Reproductive Health 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.

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy were associated with higher risk for coronary artery disease and stroke, which was only partially mediated by cardiometabolic factors, according to findings from a study using mendelian randomization.

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.

Mothers who give birth to babies with neonatal hypothyroidism tend to have higher levels of free thyroxine and thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor antibodies than those whose newborns have normal thyroid levels, according to a study.

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.

Pregnant patients with Takayasu arteritis demonstrate an increased risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes, including hypertension and miscarriage, compared with the general population, according to a meta-analysis published in Nature.

Legislators must take mental health implications into account when writing abortion laws, psychiatrists wrote in a Viewpoint in JAMA Psychiatry.

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.

Healio spoke with Shawana S. Moore, DNP, MSN, APRN, CRNP, WHNP-BC, about the importance of advocacy in all aspect of endometriosis care.