Patient acceptability of intra-amniotic digoxin versus intracardiac lidocaine for inducing foetal demise prior to second trimester medical abortion: a prospective cohort.

Objective: To compare patient acceptability of inducing foetal demise procedures between intracardiac lidocaine and intra-amniotic digoxin administration prior to second trimester medical abortion.

Methods: We enrolled a prospective cohort of women who received either intra-cardiac lidocaine or intra-amniotic digoxin during second trimester medical abortion at later gestation (20-28 weeks) at our centre between April 2023 and March 2024. Data were collected prospectively using a structured questionnaire.

Complexities in the Implementation and Maintenance of Integrated Pest Management in Potato.

Integrated pest management (IPM) is an educated and systematic effort to use multiple control techniques to reduce pest damage to economically acceptable levels while minimizing negative environmental impacts. Although its benefits are widely acknowledged, IPM is not universally practiced by farmers. Potato farming, which produces one of the most important staple crops in the world, provides a good illustration of the issues surrounding IPM adoption.

First Report of Bean Leafroll Virus in Pea and Chickpea, in Canada.

Bean leafroll virus (BLRV; Bean leafroll virus), a single-stranded RNA virus in the genus Luteovirus, is phloem-limited and primarily transmitted by aphids in a non-propagative, persistent manner (Rashed et al., 2018; Kidanemariam and Abraham, 2023). BLRV infects various legumes and has been reported from major pulse-growing regions worldwide (Agindotan et al.

Abortion Provision and Delays to Care in a Clinic Network in Washington State After Dobbs.

Importance: The Supreme Court decision Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization (Dobbs) overturned federal protections to abortion care and altered the reproductive health care landscape. Thus far, aggregated state-level data reveal increases in the number of abortions in states where abortion is still legal, but there is limited information on delays to care and changes in the characteristics of people accessing abortion in these states after Dobbs.

Objective: To examine changes in abortion provision and delays to care after Dobbs.

The Role of Plant Defense Signaling Pathways in Phytoplasma-Infected and Uninfected Aster Leafhoppers' Oviposition, Development, and Settling Behavior.

In plant-microbe-insect systems, plant-mediated responses involve the regulation and interactions of plant defense signaling pathways of phytohormones jasmonic acid (JA), ethylene (ET), and salicylic acid (SA). Phytoplasma subgroup 16SrI is the causal agent of Aster Yellows (AY) disease and is primarily transmitted by populations of aster leafhoppers (Macrosteles quadrilineatus Forbes). Aster Yellows infection in plants is associated with the downregulation of the JA pathway and increased leafhopper oviposition.

Supported at-home abortion: An exploratory study of methods, outcomes, and motivations of community-led abortion care in the United States and Canada.

Objectives: This an exploratory study aimed to describe methods and outcomes of comprehensive community-led abortion care in the United States and Canada.

Study Design: This community-based participatory research study recruited community abortion providers from the United States and Canada through existing confidential networks. They participated through in-person and online collaboration to design and implement a data collection tool for abortion methods, outcomes, and motivations from clients.

Second-trimester dilatation and evacuation: Comparison of routine intraoperative ultrasonography versus problem-based intraoperative ultrasonography in reducing procedure-related complications: A pre-post study.

Objective: To investigate whether routine intraoperative ultrasonographic guidance during second-trimester dilatation and evacuation (D&E) reduces procedure-related complications in an Ethiopian setting.

Methods: We conducted a pre-post study on routine ultrasonography during second-trimester D&E at St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College (Ethiopia).

One-day versus two-day mifepristone-misoprostol interval prior to initiation of misoprostol during late second trimester medication abortion: A cohort study.

Objectives: To compare one-day versus two-day mifepristone-misoprostol interval in late second trimester medication abortion.

Study Design: This retrospective cohort study was conducted at St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, in Ethiopia.

Localization and removal of nonpalpable contraceptive implants: Experience from a teaching hospital in Ethiopia: A case series.

Objective: To assess the outcome of women presenting with nonpalpable contraceptive implants to a referral center in Ethiopia. In addition, we discuss our approach and experience with localization and removal of nonpalpable contraceptive implants.

Methods: We conducted a facility-based retrospective review of patients evaluated for a nonpalpable contraceptive implant between September 2019 and March 2022 at St.

Development of economic thresholds for pea aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) management in lentil (Fabaceae) based on in-field insecticide efficacy trials.

Pea aphid (Acyrthosiphom pisum Harris, Hemiptera: Aphididae) presents a significant economic challenge to lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) production in the major growing region of Saskatchewan, Canada. During 2019-2020, field experiments were conducted to optimize the management tools for pea aphid control on lentils.

Indomethacin Prophylaxis Is Associated with Reduced Risk of Intraventricular Hemorrhage in Extremely Preterm Infants Born in the Context of Amniotic Infection Syndrome.

Background: Amniotic infection syndrome (AIS) with perinatal inflammation may increase the susceptibility to intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) in preterm infants. Given its anti-inflammatory and ductus arteriosus constricting capacities, we hypothesized that prophylactic administration of indomethacin reduces the incidence, severity, and consequences of IVH in the context of perinatal inflammation.

Methods: We evaluated data of infants born between 2009 and 2020 of 22 + 0-25+6 weeks of gestation from 68 German Neonatal Network centers.

Efficacy of entomopathogenic fungi, nematodes and spinetoram combinations for integrated management of Thrips tabaci.

Background: Two consecutive field trials using a blend of entomopathogens in combination with a new chemistry insecticide were conducted to determine treatment effects on onion thrips (Thrips tabaci Lindeman) populations, crop damage, plant development, crop yield and impact on natural enemies. Products were tested in an onion cropping system and included the insect pathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana (isolate WG-11), an entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora (strain VS) and the new-chemistry chemical insecticide spinetoram.

Results: In all treatments, a significant decrease in thrips per plant population was detected in both trials.

Pregnancy loss and risk of incident CVD within 5 years: Findings from the Women's Health Initiative.

Background: Previous studies have demonstrated an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women with a history of pregnancy loss. Less is known about whether pregnancy loss is associated with age at the onset of CVD, but this is a question of interest, as a demonstrated association of pregnancy loss with early-onset CVD may provide clues to the biological basis of the association, as well as having implications for clinical care. We conducted an age-stratified analysis of pregnancy loss history and incident CVD in a large cohort of postmenopausal women aged 50-79 years old.

CDC-Supported National Network of Farmworker-Serving Organizations to Mitigate COVID-19.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has partnered with the National Center for Farmworker Health to respond to the impact of COVID-19 on US farmworker communities. Immigrant farmworkers are often isolated from public health infrastructure. This partnership built the capacity of a national network of organizations to connect farmworkers to COVID-19 education and vaccinations in 20 states through training and resource sharing.

Policy, professionalism and psychotherapy; the clinical practice guidelines' dilemma.

Objective: To review a rebuttal to widely published concerns that the Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) devalues the role of long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy as a treatment in mood disorders.

Conclusion: There is a wider context to this debate. The CPG presents the RANZCP with a dilemma about treatments, professionalism and policy; it requires amendment.

Foley catheter for cervical preparation prior to second trimester dilation and evacuation: A supply-based alternative for surgical abortion: A case series.

Objective: To document the use of Foley catheter as an alternative to osmotic dilators for cervical preparation before second trimester dilation and evacuation at a tertiary setting in Ethiopia.

Methods: This is a retrospective case series conducted at St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College (Ethiopia) from April 1, 2021 to August 30, 2021.

Effectiveness of intra-cardiac lidocaine and intra-amniotic digoxin at inducing fetal demise before second trimester abortion past 20 weeks at a tertiary Hospital in Ethiopia: A retrospective review.

Background: Current literature recommends inducing fetal demise prior to second trimester medication abortion beyond 20 weeks of gestation. There is inadequate literature regarding the practice and effectiveness of this procedure in low-income countries, such as Ethiopia. This study aimed at documenting the effectiveness of intra-cardiac lidocaine and intra-amniotic digoxin at inducing fetal demise before second trimester medication abortion in an Ethiopian setting.

Ketamine Compared With Fentanyl for Surgical Abortion: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: To compare patient satisfaction with anesthesia after first-trimester surgical abortion among patients receiving intravenous (IV) ketamine compared with IV fentanyl for procedural sedation.

Methods: This was a randomized noninferiority trial comparing IV ketamine to IV fentanyl for first-trimester surgical abortion up to 13 6/7 weeks of gestation. Patients were randomized to receive either ketamine 200-500 micrograms/kg IV over 2 minutes, repeated every 5 minutes until appropriate analgesia was achieved, or fentanyl 0.

Society of Family Planning committee consensus on Rh testing in early pregnancy.

Historical evidence that fetal red blood cell (RBC) exposure during early spontaneous or induced abortion can cause maternal Rh sensitization is limited. A close reading of these studies indicates that forgoing Rh immunoglobulin administration before 12weeks gestation is highly unlikely to increase risk of Rh (D) antibody development, and recent studies indicate that fetal RBC exposure during aspiration abortion <12 weeks gestation is below the calculated threshold to cause maternal Rh sensitization, and the amount of fetomaternal hemorrhage during dilation and evacuation procedures up to 18weeks gestation is adequately treated with 100mcg of Rh immunoglobulin. We provide updated recommendations for Rh immunoglobulin administration based on this new evidence.

Seed choice in ground beetles is driven by surface-derived hydrocarbons.

Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) are among the most prevalent biological agents in temperate agroecosystems. Numerous species function as omnivorous predators, feeding on both pests and weed seeds, yet the sensory ecology of seed perception in omnivorous carabids remains poorly understood. Here, we explore the sensory mechanisms of seed detection and discrimination in four species of omnivorous carabids: Poecilus corvus, Pterostichus melanarius, Harpalus amputatus, and Amara littoralis.