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Quantitative blood loss (QBL) is only marginally better than estimated blood loss (EBL) in measuring blood loss and detecting postpartum haemorrhage during caesarean deliveries, according to a new study presented at the 2022 Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG 2022).

One in 20 local obstetric patients delivering by caesarean section go through a difficult intubation, but none of them has had any failure of intubation, reports a Singapore study.

The Q-Pad, a modified sanitary pad that passively collects menstrual blood, facilitates the self-collection of dried blood spot samples that can match clinician-collected cervical specimens (CCS) for the detection of human papillomavirus (HPV), reports a new study presented at the 2022 Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG 2022).

Digital interventions have the potential to prevent pregnant women and those planning to become pregnant from drinking alcoholic beverages, suggests a study.

Women with a history of infertility have a moderately higher risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) compared with those who have no such history, with the risk more pronounced among nulliparous infertile women who have or have not experienced a pregnancy loss, according to a study.

Breast arterial calcification (BAC), as viewed on screening mammograms, may suggest a risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in postmenopausal women, a recent US-based study showed.