BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
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To evaluate healthcare utilisation by children who were exposed to antidepressant drug use during pregnancy and those whose mothers stopped using antidepressants before pregnancy compared with a control group. ⋯ Antidepressant use during pregnancy is associated with increased child healthcare utilisation and increased risk of major cardiac interventions in early childhood.
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We aim to measure the thrombotic changes during the postnatal period up to 6 weeks after delivery and assess the extent of the risk period. ⋯ Coagulation screens as well as thomboelastometry suggest a persistent hypercoagulation during the first 3 weeks after delivery.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Carbetocin versus syntometrine for the third stage of labour following vaginal delivery--a double-blind randomised controlled trial.
Prevention of postpartum haemorrhage is essential in the pursuit of improved health care for women. However, limited literature is available for comparing the use of oxytocin agonist carbetocin with syntometrine in women undergoing vaginal deliveries. We aimed to compare intramuscular carbetocin with intramuscular syntometrine for the routine prevention of postpartum haemorrhage in women who deliver vaginally. ⋯ Carbetocin has an efficacy similar to syntometrine for prevention of postpartum haemorrhage, but is associated with less adverse effects.