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Low risk of perinatal transmission of human papillomavirus: results from a prospective cohort study

Article Abstract:

The risk of transmitting human papillomavirus (HPV) from a pregnant women to her infant during childbirth may be low. HPV is a common sexually transmitted virus that causes genital warts and may be associated with genital cancers. Researchers tested 151 women during their pregnancy, and their 151 infants in the first three years of life. HPV infection or evidence of previous exposure to the virus was found in 74% of the women. Nevertheless, HPV DNA was detected in fewer than 3% of the infants, and none showed clinical evidence of HPV infection.

Health aspects, Papillomaviruses, Papillomavirus, Pregnant women, Disease transmission, Communicable diseases in children, Pediatric communicable diseases

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Risk factors for urinary tract infection in the postpartum period

Article Abstract:

Risk factors for a urinary tract infection after childbirth include cesarean delivery, use of drugs to prevent premature labor, kidney disease, preeclampsia or eclampsia, abruptio placentae, and black, Native American, or Hispanic race. Women with these risk factors can be given antibiotics during childbirth.

Complications and side effects, Childbirth, Delivery (Childbirth), Urinary tract infections

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Maternal and neonatal outcomes after induction of labor without an identified indication

Article Abstract:

Pregnant women who ask for induced labor when they don't need it are more likely to have a cesarean, forceps-assisted delivery, or a vacuum extraction. In a study of 2,886 women with induced labor and 9,648 with spontaneous labor, this only occurred among first-time mothers.

Research, Causes of, Cesarean section, Obstetrical extraction, Labor, Induced (Obstetrics), Induced labor

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