Does occiput posterior fetal head position increase the risk of anal sphincter injury in vacuum-assisted deliveries?
Among vacuum deliveries, an OP head position confers an incrementally increased risk for anal sphincter injury over an OA position.
These observations suggest that aspirin inhibits ox-LDL-mediated LOX-1 expression and interferes with the effects of ox-LDL in intracellular signaling (p38MAPK activation) and subsequent MMP-1 activity. These novel effects of aspirin may complement its platelet inhibitory effect in acute myocardial ischemia.