Paloma O'Meara

Great opportunity to contribute to our next NASOM conference in Ottawa! And good CME

NASOM Top Articles Collection (TAC) 2025 is OPEN!
Submit your top 3 Obstetric Medicine articles of 2025 (including one research paper) by Feb 18.
Results announced at #NASOM2026 (Ottawa, June 5–6)!
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Syphilis: A Review - PubMed Syphilis infections, including congenital syphilis, have increased in the US and worldwide over the past decade. First-line treatment for syphilis is benzathine penicillin G. Routine syphilis screening of all pregnant patients and all sexually active people aged 15 to 44 years and use of doxycycline …

A good review on Syphilis including Syphilis in pregnancy.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41100079/

New items available ahead of print, including a narrative review on measles in pregnancy. Read the latest at buff.ly/dNy8HIc

Single-dose intravenous iron vs oral iron for treatment of maternal iron deficiency anemia: a randomized clinical trial Maternal iron deficiency anemia is a persistent global health challenge with increased risk of adverse perinatal outcomes. Obstetric guidelines advocate for first-line treatment of moderate iron defic...

Who has changed practice based on these findings?

Single-dose intravenous iron vs oral iron for treatment of maternal iron deficiency anemia: a randomized clinical trial - American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology www.ajog.org/article/S000...

Automated Insulin Delivery in Pregnancy Pregnancies in individuals with type 1 diabetes are associated with increased risks of morbidity and mortality. These pregnancies have higher rates of operative delivery, preeclampsia, preterm deliver...

RCT of Closed-loop insulin during pregnancy shows it significantly improves time in range.

Automated Insulin Delivery in Pregnancy url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Stillbirth in intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy and timing of severely elevated bile acid concentrations: an observational cohort study Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) is characterized by elevated total serum bile acid concentration (hypercholanemia), from as early as eight weeks’ gestation [1]; clinically patients present...

Stillbirth in intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy and timing of severely elevated bile acid concentrations: an observational cohort study - European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology www.ejog.org/article/S030...

Predelivery maternal circulating neutrophil extracellular traps and deoxyribonuclease in placental dysfunction and preeclampsia - PubMed The lower levels of circulating NETs and deoxyribonuclease in women with preeclampsia, but not in gestational hypertension or isolated fetal growth restriction, as well as associations between citrullinated histone H3 and biomarkers of placental dysfunction, may indicate that NETs play a role in the …

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41106578/

Embryological perspectives on biochemical pregnancy and early miscarriage risks: a retrospective cohort study - PubMed Blastocyst developmental speed serves as the strongest predictor for biochemical pregnancy and early pregnancy loss, and preimplantation genetic testing is associated with reduced risk of early miscarriage.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41129870/

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EvidenceAlerts | Evidence for improved glucose metrics and perinatal outcomes with continuous glucose monitoring compared to self-monitoring in diabetes during pregnancy.

EvidenceAlerts | Exercise in Pregnancy and Risk of Postpartum Depression: A Randomised Controlled Trial.

EvidenceAlerts | Ampicillin and gentamicin prophylaxis is superior to ampicillin alone in patients with prelabor rupture of membranes at term: the results of a randomized clinical trial.

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Optimizing postpartum care in Canada as rates of comorbidity in pregnancy rise [See related article at www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.231547][1] In this issue of CMAJ , Dzakpasu and colleagues[1][2] show that hypertensive disorders of pregnancy have increased 40% over the ...

www.cmaj.ca/content/196/...