Early Compared With Delayed Physician Rounds on Patient Satisfaction of Postpartum Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: To investigate whether delayed timing of physician rounds improves patient satisfaction for postpartum women.

Methods: Women were randomized to early (5-7 AM) or delayed (8-10 AM) physician rounding. Women with stillbirth, high-risk pregnancy, or complications precluding delayed rounding were excluded.

The effect of combined inositol supplementation on maternal metabolic profile in pregnancies complicated by metabolic syndrome and obesity.

Background: Myoinositol and D-chiroinositol improve insulin resistance in women with obesity and gestational diabetes and in postmenopausal women with metabolic syndrome. We previously reported that offspring born to hypertensive dams lacking endothelial nitric oxide synthase and fed a high-fat diet develop metabolic-like syndrome phenotype.

Objective: The objective of the study was to investigate the effect of a mixture of myoinositol/D-chiroinositol supplementation during pregnancy on the maternal metabolic profile in pregnancies complicated by the metabolic-like syndrome and obesity using a pregnant mouse model.

Sildenafil treatment in a nonsevere hypertensive murine model lowers blood pressure without reducing fetal growth.

Background: Treatment of nonsevere hypertension during pregnancy is controversial. Sildenafil is a phosphodiesterase inhibitor that potentiates nitric oxide by promoting vasodilation. Nitric oxide plays a vital role in mediating the vascular adaptations during pregnancy.