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Obstetrics & gynaecology

Ask the Pediatrician: What will happen if I give birth and I have tested positive for COVID-19?

If I've tested positive for COVID-19, what will happen when I give birth?

Feb 16, 2021

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Addiction

Neonatal abstinence syndrome, maternal opioid-related diagnoses up

(HealthDay)—From 2010 to 2017, there were significant increases in the estimated rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) and maternal opioid-related diagnoses (MOD), according to a study published in the Jan. 12 issue ...

Jan 13, 2021

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Medical research

Study describes variation across hospitals in spontaneous vaginal birth rates

Women want to have a good birth, in which both they and the baby are healthy and happy at the end. For most women, the optimal birth outcome is a spontaneous vaginal birth (SVB), one without forceps or a vacuum. Some women ...

Dec 23, 2020

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Pediatrics

Early birth linked to greater risk of hospital visits during childhood

Being born early (before 37 weeks' gestation) is associated with a higher risk of hospital admission throughout childhood than being born at full term (40 weeks' gestation), finds a study published by The BMJ today.

Nov 25, 2020

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Good outcomes seen in hospitalized pregnant women with COVID-19

(HealthDay)—Most pregnant women admitted to U.K. hospitals with confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection have good outcomes, according to a study published online June 8 in The BMJ.

Jun 11, 2020

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Case series indicates COVID-19 not transmitted in utero

(HealthDay)—Four infants born to pregnant women who tested positive for coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) were healthy at birth and had no serious clinical symptoms, according to a case series study published online March 16 ...

Mar 16, 2020

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Pediatrics

Research team updates online tool for extremely preterm infant outcomes

A research team funded by the National Institutes of Health has updated an online tool to provide information for clinicians and parents on outcomes for extremely preterm infants. The key change in the update was the incorporation ...

Mar 2, 2020

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Pediatrics

Rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome remain high in U.S.

The rate of in-hospital births with neonatal abstinence syndrome was 6.7 per 1,000 births in 2016, according to a research letter published online Dec. 16 in JAMA Pediatrics.

Dec 17, 2019

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Obstetrics & gynaecology

Evidence backs women's choice on where to have their babies

Healthy women have more than twice the chance of a normal labour and birth in a planned birth centre birth compared to a planned hospital birth, a major Australian study has found.

Oct 30, 2019

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