Importance: Adverse pregnancy outcomes are recognized risk enhancers for cardiovascular disease, but the prevalence of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis after these conditions is unknown.
Objective: To assess associations between history of adverse pregnancy outcomes and coronary artery disease assessed by coronary computed tomography angiography screening.
Design, Setting, And Participants: Cross-sectional study of a population-based cohort of women in Sweden (n = 10 528) with 1 or more deliveries in 1973 or later, ascertained via the Swedish National Medical Birth Register, who subsequently participated in the Swedish Cardiopulmonary Bioimage Study at age 50 to 65 (median, 57.
Both disturbed sleep and lack of exercise can disrupt metabolism in pregnancy. Accelerometery was used to objectively assess movement during waking (physical activity) and movement during sleeping (sleep disturbance) periods and evaluated relationships with continuous blood glucose variation during pregnancy. Data was analysed prospectively.
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January 2021
Background: Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is the most common cause of vaginal discharge. It is caused by an imbalance in the normal vaginal microbiota. Symptoms include an offensive odour.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Non-specific abdominal pain (NSAP) is the most common diagnosis of patients presenting to emergency departments (ED) with abdominal pain. The aim of this retrospective study was to investigate how many NSAP patients were re-admitted within 1 year to the ED with abdominal pain.
Material And Methods: Included were all patients discharged with NSAP from adult EDs of Landspítali University Hospital (gynecology and pediatric EDs excluded), from January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2005.