Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia are two hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, considered major causes of maternal and perinatal death worldwide. Pre-eclampsia is a multisystemic disease characterized by the development of hypertension after 20 weeks of gestation, with the presence of proteinuria or, in its absence, of signs or symptoms indicative of target organ injury. Eclampsia represents the con…
To analyze the course of maternal diseases and compare pregnancy outcomes in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)-associated thrombocytopenia to patients without
There are limited data available regarding the optimal protocol for preoperative skin asepsis and the steps of intraoperative patient preparation including draping, Foley, and uterine manipulator placement. Given the lack of a standard process, it is anticipated that these steps are performed in a variety of sequences
It was a retrospective observational study and manual and electronic data were retrieved from a tertiary care centre of Southern India. All women after 37th week of gestation with single live fetus in cephalic presentation with a Bishop score
The current study concludes that women with a prior cesarean are at increased risk for repeat cesarean section. Vigilance with respect to indication at primary cesarean delivery, proper counseling for trial of labor and proper antepartum and intrapartum monitoring of patients, are key to reducing the cesarean section rates. The antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum complications are more in re…
As early as the 19th century vaccination in pregnancy has been observed to protect both mothers and infants against smallpox, pertussis and tetanus. More recently the pace and focus of maternal vaccination has accelerated, most significantly since the influenza pandemic of 2009.
The quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is recommended for all girls and women 9 to 26 years of age. Some women will have inadvertent exposure to vaccination during early pregnancy, but few data exist regarding the safety of the quadrivalent HPV vaccine in this context
In the cohort study by Zerbo et al “AssociationBetween Influenza Infection and Vaccination During Pregnancy and Risk of Autism SpectrumDisorder,”1 the authors foundthat “influenza vaccination anytime during pregnancy was not associated with ASD [autism spectrum disorder] risk,” although the adjusted hazard ratio was of borderline significance (1.10; 95% CI, 1.00-1.21).
An IUD is a small plastic and copper device that’s put into your uterus (womb). It has one or two thin threads on the end that hang through your cervix (the entrance to the uterus) into the top of your vagina
Three intrauterine devices (IUDs) are available in the United States: the copper T 380A and two levonorgestrel-releasing IUDs, one that releases 20 mcg of levonorgestrel per 24 hours, and one that releases 14 mcg per 24 hours. All are safe and effective methods of contraception that work predominantly by prefertilization mechanisms. The copper T 380A IUD may be placed in nonpregnant women at an…