Articles Tagged With: pregnancy
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Effectiveness and Safety of Low-Dose Aspirin to Prevent Preterm Preeclampsia
An aspirin dosage of 150 mg to 162 mg per day, when started in the first trimester of pregnancy, was linked to a decreased risk of preterm preeclampsia compared to an aspirin dosage of 75 mg to 81 mg per day.
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Mothers, Babies, and HPV: Thanks for Not Sharing!
Nearly half of pregnant women in a Canadian study had vaginal swabs positive for human papillomavirus (HPV) deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Only about one-fourth of placentas and newborns produced by those HPV-positive women carried detectable HPV DNA, and all HPV-positive babies had cleared their positivity by 6 months of age.
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Preconception Hepatitis B and Congenital Heart Disease
A new study suggests that both women and men who have had hepatitis B infection prior to conceiving offspring are more likely to give birth to children with congenital heart disease.
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Maternal, Fetal, and Infant Implications of a Positive Syphilis Screening During Pregnancy
Although syphilis screening during pregnancy is effective in identifying maternal syphilis, it is not without consequences. False-positive syphilis testing can result in unwarranted antibiotic therapy; re-screening based on risk is not always consistent, and among pregnant women who truly test positive to syphilis, treatment is not always optimized to prevent congenital syphilis.
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Does Topiramate Decrease the Efficacy of Oral Contraceptives?
In this retrospective cohort study, women taking low-dose topiramate (< 200 mg per day) and oral contraception did not have more contraceptive failures compared to women taking other headache remedies (propanolol, metoprolol, amitriptyline, venlafaxine, or verapamil), with an adjusted rate difference of 0.00 (95% confidence interval, -0.3, 0.3).
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Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea During Pregnancy
Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with several adverse maternal and fetal outcomes.
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Retrospective Cohort Analysis of Perinatal Outcomes Following Bariatric Surgery
In a retrospective study of a racially and ethnically diverse cohort in 2012-2018, patients with a live birth after bariatric surgery had a lower risk of preeclampsia, gestational diabetes or impaired fasting glucose, and having a large-for-gestational-age infant — but a higher risk of having a small-for-gestational-age infant — relative to matched controls who did not have bariatric surgery before their live birth.
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Opioid Use Disorders During Pregnancy
Currently, the United States faces an enormous opioid crisis, with opioid use disorder (OUD) being the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in some states. The number of pregnant people with OUD increased from 1.5 cases per 1,000 hospital deliveries to 6.5 cases per 1,000 hospital deliveries in the United States between 1999 and 2014, a more than four-fold rise. Proper identification and management of pregnant and postpartum people with OUD is crucial.
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The Efficacy of Prenatal Patients Using a Mindfulness App
This randomized trial conducted early in the pandemic with women from an obstetric and gynecologic practice found use of a mobile app promoting mindfulness practice (such as meditation) was associated with a decrease in perceived stress, self-reported anxiety and depression, and sleep disturbance in the intervention group.
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Controlling Blood Pressure During Pregnancy Could Lower Dementia Risk
Investigators found an association between high blood pressure during pregnancy and a higher likelihood of developing dementia later in life.