Obstetric MedicinePub Date : 2023-03-01Epub Date: 2021-12-09DOI: 10.1177/1753495X211064458
Samantha A Kops, Danielle D Strah, Jennifer Andrews, Scott E Klewer, Michael D Seckeler
{"title":"Contemporary pregnancy outcomes for women with moderate and severe congenital heart disease.","authors":"Samantha A Kops, Danielle D Strah, Jennifer Andrews, Scott E Klewer, Michael D Seckeler","doi":"10.1177/1753495X211064458","DOIUrl":"10.1177/1753495X211064458","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Women with congenital heart disease (CHD) are surviving into adulthood, with more undergoing pregnancy.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Retrospective review of the Vizient database from 2017-2019 for women 15-44 years old with moderate, severe or no CHD and vaginal delivery or caesarean section. Demographics, hospital outcomes and costs were compared.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were 2,469,117 admissions: 2,467,589 with no CHD, 1277 with moderate and 251 with severe CHD. Both CHD groups were younger than no CHD, there were fewer white race/ethnicity in the no CHD group and more women with Medicare in both CHD groups compared to no CHD. With increasing CHD severity there was an increase in length of stay, ICU admission rates and costs. There were also higher rates of complications, mortality and caesarean section in the CHD groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Pregnant women with CHD have more problematic pregnancies and understanding this impact is important to improve management and decrease healthcare utilization.</p>","PeriodicalId":51717,"journal":{"name":"Obstetric Medicine","volume":"16 1","pages":"17-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10150298/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9779819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Obstetric MedicinePub Date : 2023-03-01Epub Date: 2022-03-18DOI: 10.1177/1753495X221087168
Margaret Bublitz, Karl Kelsey, Rondi Butler, Ghada Bourjeily
{"title":"Maternal history of childhood maltreatment is associated with diurnal cortisol and DNA methylation of placental 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2.","authors":"Margaret Bublitz, Karl Kelsey, Rondi Butler, Ghada Bourjeily","doi":"10.1177/1753495X221087168","DOIUrl":"10.1177/1753495X221087168","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Accumulating evidence indicates that maternal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity over pregnancy differs according to maternal history of childhood maltreatment. DNA methylation of the placental 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (BHSD) type 2 enzyme regulates fetal exposure to maternal cortisol, yet the association between maternal history of childhood maltreatment and methylation of placental 11BHSD type 2 has not been previously studied.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We examined if maternal cortisol production at 11 and 32 weeks' gestation (n = 89) and placental methylation of the 11BHSD type 2 gene (n = 19) differed among pregnant women with and without histories of childhood maltreatment. Twenty-nine percent of participants reported a history of childhood maltreatment (physical/sexual abuse).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Women with histories of childhood maltreatment displayed lower cortisol in early gestation, hypo-methylation of placental 11BHSD type 2, and lower levels of cord blood cortisol.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Preliminary results suggest alterations in cortisol regulation over pregnancy according to maternal history of childhood maltreatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":51717,"journal":{"name":"Obstetric Medicine","volume":"16 1","pages":"12-16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10150305/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9466802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Obstetric MedicinePub Date : 2023-03-01Epub Date: 2021-09-24DOI: 10.1177/1753495X211042729
Kavitha Krishnan, Silja Pillai, Gowri Vaidyanathan
{"title":"Pregnancy in a woman with congenital adrenal hyperplasia with 11-beta-hydroxylase deficiency: A case report.","authors":"Kavitha Krishnan, Silja Pillai, Gowri Vaidyanathan","doi":"10.1177/1753495X211042729","DOIUrl":"10.1177/1753495X211042729","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Successful pregnancy with congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 11-beta-hydroxylase deficiency is an extremely rare condition. Only two cases have been reported in the literature.</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong>Described here is a 30-year-old woman diagnosed as a neonate with congenital adrenal hyperplasia related to 11-beta-hydroxylase deficiency classic type, who subsequently underwent clitoral resection and vaginoplasty. She was started on lifelong steroid therapy after surgery. She developed hypertension at 11 years of age and was on antihypertensive therapy from then on. In later life, she underwent division of vaginal scar tissue and perineal refashioning. She spontaneously conceived but her pregnancy was complicated by severe pre-eclampsia and delivery was required at 33 weeks of gestation by cesarean section. A healthy male infant was delivered.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Management of these women is similar to those with more common causes of congenital adrenal hyperplasia, with careful monitoring throughout pregnancy for complications such as gestational diabetes, gestational hypertension, and intrauterine growth restriction.</p>","PeriodicalId":51717,"journal":{"name":"Obstetric Medicine","volume":"16 1","pages":"66-68"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10150300/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9779815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Obstetric MedicinePub Date : 2023-03-01Epub Date: 2023-03-22DOI: 10.1177/1753495X231163351
Isabelle Malhamé, Erica Hardy, Matthew P Cheng, Steven Yc Tong, Asha C Bowen
{"title":"Walking the walk to include pregnant participants in non-obstetric clinical trials: Insights from the SNAP Trial.","authors":"Isabelle Malhamé, Erica Hardy, Matthew P Cheng, Steven Yc Tong, Asha C Bowen","doi":"10.1177/1753495X231163351","DOIUrl":"10.1177/1753495X231163351","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51717,"journal":{"name":"Obstetric Medicine","volume":"16 1","pages":"3-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10150304/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9779817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Obstetric MedicinePub Date : 2023-03-01Epub Date: 2022-05-26DOI: 10.1177/1753495X221103981
Adam Morton
{"title":"Possible additional criteria for the diagnosis of preeclampsia with severe features.","authors":"Adam Morton","doi":"10.1177/1753495X221103981","DOIUrl":"10.1177/1753495X221103981","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Preeclampsia is a disorder affecting multiple organ systems. Preeclampsia with severe features may prompt consideration of delivery. The diagnostic criteria for preeclampsia with severe features, while focusing upon maternal cardiopulmonary, neurological, hepatic, renal and haematological systems, vary considerably in international practice guidelines. In the absence of alternative causes, severe hyponatraemia, pleural effusions and ascites, and abrupt severe maternal bradycardia are proposed as possible additional criteria for the diagnosis of preeclampsia.</p>","PeriodicalId":51717,"journal":{"name":"Obstetric Medicine","volume":"16 1","pages":"9-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10150306/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9410855","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimal management of post-discharge postpartum hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a quality improvement initiative.","authors":"Alexia Tanguay Lecomte, Lauriane Vittoz, Nadine Sauvé, Marie-Ève Roy-Lacroix, Mandy Malick, Anne-Marie Côté","doi":"10.1177/1753495X221074613","DOIUrl":"10.1177/1753495X221074613","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Introduction:</i> Postpartum hypertensive disorders of pregnancy occur in 2-5% of pregnancies. It is a major cause of urgent postpartum consultation and is associated with life-threatening complications. Our objective was to evaluate if local management of postpartum hypertensive disorders of pregnancy was congruent with expert recommendations. <i>Methods:</i> We conducted a quality improvement initiative through a retrospective single-centre cross-sectional study. All women over 18-year-old consulting emergently for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in the first six weeks postpartum, from 2015 to 2020, were eligible. <i>Results:</i> We included 224 women. Optimal management of postpartum hypertensive disorders of pregnancy was observed in 65.0%. While diagnosis and laboratory work-up were excellent, adequate blood pressure surveillance and recommendations upon discharge of an outpatient postpartum episode (69.7%) did not meet expectations. <i>Conclusion:</i> Efforts should be targeted to improve discharge recommendations on optimal blood pressure surveillance after delivery for women at risk for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and for postpartum hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in women treated as outpatients.</p>","PeriodicalId":51717,"journal":{"name":"Obstetric Medicine","volume":"16 1","pages":"29-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10150299/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9763526","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Obstetric MedicinePub Date : 2023-03-01Epub Date: 2021-08-31DOI: 10.1177/1753495X211037885
Brady Thomson, Ragani Velusamy, Annabel Martin
{"title":"Severe tachypnoea and dyspnoea due to physiological hyperventilation in pregnancy.","authors":"Brady Thomson, Ragani Velusamy, Annabel Martin","doi":"10.1177/1753495X211037885","DOIUrl":"10.1177/1753495X211037885","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Physiological hyperventilation and dyspnoea in pregnancy are well-established phenomena and commonly lead to a chronic respiratory alkalosis with compensatory renal excretion of bicarbonate. However, the underlying mechanism of dyspnoea during normal pregnancy remains largely undefined. Increasing progesterone levels are a primary factor leading to increased respiratory drive to ensure the rising metabolic demands of the pregnancy are met. Dyspnoea symptoms typically begin in the first or second trimester, are mild, and do not interfere with activities of daily living. We report the case of a 35-year-old female with severe physiological hyperventilation of pregnancy presenting with profound dyspnoea, tachypnoea, and presyncope from 18 weeks of gestation until delivery. Subsequent investigations revealed no identifiable underlying pathology. There remain limited reports of such severe physiological hyperventilation of pregnancy. This case highlights interesting questions regarding the respiratory physiology of pregnancy and underlying mechanisms.</p>","PeriodicalId":51717,"journal":{"name":"Obstetric Medicine","volume":"16 1","pages":"69-71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10150302/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9763522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Obstetric MedicinePub Date : 2023-03-01Epub Date: 2021-11-20DOI: 10.1177/1753495X211045337
Katherine Creeper, Dorothy Graham
{"title":"Pregnancy-associated haemolytic anaemia: A cause not to be forgotten.","authors":"Katherine Creeper, Dorothy Graham","doi":"10.1177/1753495X211045337","DOIUrl":"10.1177/1753495X211045337","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Anaemia in pregnancy is common, however, only a few cases of pregnancy-associated autoimmune haemolytic anaemia have been documented. Typically, such cases involve a positive direct antiglobulin test and have the potential to cause haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn. Rarely, no autoantibodies are detected. We report two cases of direct antiglobulin test negative haemolytic anaemia occurring in multiparous women with no cause found. Both women had a haematological response to corticosteroid therapy and delivery.</p>","PeriodicalId":51717,"journal":{"name":"Obstetric Medicine","volume":"16 1","pages":"59-61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10150307/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9763525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Obstetric MedicinePub Date : 2023-03-01Epub Date: 2021-09-24DOI: 10.1177/1753495X211042728
Caroline Wilson, Jonathan Lai, Adam Morton
{"title":"Idiopathic orbital myositis in a pregnant woman.","authors":"Caroline Wilson, Jonathan Lai, Adam Morton","doi":"10.1177/1753495X211042728","DOIUrl":"10.1177/1753495X211042728","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A case of a 29-year-old woman who presented at 25 weeks' gestation with acute onset of painful diplopia and periorbital swelling is presented. Following further investigation, a diagnosis of idiopathic acute lateral rectus myositis was established. Her condition resolved following a 4-week course of oral prednisolone without recurrence. A healthy female was delivered at 40 weeks' gestation. The presenting features, differential diagnosis, treatment and course of orbital myositis are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":51717,"journal":{"name":"Obstetric Medicine","volume":"16 1","pages":"62-65"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10150301/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9779818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}