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HSC Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences Current Awareness Bulletins: Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Obstetrics and Gynaecology current awareness bulletin

Frequency: Bi-monthly

Links to articles in the current and previous 2 issues of this bulletin are displayed below.

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May 2025

Advances in the management of endometrial cancer

Antenatal physical activity interventions and pregnancy outcomes

“Basically, my answer is, there needs to be options!” Recommendations for the delivery of free menstrual products to the public: a qualitative exploration among marginalised groups in Victoria, Australia

Bringing endometriosis to the road of contemporary pain science

A care bundle aiming to reduce the risk of obstetric anal sphincter injury: a survey of women's experiences

Dietary modification and supplement use for endometriosis pain

Endometriosis-related genetic factors and their role in preterm birth

Global burden of neonatal preterm birth: a systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2019

L-arginine and L-citrulline for prevention and treatment of pre-eclampsia

Long COVID after SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy in the United States

Male-partner treatment to prevent recurrence of bacterial vaginosis

Optimising aspirin use for pre-eclampsia prevention: the critical role of dose, timing and adherence

Outcomes of postpartum preeclampsia: a retrospective cohort study of 1.3 million pregnancies

Pregnancy and postpartum dynamics revealed by millions of lab tests

Preoperative medical therapy before surgery for uterine fibroids (new Cochrane intervention review)

Recurrence of severe maternal morbidity and transfusion during delivery hospitalisations

Smoking, genetic susceptibility and early menopause: unveiling biological mechanisms and potential therapy targets

Suicide risks associated with pregnancy outcomes: a national cross-sectional survey of American females 41–45 years of age

Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) blocks for prevention of postoperative pain in women undergoing laparoscopic and robotic gynaecological surgery (new Cochrane intervention review)

Trump 2.0 sends “a ripple of fear” through the reproductive health community fighting for safe abortions worldwide

Tubal ectopic pregnancy

What all physicians should know about women’s health: a Delphi study

Sources

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health (Feb); BJOG (Apr-May); BMJ, The (Mar); BMJ Public Health (Jan); Cochrane Library (Mar-Apr); JAMA Network Open (Mar); Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan); Nature Communications (Apr); NEJM (Feb-Mar); Public Health (Jan); Science Advances (Mar)

March 2025

Adolescent menstrual health must go beyond pads                     

The association between periconceptual maternal dietary patterns and miscarriage risk in women with recurrent miscarriages: a multicentre cohort study

Biopsychosocial approaches for the management of female chronic pelvic pain: a systematic review

Birth outcomes after pertussis and influenza diagnosed in pregnancy: a retrospective, population-based study

Caesarean myomectomy in pregnant women with uterine fibroids (new Cochrane intervention review)

Collaboration is key in managing endometriosis

Diagnosis and management of endometriosis: summary of updated NICE guidance

Evolution of episiotomy incidence and obstetric anal sphincter injury over 10 years

First-trimester prediction models based on maternal characteristics for adverse pregnancy outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Frozen versus fresh embryo transfer in women with low prognosis for in vitro fertilisation treatment

In vitro maturation in subfertile women with polycystic ovarian syndrome undergoing assisted reproduction (updated Cochrane intervention review)

Maternal and child nutrition: nutrition and weight management in pregnancy, and nutrition in children up to 5 years (new NICE guideline NG247)

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy before surgery versus surgery followed by chemotherapy for initial treatment in advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (new Cochrane intervention review)

Oral, vaginal, and stool microbial signatures in patients with endometriosis as potential diagnostic non-invasive biomarkers: a prospective cohort study

Outcome reporting in studies investigating treatment for caesarean scar ectopic pregnancy

Ovarian cancer (updated NICE guideline QS18)

Pain phenotypes in endometriosis: a population-based study using latent class analysis

Point-of-care tests for preeclampsia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies

Pregnancy after metabolic bariatric surgery: risks and rewards for mother and child

Systematic review of clinical prediction models for the risk of emergency caesarean births

Tests for diagnosis of postpartum haemorrhage at vaginal birth (new Cochrane diagnostic review)

Tranexamic acid for preventing postpartum haemorrhage after vaginal birth (updated Cochrane intervention review)

Transfusion of blood and blood products for the management of postpartum haemorrhage (new Cochrane intervention review)

Sources

BJOG (Feb-Mar); BMJ, The (Jan); Cochrane Library (Jan-Feb); NICE website (Jan-Feb)

January 2025

Care of late intrauterine fetal death and stillbirth: RCOG green-top guideline no. 55

Cesarean delivery is associated with lower neonatal mortality among breech pregnancies: a systematic review and meta-analysis of preterm deliveries ≤32 weeks of gestation

Congenital cytomegalovirus infection: update on screening, diagnosis and treatment (RCOG Scientific Impact Paper No. 56)

Consumer wearables and personal devices for tracking the fertile window

Endometriosis and uterine fibroids and risk of premature mortality: prospective cohort study

Endometriosis: diagnosis and management (updated NICE guideline NG73)

Excisional surgery versus ablative surgery for ovarian endometrioma (updated Cochrane review)

Fertility-preserving treatment for stage IA endometrial cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The intergenerational association of preterm birth: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Menopausal stages and overactive bladder symptoms in middle-aged women: a cross-sectional study

Menopause: identification and management (updated NICE guideline NG23)

Outpatient hysteroscopy: RCOG green-top guideline no. 59

Patient-reported outcome measures for pelvic organ prolapse: a systematic review using the consensus-based standards for the selection of health measurement instruments (COSMIN) checklist

Perinatal outcomes of pregnancies following autologous cryopreserved ovarian tissue transplantation: a systematic review with pooled analysis

Prediction of metabolic syndrome following a first pregnancy

Pregnancy and birth complications and long-term maternal mental health outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Preterm birth in singleton pregnancies conceived by in vitro fertilization or intracytoplasmic sperm injection: an overview of systematic reviews

Randomized trial of very early medication abortion

Time to diagnose endometriosis: current status, challenges and regional characteristics—a systematic literature review

Uterine cancer incidence trends and 5-year relative survival by race/ethnicity and histology among women under 50 years

Uterine fibroids (NEJM clinical practice review)

Very young and advanced maternal age strongly elevates the occurrence of nonchromosomal congenital anomalies: a systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based studies

Sources

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Nov-Dec); BJOG (Dec-Jan); BMJ, The (Nov); Cochrane Library (Nov-Dec); NEJM (Nov); NICE website (Nov-Dec)

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