Obstetrics & Gynecology -- Table of Contents (September 1 2002, 100 [3])

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EDITORIALS:

Show Me the Evidence: James R. Scott
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 403-404. [Full Text] [PDF]

Rh-Disease: A Perinatal Success Story: John T. Queenan
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 405-406. [Full Text] [PDF]

ACOG Names New Consultant Editor for Epidemiology for Obstetrics & Gynecology: Ninety-eight women with antiphospholipid syndrome and recurrent miscarriage randomized to aspirin ± heparin resulted in a live-birth rate over 70% in both groups.
David A. Grimes
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 407. [Full Text] [PDF]

ORIGINAL RESEARCH:

Antiphospholipid Syndrome in Pregnancy: A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Treatment: Roy G. Farquharson, Siobhan Quenby, Michael Greaves
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 408-413. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Neonatal Outcome in Pregnancies From Ovarian Stimulation: Suboptimum neonatal outcome after ovarian stimulation, including an increased risk for congenital malformations, is apparently mainly an effect of maternal characteristics related to subfertility.
B. Källén, P. Otterblad Olausson, K. G. Nygren
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 414-419. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Counseling and Testing Practices Among North Carolina Providers: Many obstetric providers offer human immunodeficiency virus testing to pregnant women although numerous variances occur between obstetricians, family physicians, and nurse-midwives who practice obstetrics.
Karen Troccoli, Harold Pollard, III, Michael McMahon, Evelyn Foust, Kristine Erickson, Jay Schulkin
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 420-427. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Outcome of Pregnancies With Vertical Transmission of Primary Cytomegalovirus Infection: We present prenatal and neonatal outcomes of 50 pregnancies with proven primary maternal infection and vertical transmission of cytomegalovirus.
Shlomo Lipitz, Reuven Achiron, Yaron Zalel, Ella Mendelson, Michal Tepperberg, Ronni Gamzu
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 428-433. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Premenstrual Daily Fluoxetine for Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: A Placebo-Controlled, Clinical Trial Using Computerized Diaries: Premenstrual daily dosing with fluoxetine 20 mg is a well-tolerated and effective treatment for mood, physical, and social functioning symptoms associated with premenstrual dysphoric disorder.
Lee S. Cohen, Cherri Miner, Eileen Brown, Ellen W. Freeman, Uriel Halbreich, Karen Sundell, Susan McCray
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 435-444. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Significant Increase of Benign Endometrial Cells on Papanicolaou Smears in Women Using Hormone Replacement Therapy: There is an increased prevalence of benign endometrial cells on Papanicolaou smears in women taking hormone replacement therapy without an increase of abnormal endometrial histology.
Sharon L. Mount, Elisabeth K. Wegner, Gamal H. Eltabbakh, Jennifer I. Olmstead, Anne E. Drejet
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 445-450. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Preference and Compliance in Postoperative Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Among Gynecologic Oncology Patients: Pneumatic compression and low molecular weight heparin are similar both in terms of patient preference and compliance among gynecologic oncology patients receiving postoperative thromboembolism prophylaxis.
G. Larry Maxwell, Ingrid Synan, Risa P. Hayes, Daniel L. Clarke-Pearson
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 451-455. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lower Genital Tract Infection and Endometritis: Insight Into Subclinical Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: Subclinical PID is present in one in four women infected with Neisseria gonorrhoeae or Chlamydia trachomatis and one in seven women with bacterial vaginosis.
Harold C. Wiesenfeld, Sharon L. Hillier, Marijane A. Krohn, Antonio J. Amortegui, R. Phillips Heine, Daniel V. Landers, Richard L. Sweet
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 456-463. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Teratogenicity of Recently Introduced Medications in Human Pregnancy: The teratogenic risk in human pregnancy is undetermined for therapeutic use of more than 90% of drugs approved by the US Food and Drug Administration between 1980 and 2000.
W. Y. Lo, J. M. Friedman
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 465-473. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Fetal and Neonatal Mortality Among Twin Gestations in the United States: The Role of Intrapair Birth Weight Discordance: Increased twin birth weight discordance is associated with increased risk of a stillborn fetus.
Kitaw Demissie, Cande V. Ananth, Joyce Martin, Maryellen L. Hanley, Marian F. MacDorman, George G. Rhoads
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 474-480. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Young Maternal Age Associated With Increased Risk of Postneonatal Death: Healthy infants born to early adolescent mothers are at increased risk of postneonatal death compared with infants born to adult mothers.
Maureen Glennon Phipps, Jeffrey D. Blume, Sonya M. DeMonner
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 481-486. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

KUR-1246, a Novel ß₂-Adrenoceptor Agonist, as a Tocolytic Agent: KUR-1246 possesses a powerful tocolytic action and has fewer adverse effects on maternal and fetal physiologic parameters in pregnant sheep than does ritodrine hydrochloride.
Sumiyoshi Kiguchi, Tadashi Matsuda, Kazutoshi Cho, Kazuhiko Okuyama, Masuo Akahane, Seiichiro Fujimoto
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 487-494. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Flaxseed Dietary Supplement Versus Hormone Replacement Therapy in Hypercholesterolemic Menopausal Women: Although flaxseed dietary supplement also relieves menopausal symptoms, only oral estrogen-progesterone replacement significantly improves hypercholesterolemia and favorably modifies markers of cardiovascular health.
André Lemay, Sylvie Dodin, Nadine Kadri, Hélène Jacques, Jean-Claude Forest
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 495-504. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Presumed Diagnosis of Ectopic Pregnancy: Because the presumed diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy is inaccurate in 40% of cases, dilation and curettage is necessary to exclude the presence of a miscarriage before treatment.
Kurt T. Barnhart, Ingrid Katz, Amy Hummel, Clarisa R. Gracia
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 505-510. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

The Effect of Interval Tubal Sterilization on Sexual Interest and Pleasure: Interval tubal sterilization is unlikely to result in changed sexual interest or pleasure; among women with change, far more experience positive than negative sexual effects.
Caroline Costello, Susan D. Hillis, Polly A. Marchbanks, Denise J. Jamieson, Herbert B. Peterson
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 511-517. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tension-Free Vaginal Tape: A Quality-of-Life Assessment: Two validated tools measuring the impact of urinary incontinence on quality of life confirm that tension-free vaginal tape results in significant improvement.
Brett J. Vassallo, Steven D. Kleeman, Jeffrey L. Segal, Peggy Walsh, Mickey M. Karram
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 518-524. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Perinatal Antibiotic Usage and Changes in Colonization and Resistance Rates of Group B Streptococcus and Other Pathogens: In this cohort study of 1207 women, perinatal antibiotic usage was more than 50% but was not associated with increased acquisition of resistant bacteria.
Renee Spaetgens, Kim DeBella, Doreen Ma, Sheila Robertson, Melissa Mucenski, H. Dele Davies
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 525-533. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Intrapartum Antibiotic Prophylaxis 1: Relative Effects of Recommended Antibiotics on Gram-Negative Pathogens: Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis with either ampicillin or penicillin increases the exposure of neonates to ampicillin-resistant gram-negative bacteria.
Rodney K. Edwards, Penny Clark, Christopher L. Sistrom, Patrick Duff
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 534-539. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Intrapartum Antibiotic Prophylaxis 2: Positive Predictive Value of Antenatal Group B Streptococci Cultures and Antibiotic Susceptibility of Clinical Isolates: Antenatal cultures for group B streptococci are less predictive of intrapartum cultures than was previously reported.
Rodney K. Edwards, Penny Clark, Patrick Duff
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 540-544. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pulsed-Field Fingerprinting of Vaginal Group B Streptococcus in Pregnancy: Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of group B streptococci is more discriminating than serotyping.
Kevin D. Benson, John B. Luchansky, John A. Elliott, Alan J. Degnan, Holly J. Willenberg, James M. Thornbery, Helen H. Kay
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 545-551. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Human Chorionic Gonadotropin and Testosterone in Normal and Preeclamptic Pregnancies in Relation to Fetal Sex: Human chorionic gonadotropin and testosterone levels were elevated in preeclamptic women, particularly in those with male fetuses.
Johan Arnt Steier, Magnar Ulstein, Ole L. Myking
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 552-556. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

The Correlation of Seizures in Newborn Infants With Significant Acidosis at Birth With Umbilical Artery Cord Gas Values: Severe fetal acidemia identified by a pH less than 7.0 was the most important umbilical blood gas variable for predicting early onset of neonatal seizures.
Keith P. Williams, Avash Singh
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 557-560. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Monochorionic High-Order Multiple Pregnancies and Multifetal Pregnancy Reduction: Monochorionic triplet pregnancies frequently show an adverse pregnancy outcome; fetal reduction of monochorionic pairs in multiple gestations is associated with a high baby take-home rate.
Luc De Catte, Michel Camus, Walter Foulon
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 561-566. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Transforming Growth Factor-ß1 in Fetal Serum Correlates With Insulin-like Growth Factor-I and Fetal Growth: Analysis of transforming growth factor-b1 in cord blood serum showed a strong correlation with birth weight, indicating that low levels may be associated with presence of intrauterine growth restriction.
Eva Östlund, Michael Tally, Gabriel Fried
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 567-573. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Vaginal Uterine Artery Ligation Avoids High Blood Loss and Puerperal Hysterectomy in Postpartum Hemorrhage: Vaginal uterine artery ligation is a novel, simple, effective, and minimally invasive technique for preventing excess blood loss and hysterectomy in intractable postpartum hemorrhage.
Gundula Hebisch, Albert Huch
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 574-578. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Predicting Chlamydial and Gonococcal Cervical Infection: Implications for Management of Cervicitis: Cervical signs suggesting chlamydia or gonorrhea support empiric treatment for women younger than 25 years; routinely performing endocervical Gram-stained smear in cervicitis evaluation is not warranted.
Jeanne M. Marrazzo, H. Hunter Handsfield, William L. H. Whittington
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 579-584. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Efficacy, Cycle Control, and User Acceptability of a Novel Combined Contraceptive Vaginal Ring: This novel combined contraceptive vaginal ring is effective, has excellent cycle control, and is well tolerated and convenient to use.
Thom O. M. Dieben, Frans J. M. E. Roumen, Dan Apter
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 585-593. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CURRENT COMMENTARY:

Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives and the Doctor/Patient Relationship: The practice of providing clinical "preceptorships" to pharmaceutical sales representatives is unethical and should not be permitted.
L. Lewis Wall, Douglas Brown
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 594-599. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HIGH-RISK PREGNANCY SERIES: AN EXPERT'S VIEW:

Management of Rhesus Alloimmunization in Pregnancy: The management of rhesus D alloimmunization in pregnancy continues to evolve to now include fetal genotyping and middle cerebral artery Doppler detection of fetal anemia.
Kenneth J. Moise, Jr
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 600-611. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DEPARTMENTS:

Letters to the Editor:

What’s a Smart Woman Like You Doing at Home?
James Honig, Jill E. Becker
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 612. [Full Text] [PDF]

What’s a Smart Woman Like You Doing at Home?
Ralph Chesson
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 612-a-613-a. [Full Text] [PDF]

A Breach With a Breech
Martin I. Gimovsky
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 613-614. [Full Text] [PDF]

Complications Associated With Optical-Access Laparoscopic Trocars
Steven G. Kaali, Howard T. Sharp, Mark K. Dodson, Michael L. Draper, Daren A. Watts, Raymond C. Doucette, William W. Hurd
Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 614-615. [Full Text] [PDF]

ACOG PUBLICATIONS:

Clinical Management Guidelines for Obstetrician–Gynecologists. Number 38, September 2002 (Replaces Committee Opinion Number 163, November 1995): Perinatal Care at the Threshold of Viability: Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 617-624. [PDF]

ACOG Committee Opinion. Number 275, September 2002 (Replaces No. 121, April 1993): Obstetric Management of Patients with Spinal Cord Injuries: Obstet Gynecol 2002 100: 625-627. [PDF]