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Knowledge deficits of neonatal encephalopathy and cerebral palsy are common among obstetricians, suggesting the need for educational interactions.
Uniformly poor neurodevelopmental outcome at 2 years in infants weighing 600 g or less at birth was associated with placental pathology.
For obese nondiabetic women with nonmacrosomic fetuses, there is no increased risk of shoulder dystocia.
In a large case-control study, 2- and 3-year Papanicolaou screening intervals approximately doubled the risks of invasive squamous cell cervical cancer compared with a 1-year interval.
Adenosquamous and clear cell cancers of the cervix have higher grades and poorer outcomes than squamous cell carcinomas and adenocarcinomas.
Levator ani muscle defects are seen in women after vaginal delivery but not in nulliparas.
Dilated milk ducts are a major factor in mastalgia. In noncyclical mastalgia, duct dilatation at the site of pain is revealed by ultrasonography.
Transvaginal ultrasound is highly accurate in detecting cesarean scars and their defects in the nonpregnant state.
Clinical criteria can be used to successfully shorten the duration of postpartum magnesium sulfate seizure prophylaxis in patients with pregnancy-related hypertensive disorders.
Oral misoprostol was more effective than vaginal misoprostol for the termination of second and third trimester pregnancy with intrauterine fetal death, but with more gastrointestinal side effects.
Erythromycin- and clindamycin-resistant group B streptococcus is prevalent among pregnant women. Black ethnicity and serotype V are associated with resistance.
Routine intraabdominal irrigation at cesarean delivery in a low-risk population does not reduce intrapartum or postpartum maternal morbidity.
Women with severe preeclampsia have a different cerebral blood volume response, measured noninvasively by near-infrared spectroscopy, to a change in posture compared with pregnant women who are normotensive, chronically hypertensive, and those with pregnancy-induced hypertension.
Gulf War couples with burning semen syndrome and couples from the general population with seminal plasma hypersensitivity have similar features that require a detailed evaluation.
One in five women presenting to a gynecologic clinic in Germany report a sexual abuse history; however, screening is not a component of routine care.
Once tubal patency is established, oil-soluble contrast media may improve early conception rates but does not affect pregnancy rates at 18 months.
Physician specialty is a significant predictor of postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy use and may reflect physicians' uncertainty surrounding its preventive value.
The preterm labor index is similar to the fetal fibronectin assay in predicting preterm delivery.
In the United States, the epidemiology of multiple births in the 1990s reflects dramatic increases in the incidence of multiples and changes in plurality-specific infant mortality.
A maternal fever after a cesarean delivery is associated with an increased risk of symptomatic uterine rupture during a subsequent trial of labor.
Fluctuations in smoking are substantial during pregnancy, with implications for the timing and frequency of interventions for pregnant women and for misclassification in research studies.
Depression is significantly associated with urinary incontinence in a large population-based study of middle-aged women.
Despite pneumatic compression prophylaxis, venous thromboemboli are more likely to occur in women who are older than 60, have cancer, or have a history of thromboemboli.
The findings of left lateral predisposition of endometriosis and ovarian endometrioma may support the theory that the origin of endometriosis is from the regurgitated endometrial cells.
A 5-hour curriculum for obstetrics and gynecology residents improved their knowledge, confidence, and reported clinical actions with depressed patients, but not most objectively assessed outcomes.
An international terminology of colposcopy has been updated by the Nomenclature Committee of the International Federation for Cervical Pathology and Colposcopy.
An understanding of the risks of conservative management as well as gestational age–dependent infant morbidity and mortality is important in determining optimal management of preterm premature rupture of membranes.
Abstracts: ABSTRACTS Obstet Gynecol 2003 101: 194-197. [Full Text] [PDF]
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