Ovarian reserve in women with cystic fibrosis: is this a cause of sub-fertility?

Background: Over the past two decades, increasing number of people with cystic fibrosis (CF) survive into adulthood. Compared to the general population, sub-fertility is an obstacle for many women with CF (wwCF). Decreased ovarian reserve has been proposed as a possible cause, but limited data is available to support this.

Thromboembolic events in pregnant and puerperal women after COVID-19 lockdowns: A retrospective cohort study.

Objective: To explore the indirect impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patterns of pregnancy-related venous thromboembolism (VTE) events, mediated by population mobility restrictions during lockdown periods.

Methods: Pregnancy-related VTE hospitalizations were identified through a code-targeted search of the Hadassah Medical Center's computerized database. A manual analysis of relevant medical records was performed, and cases diagnosed throughout the year 2020 were compared to those diagnosed during 2019 and 2018.

Cluster analysis based clinical profiling of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis patients according to comorbidities evident prior to diagnosis: a single-center observational study.

Background: The characterization and clinical profiling of people affected by Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF), based on clinical events occurring prior to the diagnosis of the fibrotic disease, may facilitate the understanding of events and comorbidities that occur before the diagnosis of IPF and aid in identifying patients at an earlier stage of the disease.

Methods: In this observational study, a cohort of 96 patients, obtained from a community-based pulmonary clinic, were studied retrospectively. These patients were diagnosed with IPF between January 2008 and November 2016, based on findings on lung biopsy and/or high-resolution CT.