The obstetric patient in the Covid pandemic: anaesthesia and perioperative care.

Purpose Of Review: : The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on pregnant women, maternity services and healthcare workers. We review recent literature on the course of COVID-19 infection in pregnancy, and recommendations for treatment and service provision.

Recent Findings: It has been increasingly recognised that pregnant women are at higher risk of severe disease associated with COVID-19 infection.

First trimester maternal serum biochemical markers of aneuploidy in pregnancies with abnormally invasive placentation.

Objective: To examine whether differences exist in routine first trimester maternal serum screening analyte measurements between normal pregnancies, placenta praevia and abnormally invasive placentation (AIP).

Design: Multidisciplinary audit.

Setting: Associated university teaching hospital with 9000 annual deliveries.

Transvaginal mesh (Prolift™) repair: 2-year anatomic outcomes.

Objective: The aim of our study was to report anatomic outcomes at 2 years in patients who underwent transvaginal mesh repair (Prolift™) for pelvic organ prolapse (POP).

Study Design: We conducted a prospective study of 60 women who underwent surgery between April 2005 and March 2008 and presented for 2 year follow-up visits.

Results: Median follow-up was 29 months, and mean age was 57.