Are Vaccines Safe during Pregnancy ?Johanes C. MoseEditorialCertain vaccines are safe and recommended for women before, during, and after pregnancy to help keep them and their babies healthy. The antibodies mothers develop in response to these vaccines not only protect them, but also cross the placenta and help protect their babies from serious diseases early in life. Vaccinating during pregnan…
Abnormal Trophoblast Invasion: The Culprit of The Major Obstetrics ProblemsSri SulistyowatiEditorialPathogenesis of preeclampsia as the consequences of the interaction failure between trophoblast and womb, mainly in the 1st trimester leads to a stress response in the placenta. This may cause poor growth and development of the villous tree, deteriorating transfer of oxygen and nutrie…
Nutrition versus Great Obstetric Syndrome: A Bridge too Far?Hermanto T. JoewonoEditorialThe term ‘the great obstetrical syndromes’ (not discrete entities, with more than one cause)1 refers to preterm labor, preterm premature rupture of membranes, preeclampsia, small for gestational age (SGA), large for gestational age (LGA), stillbirth etc. The “Great Obstetrical Syndromes” are associa…
Placenta Accrete Spectrum : Modern Obstetrics NightmareYudianto Budi SaroyoEditorialThere is an emerging condition in modern obstetrics nowadays due to increase cases of placenta accrete spectrum (PAS). The condition has become an obstetrician major problem due to high maternal morbidity and mortality.1-4 The increasing is about four-fold from 0.08% to 0.3% over the past decades. 1,2,5 Thus, …