Stress and anxiety in pregnant women exposed to ultrasound.

Aim: To investigate the levels of anxiety and stress during pregnancy among women who are routinely offered ultrasound at first and second trimesters.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study involving 296 women, in which 146 pregnant women without any medical problem were compared with 150 nonpregnant women. Both groups were submitted to the Lipp Inventory of Stress Symptoms for Adults and to the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.

Prevalence of parafunctional habits and temporomandibular dysfunction symptoms in patients attending a tertiary headache clinic.

Objective: To investigate the most prevalent forms of headache in a tertiary outpatient service, and to assess the frequency of associated parafunctional habits and temporomandibular dysfunction symptoms (TMD).

Method: All new patients referred to the Headache Outpatient Service in UNIMES during 2008 were prospectively assessed by the neurologist and the dental surgeon.

Results: Eighty new patients were assessed; chronic migraine and episodic migraine without aura were the most prevalent conditions, accounting for 66.

The need to include obstetric nurses in prenatal care visits in the public health system.

Objective: To investigate, with a qualitative approach, the role of Obstetric Nurses at the primary level of care given to women's health as a vital component of the multidisciplinary team, which today is fundamental for providing care, prevention as well as health education and promotion, especially in programs whose activities are geared towards primary care of pregnant, parturient, and puerpera women.

Methods: Brazilian laws and the determinations of Nursing Councils in reference to the activities of the obstetric nurse were researched, including the nurse's responsibilities and limits. The bibliographic search was conducted in health-related journals, lay publications, and the Internet.

Reference ranges for cervical length by transvaginal scan in singleton pregnancies.

Objective: The aim was to construct a chart for cervical length measured by transvaginal ultrasound.

Research Design And Methods: Singleton pregnant women underwent a transvaginal scan to measure the cervical length (CxL) from 20 to 34 weeks. Exclusion criteria were preterm delivery, preterm rupture of membranes, multiple pregnancies, cerclage, and those who have taken vaginal progesterone.

[Helicobacter pylori infection and its correlation with gastrointestinal symptoms and outcome of pregnancy].

Objective: The present study intended to investigate whether there was a relationship between pregnant women with dyspeptic complaints and with and without Helicobacter pylori infection in the first and second trimester of pregnancy.

Methods: H.pylori seropositivity was determined in 146 (aged 20 to 40 years) antenatal patients at 10 to 23 weeks gestation.