The amniotic fluid index, as part of the biophysical profile, is not superior to the single deepest pocket assessment and may cause more interventions by labeling more pregnancies as having oligohydramnios.
Neonatal morbidity is increased in infants born to low-risk women who deliver at hospitals with both low and high rates of cesarean delivery.
Doppler cardiac output in 35 healthy pregnant women showed a significant peak in the early to mid third trimester that was maintained until term. It correlated with maternal stature and fetal birth weight.
Our cohort study shows very low early pregnancy losses (0.36%) after normal pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A, free {beta}-chorionic gonadotropin, and nuchal translucency measurement at 10-14 weeks of gestation.
Unless a patient is examined in the standing position with an empty bladder, the full extent of the prolapse may not be appreciated.
The tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure gives better objective and subjective results than laparoscopic mesh colposuspension in the treatment of stress urinary incontinence at 1-year follow-up.
The lower bound of a 99% confidence interval, or the minimum rise in serial hCG concentration for women with a viable growing intrauterine pregnancy, is 53% in 2 days.
Antepartum testing late in pregnancy would reduce the number of unexplained stillbirths and result in fewer additional cesarean deliveries per fetal death averted than a strategy of no testing but induction at 41 weeks.
Low back pain during pregnancy is a common problem affecting quality of life, yet only 32% of women disclose this problem to prenatal care providers.
Women presenting with preterm premature rupture of membranes are at increased risk of developing abruption; the risk is higher either in the presence of intrauterine infections or oligohydramnios.
Subgroups of preterm deliveries have different perinatal outcomes according to their clinical presentation and obstetric and medical complications.
Asymptomatic hypoglycemic events are common during pharmacological treatment in gestational diabetic pregnancies and may be explained by treatment modality rather than the disease itself.
Fear of having a child with abnormal sexual development or infertility is the major determinant of parental decision towards terminating a pregnancy with sex chromosome aneuploidy.
The reduction of twins to a singleton pregnancy is a reasonable option in centers with experience and with educated patient consent. Psychosocial outcomes should be investigated with institutional review board approval.
In multiple gestations, nulliparity is associated with an earlier gestational age at delivery as well as a higher frequency of hypertension, diabetes, and premature rupture of membranes.
Oral clindamycin eradicates bacterial vaginosis and intermediate flora in 90% of treated pregnant women, whereas 31% of untreated women undergo spontaneous resolution by 20 weeks of gestation.
Endometrial stripe thickness should not be used to exclude benign endometrial masses in premenopausal women.
Sensory testing of the vulva and periphery indicate lower pain thresholds in all sites tested among women with vulvodynia compared with women without vulvar pain.
With the use of the verbal opt-out system, a high percentage of women (98.2%) who delivered at an urban hospital completed screening for human immunodeficiency virus during pregnancy.
Compared with concentrated oxytocin plus vaginal PGE2, vaginal misoprostol is associated with significantly shorter labor inductions, fewer side effects, and a lower incidence of retained placenta.
A recent birth may be an adverse prognostic indicator among women diagnosed with breast cancer at ages 20-45 years.
The intrapartum cesarean rate in pregnancies after successful external cephalic version is 2 times higher than that in spontaneous cephalic presenting pregnancies.
Results of a literature review demonstrate that diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy after medical abortion treatment is rare, indicating the success of pretreatment screening.
The confusion about levator ani anatomy arising from bewildering terminology can be cleared by naming muscle parts based on origin-insertion pairs.
We review current techniques for induced abortion as practiced in the United States, including both medical and surgical methods through the second trimester.
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