Cancer Nurs 2022 May 31. Epub 2022 May 31.
Author Affiliations: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecologic Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Hacettepe University (Dr Uslu-Sahan); Faculty of Nursing, Departments of Midwifery (Dr Er-Korucu) and Psychiatric Nursing (Dr Cekic), Ankara University; and Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology Clinic (Mrs Simsek), Ankara, Turkey.
Urology 2022 Aug 9. Epub 2022 Aug 9.
Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
Objective: To characterize Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (UCPPS) pain and urinary symptom trajectories with up to 9 years of follow-up and evaluate whether initial 1-year trajectories are associated with longer-term changes.Materials And Methods: Data were analyzed from the Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain (MAPP) Network's prospective observational protocols including the Epidemiology and Phenotyping Study (EPS; baseline to Year 1), EPS Extension (EXT; Years 1-5), and Symptom Patterns Study (SPS: 3-year study; Years 3-9). Adults with Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome or Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome provided patient-reported assessments biweekly (EPS), every 4 months (EXT), or quarterly (SPS). Read More
Pregnancy Hypertens 2022 Aug 5;30:31-35. Epub 2022 Aug 5.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Objective: Preeclampsia is associated with immediate and long term offspring and maternal morbidities and mortality. Incidence of preeclampsia has increased and recurrent preeclampsia has not decreased in recent decades. The aim of the current study was to identify risk factors for recurrent preeclampsia among women with a history of preeclampsia. Read More
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2022 Jul 29;277:1-6. Epub 2022 Jul 29.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Objectives: Since late preterm neonates are physiologically less mature than term neonates, the use of antenatal corticosteroids in the late preterm period has been recommended. The use of tocolytics can also be considered to gain valuable time for using antenatal corticosteroids in the late preterm period. In this study, we examined the efficacy of tocolytics on prolonging pregnancy in the late preterm period, by comparing women who received tocolytics with those who received none. Read More
Birth 2022 Aug 12. Epub 2022 Aug 12.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical Center of Besancon, University of Franche-Comte, Besançon, France.
Background: The objective of this study was to assess the preliminary efficacy and safety of conservative management compared with systematic suture in isolated vaginal or first-degree perineal tears after birth.Methods: We conducted a preliminary efficacy, open-label, randomized, controlled, and prospective trial. This study implemented Simon's 2-step plan (interim analysis and final analysis) to test the success rate of the digital compression strategy group. Read More
Reprod Sci 2022 Aug 12. Epub 2022 Aug 12.
Division of Reproductive Sciences and Women's Health Research, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ross Research Building, 720 Rutland AvenueRoom 624, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Uterine fibroids are the most common tumor of reproductive-age women worldwide and cause significant morbidity in affected women. Vitamin D has emerged as a potential therapy for uterine fibroids based on experimental and epidemiologic evidence. The objective of this systematic review was to evaluate the role of vitamin D in the pathophysiology of uterine fibroids and its efficacy for prevention and treatment of fibroids. Read More