OBSTETRICS
ELIANA R. NIñO BASILOTTA, ANDREA GIANNINI, RICCARDO MORGANTI, CARLO LUCHI, FRANCESCA MONACCI, MARTINA BENVENUTI, PAOLO MANNELLA, STEFANO LUISI, PIETRO BOTTONE, TOMMASO SIMONCINI
Background: The Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Cesarean Delivery (ERAS-CD) protocols published by the ERAS Society between 2018 and 2019 were developed with the same purpose as every other ERAS guideline: to offer the best available care to patients undergoing surgical procedures, using a multimodal and multidisciplinary approach...
OBSTETRICS
STEFANO DI MICHELE, CARLA ORTU, ALESSANDRO CAIAZZO, ANTONIO VERRENGIA, DORIANA MADEO, AGNESE MARIA CHIARA RAPISARDA, STEFANO ANGIONI
Background: The psychological implications of prolonged hospitalization for women with high-risk pregnancies are often overlooked.
Objective: To quantify the psychological stressors experienced during high-risk pregnancies and underscore the importance of psychological support.
Methods: This cross-sectional study included 53 pregnant women admitted for at least seven days...
OBSTETRICS
JELLOUL RAYHANE, ZANGAR SALIM, SAMAALI KHAOULA, MASMOUDI AIDA
Holoprosencephaly (HPE) is a congenital malformation of the brain and face due to incomplete cleavage of the prosencephalon. It affects one in 15,000 to 16,000 births. A 37-year-old patient with a medical history of type 2 diabetes under insulin treatment, and an infection with SARS-CoV-2 at 17 weeks of...
GYNECOLOGY
SILVIA GABBRIELLI, DILRUBA TURELI, ICRO MEATTINI, SILVIA VANNUCCINI, ANGELA GALLONE, KUBRA OZPINAR, MILO GIANI, MASSIMILIANO FAMBRINI, VITTORIO MIELE, FELICE PETRAGLIA
Background and aim: Adenomyosis is a uterine disease defined by the presence and growth of endometrial or endometrial-like structures within the myometrium. Imaging, including transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS), or magnetic resonance (MRI), is used to non-invasively diagnose adenomyosis. The condition is normally identified in reproductive life,...
GYNECOLOGY
FABIO FACCHINETTI, MARIA LONGO, ALESSANDRA DANIELI, BEATRICE MELIS, FLAVIO GAROIA, EZIO BERGAMINI
Background: Vaginal discomfort (VD) due to infections remains a challenge in clinical practice. Since many microbial agents grow in anaerobic conditions, a novel approach using oxygen supply has been proposed.
Objective: The aim of this pilot study was to verify the clinical effects of vaginal...
MENOPAUSE
OSLEI DE MATOS, LUISA AMARAL LACOSKI, ANA LUCIA COUTINHO, ANDRé DOMINGOS LASS, CAMIL CASTELO-BRANCO
Background: Poor sleep quality has been related to an increased risk of fall and bone fracture among elders. Sleep questionnaires and physical performance tests might help to understand the mechanisms of fractures in the population.
Objective: To assess the relation between poor sleep quality and...
MENOPAUSE
CAMIL CASTELO-BRANCO, MISERICORDIA GUINOT GASULL, LAURA BAQUEDANO MAINAR, MARíA J. CANCELO-HIDALGO, ANTONIO CANO, ELISA GIL ARRIBAS, SONIA LOBO MARTíNEZ, CRISTINA LLANEZA SUáREZ, PLáCIDO LLANEZA COTO, NICOLáS MENDOZA LADRóN DE GUEVARA, IRENE PERELSON DEL POZO, FRANCISCO QUEREDA, BEATRIZ ROCA COMELLA, CARLA ROMAGOSA, PABLO ROMERO DUARTE, NATHALIE CHABBERT-BUFFET, DAVID SERFATY, ANDREA R. GENAZZANI
Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is an uncommon condition affecting 1–2% of women younger than 40, 1 in 1,000 in their thirties and 1 in 10,000 under 20 years of age. The multiple etiologies of this clinical condition can be classified as primary (chromosomal, genetic, endocrine, infectious, autoimmune) and secondary or iatrogenic (surgery,...
REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY
FRANCO GUIDOZZI, DEANNA GUIDOZZI, YOLANDE GUIDOZZI
Emotional lability is common after the menopause leading to significant unhappiness and deterioration in wellbeing of ageing women. Happiness results from the complex interplay of multiple endogenous and exogenous correlates which release “happiness hormones” and other neurotransmitters. These activate emotion centres in the brain resulting...
OPINION
ÁLVARO MONTERROSA-CASTRO
OBITUARY
MONTSE ESPUñA, CAMIL CASTELO-BRANCO