Effect of Using Silver Nylon Dressings on Postoperative Pain after Cesarean Delivery.

Objective: Silver dressings have been associated with a decrease in postoperative pain in selected populations, but it is unknown if the benefit can be observed after cesarean deliveries. We sought to evaluate the impact of silver nylon dressings in reducing postoperative pain after cesarean delivery.

Study Design: A secondary analysis of data from a blinded randomized clinical trial of women undergoing cesarean delivery scheduled and unscheduled at a single site was conducted.

Longitudinal assessment of spiral artery and intravillous arteriole blood flow and adverse pregnancy outcome.

Objective: Superb microvascular imaging (SMI) has been shown to improve visualization of small vessels by suppressing global motions while preserving low-flow components, such as the microvessels in the placenta. We sought to determine if SMI-aided visualization of flow velocity waveforms in the spiral arteries (SA) and intravillous fetal arterioles (IVA) could predict fetal growth restriction (FGR), gestational hypertension (GH) and/or pre-eclampsia (PE).

Methods: This was a prospective longitudinal study of singleton pregnancies without fetal anomaly, receiving prenatal care in one of two medical centers over a 5-year period.

Comparing the cerebro-placental to umbilico-cerebral Doppler ratios for the prediction of adverse neonatal outcomes in pregnancies complicated by fetal growth restriction.

Objective: The cerebroplacental ratio (CPR) has shown utility as a surrogate marker for fetal growth restriction and can be used to stratify the risk for adverse perinatal outcomes in affected pregnancies. However, recent studies suggest that its inverse, the umbilico-cerebral ratio (UCR), may be a better predictor of such outcomes. The aim of this study was to compare the prognostic accuracy of CPR to that of UCR Doppler in predicting short-term adverse perinatal outcomes in growth-restricted fetuses.