Articles related toObstetrics/Gynecology

Research has thus far confounded the relationship between OMT and labor duration. This pilot study aimed to evaluate the effect of OMT on labor duration when applied in tandem with standard obstetrical management.

In this prospective pilot study, the authors compared the number of opioid pills prescribed with the number used by 37 patients in the postpartum period to assess the incidence of overprescribing after vaginal and cesarean deliveries, which can lead to increased opioid pill availability within the community.

Management of vulvodynia can be exceedingly complex and must be individualized to the patient’s anatomy and etiology; here, the authors present a case of vulvodynia for which osteopathic manipulative treatment was effective.

The authors present a narrative review discussing what is known about the pathophysiology of COVID-19 in pregnancy and its associated mortality rate. Osteopathic manipulative treatment techniques to mitigate the underlying pathology and modifications for use in pregnancy are also presented.

The authors report the results of a descriptive observational study of 24 patients designed to determine whether physiologic and osteopathic measures of increased sympathetic tone correlate in a population of women with PCOS.

In this narrative review article, the author provides an overview of polycystic ovary syndrome, the most common hormone disorder in females of reproductive age, affecting reproductive, metabolic, and cardiovascular health.

The authors compare the differences in progression and regression of precancerous lesions of the uterine cervix on cervical cytologic analysis among women of different races who adhered to cervical cancer screening recommendations and follow-up.

Following a December 2020 petition to withhold emergency use authorization of the BNT162b2 messenger ribonucleic acid vaccine for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) manufactured by BioNTech and Pfizer, misinformation claiming that COVID-19 vaccines cause female infertility began circulating on social media. The authors evaluated Google Trends data to quantify the potential influence that misinformation may have had on public perception and medical decision-making among pregnant patients or those seeking to become pregnant.

West Virginia (WV) is afflicted by high rates of teenage pregnancy and births, opioid usage during pregnancy, and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome births. To determine whether there is an association between teenage pregnancy and negative health outcomes, including opioid misuse, among adolescent girls in WV, the authors analyzed aggregate data at the county level from the WV Department of Health and Human Resources (WVDHHR).

Osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) has been shown to successfully alleviate some pregnancy-related pain, but most published data focuses on the 3rd trimester and postpartum period or musculoskeletal indications. In this article, the authors report the results from 73 obstetrical providers who practice in multiple types of women’s healthcare facilities in Southern and Central Maine and who were surveyed about their OMM use, including the frequency by trimester and by clinical indication.