RAFT Realities: “Robbing Peter to...
RAFT Realities: “Robbing Peter to Pay Paul” ? (July 2026 Data)

Dr. Chapa's OBGYN No Spin Podcast por Hector Chapa

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As healthcare professionals, we should all seek and encourage scientific and medical discovery and new therapies. That’s one big goal of the scientific process: to bring new therapies to otherwise lethal condition. For example, back in the 80s and 90s, HIV uniformly led to AIDS, which was a death sentence. But now, HIV is 100% manageable with appropriate medical care and medical therapy. That’s a win! On the Prenatal side, lack of amniotic fluid (anhydramnios) under 22 weeks has uniformly been regarded as a fatal/lethal condition. This is because of the direct association with previable lack of amniotic fluid and lung hypoplasia. But now, serial amniocentesis for this condition is making headlines. While the headlines are catchy and serve as appropriate “click bait”, there’s more to this story. This may be a perfect example of “Robbing Peter, to  ... 

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Early Pregnancy Renal Anhydramniosanhydramniospreviable