the Tianjin Nursing Society in recent years; completed a number of invention patents and utility model patents; and completed a number of Tianjin Municipal Health Commission filling gaps projects;He has published more than 100 papers in SCI, Chinese journals, core and professional journals. Participated in and completed works such as "Basic Principles of Tissue Banking", participated in the construction of high-quality online courses on "Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing", a research project of Tianjin Medical University, etc.; and undertook provincial and municipal continuing education projects on critical maternal management every year. The Department of Obstetrics adheres to the original intention of "holding up life with both hands, conveying true feelings with love, and building a happy family with the perseverance of women and children." It keeps in mind the mission of "taking patients as the center, quality as the core, and treating patients as relatives." It creates an industry style of superb technology, noble medical ethics, and rigorous medical ethics. Based on its own position, it practices the purpose of "protecting the health of women and children" and strives to build a prestigious innovative, research-oriented, and life-oriented department.