Comparison between the demographic shift clinical severity and outcome of the first two waves of COVID-19 in pregnancy in a tertiary hospital in India.

Objective: To study and compare the maternal and neonatal outcomes of COVID-19 in pregnancy during the two waves of the pandemic in India.

Methods: This observational, retrospective cohort study on pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 infection was conducted in a 2700-bed tertiary referral center in South India from March 1, 2020 to June 30 2021. The clinical presentation, severity, and maternal and neonatal outcomes of COVID-19 were compared between the two waves.

Vaginal birth as compared with cesarean section in preterm twins-Experience from a tertiary center of a middle-income country.

Objectives: To evaluate the mode of birth in early-preterm, late-preterm, and near-term twins as well as to compare the maternal and neonatal outcomes of each group following vaginal birth (VB) and lower-segment cesarean section (LSCS).

Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted of 100 twin pregnancies in a tertiary center between 2018 and 2019. Deliveries were allocated into the following three gestational age groups (weeks ± days) and compared: (1) early-preterm (28 to 31 ± 6), (2) late-preterm (32 to 35 ± 6), and (3) near-term (≥36 weeks).

The Impact of Secondary Hypertension in Pregnancy on Maternal and Fetal Outcomes: A 42-Month Observational Study from South India.

Objectives: To examine the prevalence, etiology, and clinical outcomes of secondary hypertension in pregnancy in a high-risk tertiary care hospital.

Study Design: This retrospective study used data from patient records between January 2015 and July 2018. Of 52,293 pregnant women admitted during this period, those with hypertension were included.

Biliary cystadenoma masquerading as an adnexal cyst in pregnancy.

The aetiological diagnosis of cystic masses detected on routine ultrasound during pregnancy can be challenging. Unless approached cautiously with a detailed history and adequate use of imaging techniques, misdiagnosis of these cystic masses are not uncommon. Cystic masses diagnosed during pregnancy are mostly of ovarian origin; however, other non-ovarian cystic masses are also detected incidentally or at laparotomy/laparoscopy.

Placenta percreta presenting as uterine rupture following previous B-Lynch suture.

Placenta accreta spectrum disorder varies from minimally adherent placenta to deeply invasive placenta. Placenta percreta is a rare cause for uterine rupture and the incidence of morbidly adherent placenta is on the rise due to increase in the rates of caesarean section. We report a case of a 32-year-old, G2P1L1 who presented to us at 27 weeks in a state of haemodynamic shock with intrauterine fetal death.

New Evidence to Support Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Meconium-Stained Amniotic Fluid in Low-Risk Women in Labor a Prospective Cohort Study.

Purpose Of Study: To assess the maternal and perinatal complications associated with meconium-stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) in low-risk women in labor.

Methods: This prospective cohort study was conducted at CMC Hospital, Vellore, India. Two hundred low-risk women who had artificial or spontaneous rupture of membranes after admission with MSAF were included in the study.