Antenatal pyelonephritis hospitalisation trends, risk factors and associated adverse outcomes: A retrospective cohort study.

Objective: To analyse trends, risk factors and adverse outcomes associated with antenatal pyelonephritis hospitalisations.

Design: Retrospective cohort.

Setting: A national sample of US delivery hospitalisations with associated antenatal hospitalisations.

Stillbirth risk factors, causes and evaluation.

Stillbirth impacts 5.73 per 1,000 births in the United States and this rate exceeds that of contemporary high-resource countries. Risk factors include both demographic and medical characteristics.

Acquired Hemophilia A: A Rare, Acquired Coagulopathy in the Postpartum Setting.

Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) remains a leading cause of maternal morbidity. Pregnancy-associated acquired hemophilia A (AHA) caused by autoantibodies against factor VIII can present with recurrent episodes of postpartum bleeding.  A 50-year-old G2P0112 presented with vaginal bleeding 22 days postcaesarean.

Maternal monitoring and safety considerations during antiarrhythmic treatment for fetal supraventricular tachycardia.

Fetal tachycardia is a rare complication during pregnancy. After exclusion of maternal and fetal conditions that can result in a secondary fetal tachycardia, supraventricular tachycardia is the most common cause of a primary sustained fetal tachyarrhythmia. In cases of sustained fetal supraventricular tachycardia, maternal administration of digoxin, flecainide, sotalol, and more rarely amiodarone, is considered.

Wandering spleen in a geriatric patient - a rare presentation of gastric volvulus.

We report atypical gastric outlet obstruction in a geriatric patient caused by acute mesenteroaxial gastric volvulus precipitated by a wandering spleen.

Sexual Dysfunction in Breast Cancer Survivors: Is it Surgical Modality or Adjuvant Therapy?

Objectives: Sexual dysfunction is common in breast cancer survivors. Our survey study aimed to delineate the relative associations between sexual dysfunction and breast cancer treatment including surgical modalities and adjuvant therapies.

Methods: Women in surveillance following breast cancer surgery were eligible for our survey incorporating the Female Sexual Function Index.

Counseling Women on Long Acting Reversible Contraceptive (LARC) Use While Maintaining Reproductive Justice.

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