CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne

BACKGROUND: The extent to which infertility treatment predicts severe maternal morbidity is not well known. We examined the association between infertility treatment and severe maternal morbidity in pregnancy and the postpartum period. MET…

BACKGROUND: Neonatal abstinence syndrome is increasingly prevalent, and may be related to opioid use disorders caused by postoperative prescriptions for pain control. We assessed the association of maternal prepregnancy surgery with risk of…

BACKGROUND: Although antibiotics are widely used during pregnancy, evidence regarding their fetal safety remains limited. Our aim was to quantify the association between antibiotic exposure during pregnancy and risk of spontaneous abortion.…

BACKGROUND: There is an increased risk of venous thromboembolism among women taking oral contraceptives. However, whether there is an additional risk among women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is unknown. METHODS: We developed a pop…

A 44-year-old woman presented to hospital with a 10-day history of hemoptysis. Her medical history included endometriosis and an ovarian cystectomy six years previously. Her hemoptysis coincided with her current menstrual period. She had no…

A 42-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a four-day history of severe constipation, bilious vomiting and colicky abdominal pain. Her symptoms started with the onset of menses but differed from the crampy dysmenorrhea f…

Contraception is a significant concern for Canadian women of child-bearing age, their partners and their health care providers. In this narrative review we provide information on current trends and recent changes in Canadians' choices of co…

BACKGROUND: Timely access to emergency contraception has the potential to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies and subsequent abortions. A public health policy initiative in British Columbia beginning in December 2000 allowed pharmacis…

Reason for posting: Medroxyprogesterone acetate is an injectable agent widely used for contraception and the treatment of endometriosis. However, a warning was recently issued that patients taking this drug may experience a significant loss…

A previously healthy 38-year-old woman had undergone laparoscopic left ovarian cystectomy because of endometriosis. She had previously undergone 2 cesarean sections. Two months after the cystectomy, she had sudden onset of diffuse abdominal…