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Fetal growth restriction (FGR) affects 5–10% of all pregnancies, and it is the second leading cause of perinatal mortality, accounting for ∼ 30% of stillbirths; it leads to premature births and intrapartum asphyxia. Fetuses with FGR have an increased risk for perinatal morbidity and mortality, impaired neurological and cognitive development during childhood and adolescence, and […]

Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) significantly impacts women, since the broad spectrum of clinical manifestations associated with it are significant and include reproductive dysfunction, menstrual irregularities, and an increased risk of infertility. However, the consequences of PCOS go beyond the reproductive axis, with psychological and social impairments, including stress, depression, anxiety, and sexual dissatisfaction. There is […]

Over the last few years, the topic of maternity care in Brazil has been at the heart of several debates. One of the main reasons is the overuse of interventions such as high rates of caesarean section, augmentation of labor with uterotonics and amniotomy, uterine fundal pressure during the second stage of labor (Kristeller maneuver), […]

Recent Sustainable Development Goals were established by the United Nations (2015–2030), including the broad goal of “good health and wellbeing” for all. Good health and wellbeing (item 3), quality education (item 4), gender equality (item 5) and reduced inequalities (item 10) are among the 17 items of the list. These four cited goals are directly […]

Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Should Not Be Treated in the General Population Urinary tract infection is not a laboratory-defined diagnosis. Diagnosis should be based on clinical symptoms whenever possible, and confirmed by positive urine microscopy and culture. Quantitative colony counts should not be used to guide therapy in asymptomatic patients. In symptomatic women, colony counts of > […]

The National Family Planning Policy was created in Brazil in 2007. It includes offering eight free contraceptive methods (intrauterine device [IUD] with copper, progestogen-only pill, combined pill, monthly injectable, depot medroxypro-gesterone, diaphragm, male and female condoms) and also some other oral and injectable contraceptives at reduced prices at “popular” pharmacies. In the last decades, modern […]