Pregnancy / Infertility
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SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Optimizing Delivery Times in Uncomplicated Twin Pregnancies
- January 26, 2012
- Allison Bryant, MD, MPH
- Women's Health
Risk for fetal demise among monochorionic twins was 1.5% after 34 weeks' gestation; among dichorionic twins, no perinatal deaths occurred after 33 weeks.
- Reviewing:
- Breathnach FM et al. Obstet Gynecol 2012 Jan; 119:50
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Is Analysis of the Fetal Electrocardiogram Effective in Intrapartum Monitoring?
- January 26, 2012
- Diane J. Angelini, EdD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN, NEA-BC
- Women's Health
Adding ST-waveform analysis to standard fetal monitoring significantly lowered incidence of operative vaginal deliveries but not neonatal metabolic acidosis.
- Reviewing:
- Becker JH et al. Obstet Gynecol 2012 Jan; 119:145
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Can Exercise Prevent Gestational Diabetes?
- January 26, 2012
- Diane J. Angelini, EdD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN, NEA-BC
- Women's Health
Trial results do not provide a clear answer.
- Reviewing:
- Stafne SN et al. Obstet Gynecol 2012 Jan; 119:29
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Antidepressants and Fetal Risk: A New Look at SSRIs During PregnancyFree
- January 19, 2012
- Allison Bryant, MD, MPH
- Women's Health
Maternal use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors during late pregnancy raised risk for neonatal pulmonary hypertension, but individual risk-benefit profiles should be evaluated.
- Reviewing:
- Kieler H et al. BMJ 2012 Jan 12; 344:d8012
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
In Utero Tenofovir Exposure Shows No Effect on Infant Bone Health
- January 13, 2012
- Keith Henry, MD
- HIV/AIDS Clinical Care
The findings of a new cross-sectional study are somewhat reassuring but require validation.
- Reviewing:
- Viganò A et al. Antivir Ther 2011 ; 16:1259
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Arsenic-Laden Rice: Another Contaminant to Worry About?
- January 13, 2012
- Jonathan Silver, MD
- Psychiatry
Arsenic levels were elevated in pregnant women who ate moderate amounts of rice, but the implications of this finding remain unknown.
- Reviewing:
- Gilbert-Diamond D et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011 Dec 20; 108:20656
PRACTICE WATCH
Emergency Contraception Access Curtailed Yet AgainFree
- January 12, 2012
- Eleanor Bimla Schwarz, MD, MS
- Women's Health
The FDA's approval of over-the-counter access to emergency contraception without age restrictions was recently blocked at the federal level. CME
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Is Misoprostol an Alternative to Oxytocin for Augmenting Labor?
- January 12, 2012
- Diane J. Angelini, EdD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN, NEA-BC
- Women's Health
Other than higher incidence of uterine hypertonus, maternal and neonatal outcomes did not differ with misoprostol.
- Reviewing:
- Bleich AT et al. Obstet Gynecol 2011 Dec; 118:1255
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Night Float: A Step Toward Better Obstetric Outcomes?
- January 12, 2012
- Allison Bryant, MD, MPH
- Women's Health
Initiation of a night-float system at one hospital was associated with improved outcomes.
- Reviewing:
- Barber EL et al. Obstet Gynecol 2011 Dec; 118:1371
NEWS IN CONTEXT
Advances in Contraceptive Implant Design
- January 12, 2012
- Anne A. Moore, WHNP/ANP-BC, FAANP
- Women's Health
NEXPLANON replaces IMPLANON.
