       Document 0179
 DOCN  M9610179
 TI    [Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in obstetrics and
       gynaecology]
 DT    9601
 AU    Balsdon MJ; Servicio de Obstetricia y Ginecologia, Hospital Barros;
       Luco-Trudeau, Santiago.
 SO    Rev Chil Obstet Ginecol. 1994;59(6):476-84. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96045377
 AB    HIV infection is increasingly affecting the practice of obstetrics and
       gynaecology. Gynaecological problems include an increased risk of
       sexually transmitted diseases and other genital infections in HIV
       positive women. Also cervical neoplasia is more common, more severe and
       progresses more rapidly. The risk of infection to the surgeon during
       surgical procedures on HIV positive women can be minimized by simple
       universal precautions. Pregnancy does not affect the course of HIV
       infection and neither is routine management of antenatal care altered by
       the infection. However, routine testing of all pregnant women for HIV
       would enable reduction of the risk of vertical transmission of HIV to
       the fetus (in Chile about 25%). Levels of vertical transmission could be
       reduced substantially by using zidovudine in pregnancy (and in the
       neonate), by cesarean section before active labour and by not breast
       feeding.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/COMPLICATIONS/*TRANSMISSION  *Disease
       Transmission, Vertical  English Abstract  Female  Human  *HIV-1  Infant
       Infant, Newborn  Pregnancy  *Pregnancy Complications,
       Infectious/PREVENTION & CONTROL  Risk Factors  JOURNAL ARTICLE  REVIEW
       REVIEW, TUTORIAL

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