Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent)
October 2024
Background: We hypothesized that implementation of a labor epidural management algorithm would increase the labor epidural catheter replacement rate at our hospital.
Methods: Our institutional review board approved this study and waived the requirement for informed consent. Patients who had labor epidural analgesia and delivered vaginally or had replacement of an epidural catheter prior to vaginal delivery from August 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022 and from August 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 were included in the study.
Background And Aims: Childlessness and infertility represent a frequent and important issue in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients. Nevertheless, until now epidemiological data remains scarce. Therefore, main objectives of this study were to evaluate the rate of childlessness and the cumulative probability of reproduction in female and male IBD patients within the Swiss Inflammatory Bowel Disease Cohort Study (SIBDCS), a large prospective multicenter nationwide cohort.
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September 2023
Background: Prior studies have shown that programmed intermittent epidural bolus (PIEB) techniques, with or without patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) boluses, provide better pain relief, reduced motor block, and better patient satisfaction compared to continuous epidural infusion (CEI) techniques. We hypothesized that patients who had labor epidural analgesia (LEA) maintained with PIEB and PCEA would be less likely to receive a physician-administered rescue analgesia bolus compared to patients who had CEI and PCEA.
Methods: We searched our electronic medical record for patients who had CEI and PCEA from August 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021 and for patients who had PIEB and PCEA from August 2, 2022 to December 31, 2022.
Therap Adv Gastroenterol
June 2023
Background: While the detrimental impact of negative emotions on the clinical course of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and quality of life has been extensively investigated, evidence for a potential impact of positive emotions is scarce.
Objectives: We aim to analyse contributing factors of positive affect and their predictive value for disease course in IBD patients.
Design: In this retrospective cohort study, epidemiological, psychosocial and IBD disease characteristics of Swiss IBD cohort study patients were analysed longitudinally.