Obstetrics: Archives News of the month
Assessment of infection prevention and control management in obstetrics departments in secondary and tertiary hospitals
Obstetrics 4 min.
Coinfection in pregnancy can increase the risk of adverse perinatal mortality [1]. Direct maternal infections account for 10.7% of all maternal deaths globally [2]. Of the estimated 700 maternal deaths occurring in the US annually, 12.5% are due to infection [3]. The incidence of obstetric infection...
Gynaeco-obstetrical follow-up of patients with dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, a prospective study
Obstetrics 5 min.
Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB) is a rare group of genetic skin-fragility conditions resulting in blisters and erosions, most often posttraumatic but also inflammatory, that evolve into dystrophic and retractile scars. Mucosal involvement, particularly ear, nose and throat (ENT) and digestive...
Neurologic disease in the obstetric patient
Obstetrics 5 min.
The obstetric patient presents a unique anesthetic challenge owing to profound alterations in physiology during pregnancy and immediate postpartum period. Up to 2% of pregnant women will require surgery antepartum [1], and those who require neurosurgery or intervention for pregnancy-associated neurologic...
Association of maternal calprotectin plasma levels with abruption placenta
Obstetrics 3 min.
Placental abruption (PA) is the premature detachment of the placenta from the uterine wall before the birth of the fetus due to decidual hemorrhage. PA occurs in approximately 0.4–1% of pregnancies. However, the incidence of PA increases in conditions known as major obstetric syndromes, such as...
Intrapartum Ultrasound Guidance to Make Safer Any Obstetric Intervention: Fetal Head Rotation, Assisted Vaginal Birth, Breech Delivery of the Second Twin
Obstetrics 11 min.
Intrapartum ultrasound (US) has been proposed with the aim to assist clinicians in different clinical scenarios of the labor ward practice. Observational 1-3 and randomized trials 4-6 have shown that intrapartum US is more reliable than clinical assessment in determining parameters of crucial importance...
