Three major strategies, that are not mutually exclusive, are being developed to tackle the problem of respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants. The first is to prevent premature birth itself through improved obstetrical follow up and care; however, this has proved not to be an easy task.' The second is to optimise the postnatal treatment of infants with respiratory distress through the ...

Despite popular belief, exercise while pregnant does not initiate labor, or preterm labor. Exercise is associated with delivering closer to the due date. Further, maternal exercise is associated with either no change, or shorter labor and delivery overall. Women who exercised had less complications during labor and delivery than those who did not exercise. More importantly, measures of the fetu...

Despite popular belief, exercise while pregnant does not initiate labor, or preterm labor. Exercise is associated with delivering closer to the due date. Further, maternal exercise is associated with either no change, or shorter labor and delivery overall. Women who exercised had less complications during labor and delivery than those who did not exercise. More importantly, measures of the fetu...

Trauma is currently the most common non-obstetric cause of morbidity and mortality during pregnancy. It is estimated that 6-7% of all pregnancies are complicated by significant trauma. This presents a unique situation for the emergency physician. Changes occur throughout pregnancy that can alter the presentation and treatment of injury. Additionally, there are potentially two lives at stake. Wh...

OBJECTIVE To correlate clinical variables (gestational age, severe pregnancy-induced hypertension, gestational diabetes mellitus, history of previous cesarean sections, fetal distress, perinatal mortality, postpartum anemia, Apgar score < or = 3 at 1 minute and < or = 7 at 5 minutes, and instrumental delivery) with postpartum endometritis (PPE) and wound infection. METHODS Descriptive cross-s...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to assess the pregnancy-related cardiovascular risk in LQT1 patients. BACKGROUND Only 1 study addressed this issue in genotyped patients and reported that the highest risk is for LQT2 patients. METHODS This case-control study, performed in a cohort of patients from 22 families affected by LQT1 and all sharing the common KCNQ1-A341V mutation, involved...