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A BJOG study has found that infants of women who received substandard care during labour had a three-fold increased risk of asphyxia at birth.Asphyxia results from an inadequate supply of oxygen to the fetus during labour and delivery. Although rare, it can lead to perinatal brain injury and perinatal death. A low Apgar score2 at five minutes after birth correlates well with asphyxia and was used to identify cases of newborn asphyxia.  

A Norwegian study published in the Journal has found that for women with previous caesarean section, the risk of uterine rupture was 8 times higher after trial of labour (TOL) than at repeated elective caesarean section. Induction of labour (using prostaglandins) was associated with the highest risk of uterine rupture. 

Trainee Editor Vanessa Harry convened a discussion between one of the authors of the TOMBOLA study paper, Maggie Cruickshank, gynaecologist Patrick Walker (current President of the International Federation for Cervical Pathology and Colposcopy) and cytopathologist Amanda Herbert (editor of Cytopathology).

A new BJOG study reveals how the rate of births from triplets has increased, even after excluding pregnancies that were the result of assisted reproductive technology (ART) in the form of in vitro fertilisation (IVF).

New research has found that dizygotic (non-identical) twins conceived through IVF face an increased risk of neonatal complications, as compared to spontaneously conceived (non-IVF) dizygotic twins.

New research to be published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology has found a higher incidence of gynaecological cancers (uterine, ovarian and cervical cancer) in urban areas of Egypt, as compared to rural areas. The incidence of uterine cancer among urban women was six times higher than that of rural women. The study suggests that women in urban areas may have a higher exposure to environmental xenoestrogens (industrially made compounds that have an oestrogenic activity), which...

In January 2011 BJOG will be publishing a special theme issue on ‘Infections in pregnancy’. This issue will be edited by Julia Hussein, Austin Ugwumadu and Steven S. Witkin.

A meta-analysis published in BJOG has suggested that women with a history of termination of pregnancy (TOP) may have an increased risk of low birth weight and preterm birth in subsequent pregnancies. The study found that the risk increased as the number of terminations increased. The podcast is a series of interviews inspired by this paper.Visit the podcast page for details.

A special supplement containing reviews and commentaries pertinent to achieving MDGs 4 and 5 especially in low resource countries has been published online. Print copies were distributed at the FIGO Conference in Cape Town. The supplement has been edited by Andrew Weeks and Nynke van den Broek of the University of Liverpool and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and will be distributed free to clinicians in low resource settings.Please click here to read the issue.

 BJOG is inviting applications from specialists in gynaecological oncology for the role of Scientific Editor. 

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