Tag: Pregnancy
Exposure to Air Pollutants, Heat Linked to Pregnancy Outcomes
PM2.5 and ozone exposure associated with elevated risk for preterm birth, low birth weight
Good Outcomes Seen in Hospitalized Pregnant Women With COVID-19
Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to infants uncommon
Risk for Maternal, Neonatal Complications Increased With NAFLD
NAFLD linked to hypertensive complications, preterm birth, postpartum hemorrhage, possibly maternal death
Newborn Respiratory Distress Up With Maternal Antidepressant Use
Moderate, high sustained prenatal antidepressant use associated with increased risk for preterm birth
Benzodiazepine Use Linked to Risk for Ectopic Pregnancy
Excess of 80 ectopic pregnancies per 10,000 pregnancies found in women with benzodiazepine prescription
Thyroid Dysfunction in Pregnancy Overdiagnosed, Overtreated
In most women with elevated TSH who did not start treatment, repeat measurement was ≤4.00 mIU/L
Placental Injury Seen in Pregnant Women With SARS-CoV-2
Higher rates of decidual arteriopathy, other maternal vascular malperfusion features observed
No SARS-CoV-2 ID’d in Asymptomatic Pregnant Women in Los Angeles
Among 80 asymptomatic pregnant women admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, none tested positive
Musculoskeletal Malformations Up With Fluconazole in Pregnancy
But no increase seen in conotruncal malformations, oral clefts with use of oral fluconazole in first trimester
15 Percent of Pregnant Women With COVID-19 Experience Severe Disease
Nearly all of those with severe disease in case series were overweight or obese before pregnancy
