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Autoimmune Skin Diseases Linked To Risk Of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
The three most common autoimmune skin diseases in the study cohort were vitiligo (30%), alopecia areata (30%), and cutaneous lupus erythematosus (...
Guidelines
AHA, AAP update neonatal resuscitation guidelines
The updated guidelines state that use of a T-piece resuscitator to deliver PPV is preferred to the use of a self-inflating bag.
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Underdiagnosed: Iron deficiency anemia during pregnancy
IDA increases a patient’s risk of delivering preterm and developing postpartum depression and puts their infants at a risk for perinatal mortality...
From the Journals
Avoid anti-HER2 cancer therapies during pregnancy
Exposure to anti-HER2 agents was associated with “severe specific adverse pregnancy and fetal or newborn outcomes compared with exposure to other...
Conference Coverage
Pregnant women with eosinophilic esophagitis show no ill effects from inhaled steroids
Pregnant women who used steroids were not significantly more likely than were those who did not use steroids to experience spontaneous abortion....
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Is Routine 39-Week Induction of Labor in Healthy Pregnancy a Reasonable Course?
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Hemorrhage-control device holds up in real-world review
Timely use of a new vacuum-induced bleeding control device may improve maternal outcomes.
Conference Coverage
Low-dose aspirin provokes no flares in patients with IBD during pregnancy
Study provides more data on the safety of aspirin use during pregnancy in patients with IBD.
Conference Coverage
Risks quantified in medically optimized pregnancy with lupus
Patients who were not medically optimized for pregnancy were three times more likely to experience preterm birth and preeclampsia.
Conference Coverage
‘Smart’ stethoscope spots peripartum cardiomyopathy
Finding that 4% of the women in the intervention arm had reduced ejection fraction is “absolutely startling ... and speaks to how important...
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Are we ready for systematic newborn genome sequencing?
In the future, DNA samples could be taken from babies for whole genome sequencing to look for diseases that are likely to crop up later in life....
From the Journals
Maternal depressive symptoms may start at pregnancy
“The relevant clinical settings for prevention are those treating women in routine health care, including family medicine.”