Content of obstetrician-patient communication during the first prenatal visit is related to physician gender and patient satisfaction.
Genetic counseling in obstetricians' offices is encumbered by limitations in physicians' understanding of genetic risks and testing.
Education in airway examination does not affect the ability to predict possible difficult intubation, but it might affect treatment of women with possible difficult intubation.
Screening for postpartum depression is appropriate and feasible for clinical practice and increases the identification of women suffering from this serious, common, and highly treatable disorder.
The rate of cytomegalovirus transmission in utero increases with gestational age at the time of maternal primary infection.
The risk of maternal complications is increased with physical violence during pregnancy.
Pregnancies affected by anti-Kell isoimmunization can be managed successfully with the traditional methods used for Rh isoimmunization.
Vaginal birth after cesarean poses a low level of risk of potentially damaging fetal acidemia.
Maternal smoking is associated with decreased fetal-plasma amino acid levels and increased fetal-plasma amylase activity at 12–17 weeks' gestation.
Intra-amniotic bleeding can cause the fetal bowel to appear echogenic.
Antenatal detection of growth-restricted fetuses in preeclamptic women is poor.
Two-diameter and ellipse circumference measurement techniques are similarly accurate in predicting birth weight and significantly better than the trace technique.
Fetal dural sinuses have stable pulsations during normal pregnancy, and abnormal flat waveform patterns might be associated with increased intracranial pressure.
Most Down syndrome fetuses have at least one abnormal ultrasound finding in the third trimester.
Second-trimester screening for trisomy 18 is most effective when maternal age and serum analyte concentrations are used to identify high-risk pregnancies.
Prior knowledge of obstetric gestational age does not bias Ballard scores.
First-trimester gestational bleeding, bacterial vaginosis, and other common infections are associated with increased risks for preterm birth, which can be reduced by specific systemic antimicrobial treatment.
Nulliparous and diabetic patients were screened for risk of preeclampsia with a measurement of cardiac output; treatment with atenolol reduced the incidence of preeclampsia.
After educating patients and physicians, many patients with a history of gestational diabetes still fail to receive appropriate follow-up testing for diabetes.
Body mass index is a useful risk factor in predicting the development of gestational diabetes mellitus in adolescent gravidas.
The long-term results of resection of myomas demonstrate that this technique is effective and gives patients a high chance of averting further gynecologic surgery.
The incidence of bacteriuria after combined urodynamics and cystourethroscopy is not affected by a 1-day course of nitrofurantoin.
Obesity does not seem to be a risk factor for failure of incontinence surgery.
To identify women who should have osteoporosis screening, we devised a system that incorporates age, weight, and present or past use of any estrogen therapy.
Tissue levels of vascular endothelial growth factor might relate to the virulence of cervical carcinoma.
Vaginal misoprostol is an acceptable alternative to laminaria and is superior to oral misoprostol for cervical dilation before surgical abortion at 7–14 weeks' gestation.
The readability level of ACOG's pamphlets has improved substantially over the past 10 years, but the goal of sixth-grade readability level has not been reached.
Topical 5% lidocaine-prilocaine is more effective than 30% lidocaine for circumcision, further reducing objective neonatal stress indicators.
Peritoneal fluid levels of urea nitrogen and creatinine are identical to serum levels.
This article describes construction of a model to teach newborn circumcision to house staff using a 1.3 Gomco clamp and materials available in a hospital setting.
A formal surgical curriculum can improve residents' surgical skills objectively and subjectively.
Residents improve their knowledge of teenage sexuality and develop their teaching skills by using touch-pad technology to teach secondary-school students about reproductive health.
Letters to the Editor: RISK FACTORS FOR CESAREAN DELIVERY IN TWIN GESTATIONS NEAR TERM Stephen H. Halpern, Barbara L. Leighton, William A. Grobman, Sharon L. Dooley, Alan M. Peaceman Obstet Gynecol 1999 93: 795. [Full Text] [PDF] A BLUEPRINT FOR ACADEMIC OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY Ernest I. Kohorn, Steven G. Gabbe, Eberhard Mueller-Heubach Obstet Gynecol 1999 93: 796-797. [Full Text] [PDF]
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