American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
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Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. · Sep 2011
Randomized Controlled TrialSupplemental oxygen for the prevention of postcesarean infectious morbidity: a randomized controlled trial.
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether supplemental oxygen during and for 2 hours after cesarean delivery reduces the incidence of postcesarean infectious morbidity. ⋯ Supplemental oxygen does not reduce the rate of postcesarean delivery infectious morbidity, including endometritis and wound infection.
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The cause of noncyclical chronic pelvic pain (CPP) in many women is unknown: 30% have no identifiable pelvic pathology, and in those who do the relationship of CPP and the pathology is often unclear. Moreover, epidemiologic studies demonstrate that the common findings of endometriosis and adhesions do not greatly increase the odds of having CPP. CPP and the functional somatic syndromes (fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, and others) share many characteristics including pain as a prominent symptom and comorbidity. ⋯ We believe that the research trajectories of the functional somatic syndromes and CPP are converging. Their juncture might reveal an important pathologic mechanism for CPP in some women that is primarily outside the pelvis. This observation would open up new areas of exploration and treatment of CPP.