Late-Preterm Antenatal Steroids for Reduction of Neonatal Respiratory Complications: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of antenatal corticosteroids in reducing neonatal respiratory complications when administered to those at risk of preterm delivery between 34 and 36 6/7 weeks of gestation.

Methods: This was a single-center, triple-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial in southern India enrolling pregnant participants at risk of preterm delivery between 34 and 36 6/7 weeks of gestation. Computer-generated block randomization was used with participants randomized to either one course of intramuscular betamethasone or placebo.

C- reactive protein levels in women with prelabour rupture of membrane and women with normal labour.

Background: There is a very little information known about CRP in term pregnancies. It is a marker that is easily tested and is inexpensive. Although CRP has been used very effectively in diagnosing infection in the neonate, its clinical use and values have not been studied in term pregnancies.

Comparison between the demographic shift clinical severity and outcome of the first two waves of COVID-19 in pregnancy in a tertiary hospital in India.

Objective: To study and compare the maternal and neonatal outcomes of COVID-19 in pregnancy during the two waves of the pandemic in India.

Methods: This observational, retrospective cohort study on pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 infection was conducted in a 2700-bed tertiary referral center in South India from March 1, 2020 to June 30 2021. The clinical presentation, severity, and maternal and neonatal outcomes of COVID-19 were compared between the two waves.

Is new onset hypertension in obese women more likely to be Gestational Hypertension? - A retrospective study.

Introduction: New onset hypertension is more common in antenatal women with increased Body Mass Index (BMI). This may be due to either gestational hypertension (GH) or pre-eclampsia (PE). GH unlike PE is not associated with poor perinatal outcomes and would not require interventions such as increased antenatal visits and induction of labour.