A randomized trial of a program of early postpartum discharge with nurse visitation

Article Abstract:

Early postpartum hospital discharge combined with nurse home visitation may not lead to adverse outcomes and may even be beneficial. Researchers compared the outcomes of 80 new mothers and infants discharged 6 to 36 hours postpartum to those of 100 women and infants discharged 48 to 72 hours postpartum. The women who were discharged early and received intensive nursing follow-up did not differ from standard discharge patients in terms of maternal competence, infant weight gain, identification of newborn jaundice, satisfaction with care, breastfeeding, and use of infant health services.

Management, Evaluation, Hospitals, Childbirth, Delivery (Childbirth), Home nursing, Hospital admission and discharge

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Ultrasonographic examination of intrauterine growth for multiple fetal dimensions in a Chinese population

Article Abstract:

Chinese fetuses appear to grow at different rates than white fetuses. Chinese researchers used ultrasound to measure various parts of the bodies of 5,496 fetuses. Certain measurements were higher early in pregnancy than those reported in studies of white fetuses, and other measurements were lower late in pregnancy compared with white fetuses. It is possible that Asian fetuses grow faster than whites early in the pregnancy but slow down after 35 to 36 weeks gestation. This result illustrates the need for different growth standards for different ethnic groups.

Measurement, Fetus, Growth, Growth (Physiology), Chinese, Chinese (Asian people), Fetal development

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Maternal asthma and pregnancy outcomes: a retrospective cohort study

Article Abstract:

Pregnant women who have asthma have an increased risk of adverse birth outcomes, including premature birth, small-for-gestational-age babies, pre-eclampsia, hypertension, uterine infection, and cesarean delivery. This was the conclusion of a study of 10,965 pregnant women, of whom 2,193 had asthma.

Risk factors, Diseases, Asthma, Pregnant women, Pregnancy, Complications of, Pregnancy complications

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