Eclampsia reduction with maternal early warning trigger tool.

Objectives: To observe the incidence of eclampsia before and after implementing Maternal Early Warning Trigger (MEWT) tool.

Study Design: A retrospective observational study to evaluate the effect of introduction of MEWT tool in a tertiary referral center with 10,000 annual births. Two epochs of five years duration were compared before and after implementing MEWT tool.

A Review of Outcomes in Pregnant Women with Portal Hypertension.

Background: The course of pregnancy in a woman with portal hypertension is a difficult one as it is associated with complications like variceal bleeding, splenic artery rupture and coagulopathy. All these pose a threat to a woman's life. Although this condition is rare, every obstetrician should have a high index of suspicion when an antenatal mother presents with splenomegaly, thrombocytopenia or hematemesis.

Need for guidelines for the combined management of pregnancy and dengue: a retrospective study from an Indian tertiary care maternity hospital.

The incidence of dengue has risen in India in recent years. Evidence suggests that dengue in pregnancy may be associated with adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. The aim of our study was to analyse outcomes in pregnant women with confirmed dengue infection who had the benefit of close monitoring and intensive management at a tertiary maternity facility.

Synthetic osmotic dilators in the induction of labour-An international multicentre observational study.

Introduction: To evaluate the effects of synthetic osmotic dilators (Dilapan-S/ Dilasoft) in women who required induction of labour in a large prospective multicentre international observational study.

Materials And Methods: Primary outcomes were duration of Dilapan-S/Dilasoft insertion (hours), total induction - delivery interval (hours) and the rate of vaginal deliveries within 24 h (%). Secondary outcomes were the number of dilators inserted, Bishop score increase after extraction of Dilapan-S/Dilasoft, complications during induction (uterine contractions, uterine tachysystole and hyperstimulation, effect on the fetus) and post induction (infections and neonatal outcomes), agents / procedures used for subsequent induction of labour, immediate rate of spontaneous labours following cervical ripening period, rate of spontaneous vaginal deliveries, rate of instrumental vaginal deliveries and caesarean sections.

Effect of second trimester and third trimester weight gain on immediate outcomes in neonates born to mothers with gestational diabetes: a retrospective observational study from India.

To evaluate the effect of second trimester and third trimester rate of weight gain on immediate outcomes in neonates born to mothers with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM). This retrospective observational study enrolled 593 eligible mothers. The records of all pregnant women booked before 24 weeks and screened for diabetes were eligible if they were diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) anytime during pregnancy.