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Filter by:Multiple studies have compared spinal anesthetic performed supine versus lateral, with varying results, in parturients having elective cesarean section. Needle positioning during spinal placement has also been examined. No positioning techniques have demonstrated definitive superiority for hemodynamic stability. Investigators propose that following spinal placement in the sitting position if the patient is placed in a lateral position for 90 seconds prior to turning them supine, hemodynamic changes caused by sympathectomy related to the subarachnoid block can be avoided. This is the first study to examining the influence of position changes after spinal anesthetic placement in the sitting position, which includes hemodynamic variables not previously studied including cardiac output, TPR (total peripheral resistance) and pulse pressure variation (PPV).
The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of an innovative, culturally relevant, community-based peer group intervention to increase young rural Malawian women's preconception behaviors to optimize their reproductive health. The study uses a longitudinal, two group (two-arm) design with a delayed control group.
Pregnant women with BMI>40 will be approached for participation in a study to reduce the rate of post-operative wound infection from C-section. Women will be randomized to a commonly used wound product (Kerlix-AMD) which consists of a PHMB-impregnated gauze versus normal gauze, and rates of post-operative surgical site infection will be assessed. Women with a planned procedure will also be randomized to applying Kerlix versus gauze for 3 days pre-operatively to determine if this improves outcomes as well.
This is a pilot longitudinal mixed-methods study of pregnant women (n=20) who participate in CPC+Y at the VCU Health System Nelson Clinic or the Virginia Department of Health Richmond Health District's prenatal clinic (RHD) during their pregnancies. This pilot project will provide the necessary preliminary data to fuel an appropriately powered randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effects of CPC+Y in controlling weight gain, enhancing stress resilience, and improving maternal-child outcomes among overweight/obese diverse women. Because increasing physical activity has been found to have important mental health effects and maternal-child outcomes, it stands to reason that this innovative intervention has the potential to impact the way prenatal care is delivered in high risk populations.
The purpose of this research is to study the effects of nasal oxytocin administration on maternal behaviors that may be influenced by cocaine use during pregnancy. 32 mothers with prenatal use of cocaine during the current pregnancy will be studied at 3-6 months postpartum, when they will complete 3 study visits, a 2-week double-blind trial of twice daily nasal spray (oxytocin or placebo) and 4 telephone interviews. All information collected is confidential.
Described in the 1970's, pregnancy denial occurs as the un-consciousness of being pregnant for several months or throughout the entire period. Body transformations are most of the time not clearly noticeable. The prevalence of this symptom could represent 2 or 3 births over 1000. The definition of pregnancy denial remains unclear due to the different nosological classifications used. There is no international consensus. Encountered terminologies are different from on author to another: pregnancy denial, pregnancy negation. The difficulties to define properly pregnancy denial accurately reflect the clinic heterogeneity of our patients when practicing on a daily basis. As a result, it is difficult to find predictive factors: any women of childbearing age, regardless her age, parity or social professional category, can be subjected to pregnancy denial. Several publications report observations of case of denial of pregnancy, few retrospective studies were realized, only two studies were interested in the future of the child, and no prospective study was interested in the future of the relation mother - child. The denial of pregnancy questions the maternal psychic functioning. No link between psychiatric disorder and denial of pregnancy was until then established. Our various clinical meetings, with mothers having presented a denial of pregnancy and reporting a difficult personal history with many breaks and events susceptibly traumatic, brought us to emit the following hypothesis: an insecure attachment of the mother would participate or at least would facilitate in the construction of a denial of pregnancy. These mothers would have a difficult access, even impossible for the infantile experiences, the essential experiences in the psychic reorganizations of the pregnancy that prepare the woman to accept her new functions of mother. The investigators hypothesize that the attachment and the development of the child, as well as interactions mothers-babies are disturbed when the woman presents a denial of pregnancy. The research will compare the maternal functioning in both constituted groups (group denial of pregnancy versus groups control), by estimating the type of maternal attachment, without omitting to look for a possible psychiatric pathology, and a personality problem at the mother. From the questioning on the psychodynamic considerations of the denial of pregnancy, and also on the future of the dyade mother-baby, the investigators construct a national program of clinical research called "Attachment and pregnancy denial", with the participation of 13 centers in France. This research is a prospective cohort examination with main objectives: study the impact of the denial of pregnancy on the pattern of attachment of the child, on the interactions of dyads mother-child and on the early development of the child with a 20-month follow-up. It's a multicenter case-control study with 13 centers (Reims, Strasbourg, Besançon, Nancy, Toulouse, Amiens, Troyes, Toulon, Limoges, Ile-de-France, Lille, Bordeaux, Paris 18ème), to find the maternal risks factors associated to pregnancy denial (secondary objectives). The main objectives of this study are: (i) studying the relationship between pregnancy denial and the attachment pattern of the child; (ii) studying the relationship between pregnancy denial and the early interactions of mother-infant dyads; (iii) studying the relationship between pregnancy denial and the early development of the child. The secondary objectives of this study are: (i) studying the relationship between the duration period from the pregnancy announcement to the delivery and the early development of a child, including the attachment pattern of a child, the early interactions of mother-infant dyads, (ii) looking for the risk factors associated to pregnancy denial, including the type of attachment, the existence of a personality disorders and/or a psychiatric pathology
The primary purpose of this study is to determine whether buprenorphine and metabolite exposure (reflected as the dose-adjusted plasma concentration x time curve [AUC]) differs during pregnancy and between pregnancy and the postpartum state.The study will define the pharmacokinetics of buprenorphine and determine if there is a better way to gauge dosing based on objective, physiological parameters of satiety. The study will define neonatal exposure to buprenorphine through breast milk.
The specific aim is to attempt to quantify the amount and efficiency of sleep that parturients receive after placement of labor epidural analgesia.
CHRONOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE STUDY 1. Information provided to study participants 2. Collection of written informed consent 3. Harvesting of myometrial biopsies 4. Creation of tissue explants using myometrial biopsies 5. Stimulation of the explants with LPS 6. Study of the effect of SAR150640 (beta3-adrenergic agonist) on LPS-induced oxidative stress Moreover, demonstrating the ability of beta3-adrenergic receptor agonists to prevent the appearance of oxidative stress and its consequences on tissues, as a complement to previous studies, is an additional argument for the clinical development of this class of pharmaceuticals in the management of threatened premature delivery and labour induction.
The investigators propose to evaluate how the CenteringPregnancy curriculum compared with an enhanced curriculum, with the addition of 2 trauma-informed interventions, affects how new parents prepare for parenting and respond to common stressors.