Gynecology/Obstetrics News

Azithromycin administered to women in labor during planned vaginal delivery reduced their risks for sepsis and death, but not their newborns’ risks for sepsis and death, according to findings presented at The Pregnancy Meeting.

Increases in spontaneous preterm birth drove the association between wildfire smoke exposure and increased risk for preterm birth, according to data presented at The Pregnancy Meeting.

In pregnancies with type 2 diabetes, metformin plus insulin did not reduce risks for adverse neonatal outcomes compared with placebo plus insulin, according to findings presented at The Pregnancy Meeting.

Administering six vs. two doses of ketorolac for pain management after cesarean delivery was associated with fewer opioid orders within 72 hours postpartum, according to a presenter at The Pregnancy Meeting.

Researchers observed no differences in rates of cesarean delivery among women with prolonged labor who were administered propranolol vs. placebo, findings presented at The Pregnancy Meeting showed.

For women with preterm pre-labor rupture of membranes, treatment with cefuroxime- vs. ampicillin-roxithromycin was associated with longer pregnancy and less morbidity, according to a presenter at The Pregnancy Meeting.

Clinicians should advocate for opportunistic salpingectomy among patients undergoing surgery for benign pelvic diseases to prevent ovarian cancer, according to a consensus statement from the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance.

Miscarriage is a common result of pregnancy involving the loss of the fetus before 20 weeks’ gestation, according to Mayo Clinic.

Employment status and certain occupations were associated with increased risks for stillbirth and miscarriage among women in South Korea, according to study results published in the Journal of Occupational Health.

Pregnancies in the United States tended to be shorter, and deliveries occurred at different times of the day compared with those in England and the Netherlands, data published in PLOS ONE showed.