Risk of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Women with CKD.

CKD is increasingly prevalent in pregnancy. In the Torino-Cagliari Observational Study (TOCOS), we assessed whether the risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes is associated with CKD by comparing pregnancy outcomes of 504 pregnancies in women with CKD to outcomes of 836 low-risk pregnancies in women without CKD. The presence of hypertension, proteinuria (>1 g/d), systemic disease, and CKD stage (at referral) were assessed at baseline.

Pregnancy care in two adolescents perinatally infected with HIV.

We describe the main issues encountered in pregnancy care in two perinatally infected adolescents with HIV. Despite the young maternal age, both mothers complied well with visits and treatment during pregnancy and delivered at week 38 through elective caesarean section. Both, however, missed the regular gynaecological and the routine HIV visits scheduled after pregnancy.

Efficacy of intravenous tramadol treatment for reducing pain during office diagnostic hysteroscopy.

Objective: To assess whether IV tramadol before outpatient hysteroscopy could reduce procedure-related pain.

Design: A randomized double-blind placebo controlled trial.

Setting: Outpatient Hysteroscopy Centre in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Cagliari University.