Complications of second trimester induction for abortion or fetal demise for patients with and without prior cesarean delivery.

Objective: Compare complication rates of second trimester induction for abortion or fetal demise for patients with and without prior cesarean delivery.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study examining induction for abortion or fetal demise for pregnancies from 14w0d to 23w6d gestation at 2 urban academic medical centers from 2009 to 2019. Exclusion criteria included preterm labor or cervical insufficiency, neonatal interventions, or if misoprostol was not the primary induction method.

Complications of second-trimester medical termination of pregnancy for fetal anomalies compared with intrauterine fetal demise.

Objective: To assess complication rates of patients undergoing a second-trimester medical termination for intrauterine fetal demise compared with fetal anomalies.

Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study comparing patients undergoing medical termination for a fetal anomaly versus medical termination for intrauterine fetal demise (IUFD) before 24 weeks of gestation. Data were collected from two urban academic medical centers from 2009 to 2019.

Conscious prone positioning in a pregnant patient with COVID-19 respiratory distress: A case report and review.

Prone positioning has been used for decades to improve oxygenation in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. With the COVID-19 pandemic there has been a growing emphasis on the utilization of prone positioning for non-intubated patients as a means of preventing invasive ventilation and improving outcomes. In this case report, a patient is presented with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure in late pregnancy who experienced significant improvements in oxygenation with prone positioning.

Readability, content, and quality of COVID-19 patient education materials from academic medical centers in the United States.

Background: SARS-CoV-2 has spread rapidly resulted in a global pandemic and public health crisis. The internet is a frequently used resource for providing patient education materials (PEMs). The aim of this study was to evaluate the readability, content, and quality of web-based PEMs on COVID-19 from US academic medical centers.