Ricerc@Sapienza

A multidisciplinary approach is needed for the management of pregnancy related issues in women affected by Multiple Sclerosis, however little attention has been devoted to the modality of delivery. Here we aimed to investigate whether the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) influences delivery modality in MS patients. Patients who received the diagnosis before pregnancy showed a lower frequency of natural delivery and a higher frequency of both planned and urgency caesarean sections. Gestational weeks and birth weight were lower in MS patients when compared with healthy subjects.

Aim: To establish if labor and gestational age have an additive effect on the likelihood of newborn
respiratory complications.
Methods: Case-control study on singleton pregnancies, delivered between 34 and 41 weeks.
Cases were collected among newborns discharged with diagnoses of respiratory complications,
as codified by ICD 9 1997. Subsequently, pneumonias, meconium aspiration syndromes, and pulmonary
hemorrhage were excluded. Controls were all other newborns without respiratory complications.