Obstetrics
Infectious Disease Consult
RSV vaccination during pregnancy: Finally ready for prime time
FDA approved in August of this year, the new bivalent RSV prefusion F vaccine represents a major and welcomed breakthrough, as an...
Commentary
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and high stroke risk in Black women
These complications of pregnancy serve as a window into a woman’s future cardiometabolic health and a marker of her cardiovascular risk.
Infectious Disease Consult
The challenges of managing CMV infection during pregnancy
Cytomegalovirus infection manifestations in the mother and fetus depend upon the mother’s immune status, the time in gestation that maternal...
News
Test all perinatally exposed infants for HCV: CDC
The CDC noted that rates of HCV infections during pregnancy are on the rise.
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Adverse events related to embryo transfer catheters may be underreported to the FDA
Problems with devices included contamination, packaging problems, malfunction, mechanical flaws, and material separation.
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The Importance of Cord Blood and Cord Tissue Stem Cells: Today vs Tomorrow
Commentary
Perinatal depression rarely stands alone
Major depressive disorder is the most common mental health condition during the perinatal period and is often comorbid.
From the Journals
Air pollution tied to postpartum depression
Black carbon had the strongest association with postpartum depression.
From the Journals
Obesity boosts gestational diabetes risk in women with PCOS
Prepregnancy insulin resistance is common among women with PCOS and may play a major part in the pathogenesis of gestational diabetes.
From the Journals
A dozen genes emerge as dangerous during pregnancy
Carrier screening to identify genes associated with complications can inform risk assessment.
Commentary
A focus on women with diabetes and their offspring
The rate of pregestational diabetes in 2021 was 10.9 per 1,000 births, a 27% increase from 2016 (8.6 per 1,000).
News
Maternal perinatal mortality: A pediatric issue
Asking the mother how she is feeling in the days to weeks after birth should not just be a social nicety but rather an additional check for...