Pregnancy
- Attitudes toward childbearing and changes in sexual and contraceptive practices among HIV-infected women
After studying 46 women with HIV infection, the authors found that counseling often was not adequate and that, though sexual practices changed, further study is needed to see if these changes are sustained.
- Noninfectious respiratory disease in pregnancy
BACKGROUND Pregnancy increases the risk of many noninfectious respiratory conditions.
OBJECTIVE To review the clinical presentation and management of a variety of noninfectious respiratory conditions in pregnant women.
SUMMARY Asthma, aspiration pneumonia, venous air embolism, adult respiratory distress syndrome, pulmonary embolism, and deep venous thrombosis may have unique features in pregnant women.
CONCLUSIONS Evaluation and treatment of these diseases and conditions requires an understanding of the normal physiologic alterations that accompany pregnancy and an awareness of the risks of medication use during pregnancy and in the postpartum period.