Women with severe cardiac disease for whom pregnancy is contraindicated can safely undergo microinsert hysteroscopic sterilization, which has shown to be completely effective over 20 months of follow-up, a Mayo Clinic team reports in the April issue of the Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Reuters Health Information
In a study of families seeking care at an urban pediatric clinic, roughly one in five women who were screened for physical and emotional domestic violence disclosed such abuse, according to a report in the April 15th online issue of the Journal of Pediatrics. Reuters Health Information
Oral and intravenous desensitization protocols are both effective for managing women with suspected hypersensitivity to metronidazole used to treat Trichomonas vaginalis, according to a report in the April issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Reuters Health Information
CDB-2914, a selective progesterone receptor modulator, significantly reduced the size of leiomyomata in a randomized controlled trial conducted by researchers at the National Institutes of Health. Reuters Health Information
Both arterial and venous blood gases and lactate change significantly when umbilical cord clamping at birth is delayed and cord pulsations are allowed to cease spontaneously, according to a prospective study by Swedish researchers published in the May issue of the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Reuters Health Information
Use of folic acid and other vitamin supplements before or during pregnancy appears to reduce the risk of placental abruption, Norwegian researchers report in the April issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology. Reuters Health Information
Co-administration of oxytocin and ergometrine is no better than oxytocin alone for decreasing blood loss during emergency caesarean delivery, according to Canadian researchers. Reuters Health Information
Contrary to recent findings, there appears to be no increased risk of unexplained antepartum stillbirth in second pregnancies following caesarean section in the first pregnancy, Canadian researchers report in the May issue of BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Reuters Health Information
