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What is the clinical difference between maternal-fetal medicine and neonatal-perinatal medicine?
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Ob vs. neonatology.: Mfm is a subspecialty of obstetrics/gynecology and deals with both fetal and maternal pathology. Perinatal/neonatal medicine is a descriptive term for both mfm and neonatologists (subspecialists of pediatrics).
Answered 6/2/2018
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Perinatologist: A maternal fetal medicine specialist is a doctor who specializes in complicated pregnancies. The pregnancy complications may be maternal in origin ( i.e. a mom with diabetes) or it could be fetal in origin ( i.e. a birth defect in the fetus) . A neonatal perinatal specialist is a doctor who specializes in taking care of high risk babies-- for example, premature babies or babies with anomalies.
Answered 10/11/2018
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