Occupational health and psychological wellbeing in first line nurses during health crisis periods: reliability study of the SOIC tool.

Background: In 2020, the emergence of the new Coronavirus has put health professionals under enormous pressure, as they had to work in difficult and often disadvantaged situations. Prevention of symptoms such as stress, anxiety and burnout therefore become important health management goals.

Aim: The aim of this pilot cross-sectional study was to assess the reliability and feasibility of a tool on Occupational Health Nurses after a Pandemic Period such as the COVID-19 pandemic (Salute Oc-cupazionale negli Infermieri in Periodo Pandemico Covid19 - SOIC) that aims to assess the occupational health and psychological wellbeing of nurses during periods of health crisis.

Uterine contractions in asymptomatic pregnant women with a short cervix on ultrasound.

Objective: To estimate the incidence of uterine contractions in asymptomatic pregnant women with a short cervix on transvaginal ultrasound.

Methods: Asymptomatic women with a short cervix on transvaginal ultrasound between 14 and 23(6/7) weeks of pregnancy were instructed to undergo uterine monitoring immediately. Women without available tracings were excluded.

Does transvaginal sonographic measurement of cervical length before 14 weeks predict preterm delivery in high-risk pregnancies?

Objective: To determine whether high-risk patients manifest cervical length < 25 mm on transvaginal ultrasound before 14 weeks of gestation, and if this finding is predictive of preterm delivery.

Methods: Asymptomatic pregnancies at high risk for preterm birth were followed prospectively from 10 + 0 weeks to 13 + 6 weeks with transvaginal sonographic measurement of the cervix. A cervical length < 25 mm was considered a short cervix at this gestational age and at the follow-up ultrasound examinations, performed between 14 and 24 weeks.

Prediction of preterm premature rupture of membranes by transvaginal ultrasound features and risk factors in a high-risk population.

Objective: To determine the transvaginal ultrasound features and risk factors that predict preterm delivery (PTD) preceded by either preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) or preterm labor (PTL) in a high-risk population.

Study Design: Singleton gestations at high-risk for preterm delivery were screened prospectively with transvaginal ultrasound between 14 and 24 weeks. Univariate and multivariate regression analyses were performed for historical obstetric risk factors and transvaginal ultrasound features (cervical length (CL) and cervical funneling (CF)) for the prediction of PTD preceded by PPROM or PTL at < 32 and < 35 weeks' gestation, respectively.

Patients with a prior failed transvaginal cerclage: a comparison of obstetric outcomes with either transabdominal or transvaginal cerclage.

Objective: Our purpose was to compare the incidence of preterm birth after a prior failed vaginal cerclage in patients who had a subsequent transabdominal or a transvaginal cerclage.

Study Design: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of singleton pregnancies in women who had undergone (9-14 weeks) either a transabdominal or a transvaginal prophylactic cerclage after >/=1 prior failed transvaginal cerclage. Prior failed transvaginal cerclage was defined as a preterm birth at <33 weeks' gestation in the immediate prior pregnancy despite a transvaginal cerclage.