Letter to the Editor Archives - Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia

Dear Editor, We would like to share ideas on “We have Vaccine for Covid-19! What to Recommend for Pregnant Women?”1 Quintana1 concluded that “The final decision whether or not to receive the vaccine will be made by the woman after receiving the appropriate information. This same principle applies with even greater emphasis to puerperal and […]

Dear Editor, During the last year, the SARS-CoV-2 infectious agent of COVID-19 has caused more than 75 million infections and 1.5 million deaths worldwide. It has been observed to affect the respiratory tract and exert multiple effects on the human body, including the male reproductive tract. To date, it is understood that although the general […]

Dear Editor, We read with interest the Clinical Consensus Recommendation about screening and prevention of preeclampsia published by De Oliveira et al. The authors recommend that identification of high-risk women should be based on maternal risk factors alone, and that universal treatment (of all pregnant women) with aspirin at a dose of 100 mg should be […]

Dear Editor, Although the spread and severity of the Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918 have been much more significant than the numbers of COVID-19 so far, no one is able to affirm that the current crisis is nearing its end, and it is plausible to expect that it will overcome the “mother of all pandemics” […]

Dear Editor, Our research group has been studying preeclampsia (PE) for over a decade aiming to detect possible blood biomarkers of hemostasis, inflammation, and endothelial dysfunction that could be useful for the diagnosis of PE. Until today, only the onset of hypertension (≥ 140 mmHg systolic or ≥ 90 mmHg diastolic) on or after 20 weeks of gestation […]

Dear Editor, The puerperal pregnancy cycle is considered a period of crisis marked by emotional changes in women and men, and may evolve healthily or present psychological disorders that will compromise psychological, physical and marital health. Psychological prenatal care is the monitoring of the pregnant and/or of the couple during pregnancy, the postpartum period and […]