Alternatives to mifepristone regimens for medical abortion.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to determine whether x-ray measures of the mid pelvis can be used to predict cesarean delivery. STUDY DESIGN:Women were enrolled prospectively; x-ray pelvimetry was performed after delivery; the readers were blinded to the outcome. Groups were determined by mid pelvis measures (...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Harper LM,Odibo AO,Stamilio DM,Macones GA

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We compared the diagnostic performances of fetal fibronectin assay of cervical and vaginal secretions and of transvaginal ultrasonographic evaluation of the uterine cervix in the prediction of preterm delivery of patients presenting with preterm labor and intact membranes. STUDY DESIGN:One hundred eight pati...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Rizzo G,Capponi A,Arduini D,Lorido C,Romanini C

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Gastroschisis is increasing in many countries, especially among young women. Because young women may have inadequate nutrition, we assessed the relationship between individual nutrients and the risk for gastroschisis. STUDY DESIGN:We analyzed data from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, a populatio...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Feldkamp ML,Carmichael SL,Shaw GM,Panichello JD,Moore CA,Botto LD

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our purpose was to study the effects of the progestomimetic compound nomegestrol acetate on spontaneous and sulprostone-induced uterine contractility in pregnant cynomolgus monkeys. STUDY DESIGN:Intrauterine pressure was continuously monitored with use of an implanted intraamniotic catheter and a telemetric ...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Carbonne B,Cabrol D,Clerget MS,Germain G

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is conducting an observational study of 300-500 women infected with influenza during pregnancy. Women are being recruited from members of the Kaiser Permanente health plan in 2 metropolitan areas before and during the 2010 through 2011 influenza season either following...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Thompson M,Williams J,Naleway A,Li DK,Chu S,Bozeman S,Hill HA,Cragan J,Shay DK,Pregnancy and Influenza Project Workgroup.

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Recently the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education placed restrictions on all residency programs that limited work hours to 80 hours per week. The objective of this study was to determine the work hours for practicing obstetrician-gynecologists in an urban center. STUDY DESIGN:A questionnaire ...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Promecene PA,Schneider KM,Monga M

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovulation induction with pulsatile gonadotropin-releasing hormone achieves high ovulatory and pregnancy rates in hypogonadotropic hypogonadism while limiting the occurrence of ovarian hyperstimulation and multiple pregnancy. However, this form of therapy is apparently less effective in polycystic ovary syndrome. The a...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Filicori M,Flamigni C,Campaniello E,Meriggiola MC,Michelacci L,Valdiserri A,Ferrari P

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study determined whether attenuated preovulatory luteinizing hormone surges in aging rats are associated with a decrease in pituitary luteinizing hormone content or luteinizing hormone beta-messenger ribonucleic acid expression on proestrus. STUDY DESIGN:Blood samples were taken every 90 minutes from 1:...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Hogg BB,Matt DW,Sayles TE

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to test whether a quantitative high-throughput molecular screen can be used to probe human endometrium and initiate the development of molecular diagnostic tools with potential for identification of therapeutic targets in women with menstrual complaints. STUDY DESIGN:Endometrium...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Critchley HO,Robertson KA,Forster T,Henderson TA,Williams AR,Ghazal P

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential of dendritic cells pulsed with whole-tumor extracts derived from autologous ovarian cancer cells in eliciting a tumor-specific cytotoxic T-cell response in vitro from patients with advanced ovarian cancer. STUDY DESIGN:CD8(+) T lymphocytes stimulated in...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Santin AD,Hermonat PL,Ravaggi A,Bellone S,Pecorelli S,Cannon MJ,Parham GP

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The study was designed to evaluate whether double positive maternal serum screening results for Down syndrome and open neural tube defects indicate an increased risk of adverse perinatal outcome. STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective case-control study was conducted. In a cohort of 170,394 women who underwent materna...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Chitayat D,Farrell SA,Huang T,Meier C,Wyatt PR,Summers AM

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Terbutaline (T) is a beta-adrenergic compound which is commonly employed as a tocolytic agent in preterm labor. We evaluated the metabolic and biophysical consequences of infusion of T into six pregnant women in preterm labor. Our results showed that the infusion of T led to the development of hyperglycemia, hyperinsu...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Cotton DB,Strassner HT,Lipson LG,Goldstein DA

更新日期：1981-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We assessed intraobserver and interobserver variations in the performance of the amniotic fluid index. STUDY DESIGN:A total of 34 women in the third trimester with intact membranes were examined twice by each of three examiners. The amniotic fluid index was measured once by each of the three examiners in ord...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Bruner JP,Reed GW,Sarno AP Jr,Harrington RA,Goodman MA

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of the calcium antagonist nifedipine to inhibit uterine contractions during labor and in the postpartum period was measured in the ewe. The hemodynamic effects of tocolytic doses of this drug were measured and compared with the hemodynamic effects of equivalent doses of ritodrine. Intravenous nifedipine wa...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Golichowski AM,Hathaway DR,Fineberg N,Peleg D

更新日期：1985-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:At the University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, laparoscopy has been routinely used as a diagnostic aid in cases for acute pelvic inflammatory disease since 1960. No significant complications have been encountered. The material of the study comprises 905 cases covering an 8 year period, 1960-1967. The operation was alway...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Jacobson L,Weström L

更新日期：1969-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A successful pregnancy in a patient with a 45,X/47,XXX karyotype who had premature menopause is described. Review of the literature revealed an additional 24 cases of fertility in women with gonadal dysgenesis associated with a 45,X chromosomal line. Their reproductive history showed a total of 58 pregnancies. However...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Reyes FI,Koh KS,Faiman C

更新日期：1976-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Although perimortem delivery has been recorded in the medical literature for millennia, the procedural intent has evolved to the current fetocentric approach, predicating timing of delivery following maternal cardiopulmonary arrest to optimize neonatal outcome. We suggest a call to action to reinforce the concept that...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Rose CH,Faksh A,Traynor KD,Cabrera D,Arendt KW,Brost BC

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of fetal asphyxia requires a blood gas and acid-base assessment demonstrating a significant metabolic acidosis. However, the fetus may tolerate an asphyxial insult without central nervous system injury because of the fetal cardiovascular adaptation to hypoxemia. Prediction of the significance of an asphy...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Low JA

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to compare the performance of first-trimester nuchal translucency (NT) cutoff of ≥3.5 mm with NT percentiles that were calculated for crown-rump length to identify fetuses with critical congenital heart defects (CCHDs). STUDY DESIGN:This was a population-level study of singleton...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL,Norton ME,Shaw GM,Baer RJ,Flessel MC,Goldman S,Currier RJ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our purpose was to demonstrate reduced blood volume in preeclampsia compared with nonproteinuric gestational hypertension and normal pregnancy by use of independent measures of red blood cell and plasma volumes. STUDY DESIGN:Red blood cells labeled with a nonradioactive stable isotope of chromium and Evans' ...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Silver HM,Seebeck M,Carlson R

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was undertaken to evaluate the presence or absence of neurotrophins and their respective receptors within adult human preovulatory follicles. STUDY DESIGN:Prospective study of neurotrophins and their receptors in follicular cells and unfertilized oocytes from women undergoing aspiration for in vit...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Seifer DB,Feng B,Shelden RM

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Survival data on 36 patients with clear-cell adenocarcinomas are reported: seven with vaginal lesions and 29 with cervical lesions. Although the tumor responds to present treatment modalities, it tends to be associated with early lymph node involvement, thus making early diagnosis essential. Radiation as a primary the...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Noller KL,Decker DG,Symmonds RE,Dockerty MB,Kurland LT

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our purpose was to determine the effect of perfusate flow or viscosity on release and action of nitric oxide in the human fetal-placental vasculature in vitro. STUDY DESIGN:Cotyledons from normal term placentas were perfused with Hanks' buffered saline solution gassed with 95% oxygen and 5% carbon dioxide, p...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Wieczorek KM,Brewer AS,Myatt L

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of the study was to establish predictors of vaginal twin birth and evaluate perinatal morbidity according to mode of delivery. STUDY DESIGN:One thousand twenty-eight twin pregnancies were prospectively recruited. For this prespecified secondary analysis, obstetric characteristics and a composit...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Breathnach FM,McAuliffe FM,Geary M,Daly S,Higgins JR,Dornan J,Morrison JJ,Burke G,Higgins S,Dicker P,Manning F,Carroll S,Malone FD,Perinatal Ireland Research Consortium.

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective communication is a hallmark of safe patient care. Challenges to effective interprofessional communication in maternity care include differing professional perspectives on clinical management, steep hierarchies, and lack of administrative support for change. We review principles of high reliability as they ap...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Lyndon A,Zlatnik MG,Wachter RM

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our objective was to study the prevalence of genital prolapse and possible related factors in a general population of women 20 to 59 years of age. STUDY DESIGN:Of 641 eligible women in a primary health care district, 487 (76%) answered a questionnaire and accepted an invitation to a gynecologic health examin...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Samuelsson EC,Victor FT,Tibblin G,Svärdsudd KF

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our purpose was to describe embryonal anatomic structures by use of intrauterine ultrasonography with a 20 MHz flexible catheter-based, high-resolution, real-time miniature transducer. STUDY DESIGN:Thirty-four women about to undergo therapeutic abortion from 7 to 9.9 weeks' gestation were studied with specia...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Fujiwaki R,Hata T,Hata K,Kitao M

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to determine how closely the surgically induced sheep myelomeningocele (MMC) model resembles the central nervous system derangements seen in human disease, and identify which aspects of MMC are the result of the early neuronal developmental defect, and which are secondary to the ...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： von Koch CS,Compagnone N,Hirose S,Yoder S,Harrison MR,Farmer DL

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal movements were directly visualized with a real-time ultrasound unit, and they were recorded after the random intravenous administration of either glucose or saline solution to the mother. A significant increase in fetal activity was seen 1 hour after the administration of glucose. ...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Gelman SR,Spellacy WN,Wood S,Birk SA,Buhi WC

更新日期：1980-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our aim was to determine the effects of blocking prostaglandin synthesis, by infusion of indomethacin into the fetal circulation, on factors regulating amniotic fluid volume and on plasma composition in the mother and fetus. STUDY DESIGN:Indomethacin was administered to fetal sheep during 8 hours at 124.0 +/...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Wlodek ME,Harding R,Thorburn GD

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00