Cerebral oximetry assessed by near-infrared spectrometry during preeclampsia: an observational study: impact of magnesium sulfate administration.

Objectives: To determine the regional cerebral oxygen saturation of hemoglobin (rcSO2) in severe preeclamptic parturients exhibiting neurologic symptoms compared with healthy pregnant women (control) and to describe the effects of MgSO4 infusion on rcSO2 and cerebral and systemic hemodynamic variables.

Design: Prospective, observational study.

Setting: Obstetric critical care unit in a university-affiliated hospital.

Iron therapy in iron deficiency anemia in pregnancy: intravenous route versus oral route.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare intravenous iron sucrose versus oral iron sulfate in anemia at 6 months of pregnancy.

Study Design: A random, prospective, open study with individual benefit was performed involving 50 patients with hemoglobin levels between 8 and 10 g/dL and a ferritin value of <50 microg/L. In the intravenous group (IV group), the iron dose was calculated from the following formula: Weight before pregnancy (kg) x (120 g/L - Actual hemoglobin [g/L]) x 0.

Colostrum morphine concentrations during postcesarean intravenous patient-controlled analgesia.

Unlabelled: Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) with morphine is a convenient method for providing postoperative analgesia. Despite the fact that it is used after cesarean delivery, data on transfer of morphine and of its active metabolite morphine-6 glucuronide (M6G) into maternal milk are scarce. It is not known whether breast-feeding during PCA with morphine has neonatal implications.