Review some of the top stories from the Contemporary OB/GYN website over the last week, and catch up on anything you may have missed.
Thank you for visiting the Contemporary OB/GYN® website. Take a look at some of our top stories from last week (Monday, September 23 - Friday, September 27, 2024), and click each link to read and watch anything you may have missed.
The risk of childhood seizures is increased by maternal influenza infections during pregnancy, according to a recent study published in JAMA Network Open.
Higher rates of seizures were reported in the influenza group vs the control group, with 3.2% of infants in the influenza group developing seizures during follow-up. When evaluating this risk based on seizure type, an elevated risk did not remain for epilepsy, but the risk of febrile convulsions was significantly increased.
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Prediabetes in young people may lead to adverse pregnancy outcomes later in life, according to a recent study from Mount Sinai.
The odds of having gestational diabetes at first birth were increased more than 2-fold among patients with preconception prediabetes, with an adjusted relative risk (aRR) of 2.21 compared to those with normoglycemia. Hypertensive disorder of pregnancy and preterm birth risks were also increased, both having an aRR of 1.18.
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Patients with a familial risk of breast cancer can be identified using the electronic health record (EHR)-derived Seven-Question Family History Questionnaire (FHS7), according to a recent study published in JAMA Network Open.
A 3-fold increased risk of being BRCA1/2 positive was reported in both male and female patients with FHS7-positive status. When prescreening with FHS7, the number needed to test to detect a BRCA1/2-positive patient decreased from 128 to 53 among women and from 119 to 42 among men.
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An increase in term birthweights over time has been observed since 1950, according to a recent study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
Data indicated a significant increase in the mean term birthweight of 4.74 g per year reported from municipality, community, or regional sources. When addressing geographical variations, this annual increase was 3.85 g.
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Cumulative live birth rates are similar between blastocyst stage embryo transfers and cleavage stage embryo transfers in women with 4 or more embryos available during in vitro fertilization treatment, according to a recent study published in BMJ.
The intention-to-treat cumulative live birth rate was 58.9% in the blastocyst stage group and 58.4% in the cleavage stage group. With a difference of 0.4% and a risk ratio of 1.01, this data indicated no difference in live birth rates between groups.
S4E1: New RNA platform can predict pregnancy complications
February 11th 2022In this episode of Pap Talk, Contemporary OB/GYN® sat down with Maneesh Jain, CEO of Mirvie, and Michal Elovitz, MD, chief medical advisor at Mirvie, a new RNA platform that is able to predict pregnancy complications by revealing the biology of each pregnancy. They discussed recently published data regarding the platform's ability to predict preeclampsia and preterm birth.
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Prenatal SSRI or SNRI discontinuation not linked to adverse psychiatric outcomes
October 8th 2024In a recent study, similar rates of adverse psychiatric-related outcomes were reported among patients with discontinuation of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors vs those without discontinuation.
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