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In women undergoing caesarean section (C-section), six scheduled doses of ketorolac reduced postoperative opioid use as opposed to having only two doses.

Both fibroids and cysts being mostly asymptomatic and usually only detected on routine abdominal or pelvic ultrasounds. As such, there are certain questions that are commonly posed to doctors. Dr Wong Yen Shi, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, and Dr Farah Leong Rahman, Consultant Obstetrician, Gynaecologist and Fertility Specialist, tackle some frequently asked questions regarding these two conditions.

Treatment with either labetalol or nifedipine is similarly effective in reducing adverse maternal outcomes among women with mild chronic hypertension (CHTN) in pregnancy, according to a study presented at SMFM 2023.

Pregnant women may do well to avoid cannabis, with cannabis use in early pregnancy leading to adverse pregnancy outcomes, as reported in a study presented at Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) 43rd Annual Pregnancy Meeting.

Use of antithrombotic agents (ATs) provides a protective benefit against death in patients with acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (AUGIB), suggests a study, noting that low-dose aspirin is responsible for such protective effect.

Pregnant women living with HIV are more likely to achieve viral suppression when treated with dual-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTI) in combination with integrase (INSTI) inhibitors compared to protease (PI) inhibitors at delivery, suggests a recent study presented at the 43rd Annual Pregnancy Meeting of the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine (SMFM 2023).

Discontinuing oxytocin during the active stage of labour appears safe, according to the STOPOXY trial presented at SMFM 2023.