Routine ultrasound in late pregnancy may help to identify the at-risk fetus in a low-risk population.
Continuous glucose monitoring may be a method for adjusting treatment in gravid women with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Prolactin levels during the 27th week of gestation are inversely associated with nausea with or without vomiting during pregnancy.
Maternal genital warts and longer delivery times are predictive of juvenile-onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis among Danish births.
Continuous administration of a monophasic 20-µg ethinyl estradiol oral contraceptive pill significantly decreases bleeding with an initial increase in spotting.
In women with severe pelvic organ prolapse, measured Q-tip angles are significantly affected by the reduction of vaginal prolapse.
Use of general anesthesia during the tension-free vaginal tape procedure, with resulting inability to perform a cough-stress test, is not associated with postoperative voiding dysfunction.
In 1998, approximately 135,000 US women had inpatient surgery for stress urinary incontinence, and the rates varied by age, race, and region of the United States.
High rates of female and male sterilization reversal among the youngest age groups in Quebec suggest a need for better counseling about alternative contraceptive strategies.
Oral misoprostol is an effective agent for management of women with ruptured membranes at term and without evidence of labor.
Elective cesarean delivery for breech at term has a low risk of severe medical complications for the mother.
Transplacental needle passage during genetic amniocentesis does not induce any significant changes in umbilical artery pulsatility index or fetal heart rate.
A survey of The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists members suggests obstetrician–gynecologists are missing opportunities for screening and vaccinating women of childbearing age to prevent maternal and neonatal infections.
Alendronate 35 mg once weekly is therapeutically equivalent to alendronate 5 mg daily in the prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis and provides patients with greater dosing convenience.
Vaginally applied misoprostol (400 µg) is as effective as gemeprost (1 mg) for cervical priming 3 to 4 hours before surgical termination of first-trimester pregnancy.
A 3-day course of oral doxycycline provides excellent prophylaxis after first-trimester vacuum abortion.
The only identified factor associated with failure to completehuman chorionic gonadotropin follow-up was distance from patient residence to treatment center.
This population-based, case–control matched study conducted in Hungary suggests that hyperemesis gravidarum provides a protective effect against risk for nonsyndromic oral clefts in newborns.
In breast surgery, the independent risk factors for wound infections are older age and preoperative core needle biopsy.
In addition to reducing clinical variation and improving clinical quality of care, adherence to clinical pathways could protect clinicians and institutions against malpractice litigation.
Unlike levels of reactive oxygen species, total antioxidant capacity in amniotic fluid increases with fetal gestational age and fetal or neonatal weight.
The 677 C-T methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene variant does not predict increased maternal homocysteine during pregnancy, and this is likely the result of increased folic acid intake.
The "tamponade test" rapidly identifies women with massive postpartum hemorrhage who will require a laparotomy and, when positive, allows time to correct any consumptive coagulopathy.
Oral contraceptives were found to improve vocal quality and stability in young women, as measured by several acoustic parameters.
The "single dose" protocol is associated with a two- to five-fold increase in failure compared with the "multidose" protocol for the medical management of ectopic pregnancy.
Metformin is effective in combination with clomiphene for the induction of ovulation; gynecologists should be familiar with the indications and contraindications for use of metformin.
Abstracts: ABSTRACTS Obstet Gynecol 2003 101: 794-796. [Full Text] [PDF]
By providing optimum standards of care, obstetricians can minimizethe chance of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus and substantially enhance the duration and quality of life of human immunodeficiency virus–infected women.
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