Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 Infection on Postpartum Women from Lower and Middle-income Backgrounds in India and its Effects on Early Mother-infant Bonding: An Observational Study.

The study was designed to examine the mental health impact of COVID-19 infection in postpartum women and its effects on mother-infant bonding during the first eight weeks postpartum. Fifty-seven consenting eligible postpartum women were recruited for the study. They were assessed at two time points using standardized rating scales to measure distress and uniquely designed scales assessing COVID-19-specific outcome fears and bonding.

Complete recovery in Wernicke's encephalopathy complicating hyperemesis gravidarum.

Wernicke's encephalopathy (WE) is an uncommon neurological complication in pregnancies complicated with hyperemesis due to thiamine deficiency. In women with hyperemesis, inadvertent glucose administration prior to thiamine supplementation triggers the development of neurological manifestations. Delay in the diagnosis can lead to maternal morbidity, and in one-third of cases may lead to persistence of some neurological deficit.

Prenatal diagnosis of fetal right and left congenital ventricular aneurysms.

Aim: To describe the ultrasonographic appearance of fetal ventricular aneurysm.

Methods: Ultrasound characteristics of two cases of prenatally diagnosed fetal ventricular aneurysm were reviewed.

Results: There was one case of left ventricular aneurysm diagnosed by prenatal ultrasound at 38 weeks of gestation.