Evaluation and management of recurrent early pregnancy loss.

abstract：:Because it is known that antibiotics given to the mother may reach and affect the fetus, when prescribing antibiotics during pregnancy, one must take into consideration both maternal and fetal well-being. Therapy should be directed toward the maternal disease but also be safe for the fetus. The volume of distribution ...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Hedstrom S,Martens MG

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information generated from the various tests of fetal well-being must be interpreted correctly to avoid unnecessary intervention for assumed fetal distress. This applies to both the intrapartum and antenatal period. The presence of normal data (e.g., reassuring fetal heart rate tracing) allows the woman to continue co...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Nageotte MP

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of oxytocin and oxytocin receptors in preterm labor is perhaps more prominent than once thought. The blockade of oxytocin and/or oxytocin receptors has both a theoretical and clinical aspect. Initial trials with the oxytocin antagonist atosiban have been encouraging with respect to efficacy and side effect pr...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Shubert PJ

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnancy is an opportune time to identify opioid dependence, facilitate conversion to opioid maintenance treatment, and coordinate care with specialists in addiction medicine, behavioral health, and social services. Comprehensive prenatal care for opioid-dependent women involves the evaluation and the management of c...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Krans EE,Cochran G,Bogen DL

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shoulder dystocia complicates ∼1% of vaginal births. Although fetal macrosomia and maternal diabetes are risk factors for shoulder dystocia, for the most part its occurrence remains largely unpredictable and unpreventable. ...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Ouzounian JG

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current findings continue to support the concept of a biologically defective decidua rather than a primarily abnormally invasive trophoblast. Prior cesarean sections increase the risk of placenta previa and both adherent and invasive placenta accreta, suggesting that the endometrial/decidual defect following the iatro...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Jauniaux E,Burton GJ

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most devastating consequences of cancer treatment in the young female population is ovarian damage, resulting in diminished fertility potential. The extent of damage is related to age, chemotherapeutic regimen, and dose of pelvic radiation received. It is crucial that physicians know the impact each of thes...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Meirow D,Biederman H,Anderson RA,Wallace WH

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemorrhage is the most common cause of maternal mortality worldwide, and represents the third most common obstetrical cause of maternal death in the United States. Although uterine atony was previously a major cause of peripartum hemorrhage, more recently, it appears that abnormal placentation is the leading etiology ...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Saad A,Costantine MM

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1988 the International Federation of Gynecologists and Obstetricians (FIGO) developed a surgical staging system for endometrial cancer. The FIGO staging system was recently revised in 2009 to reflect our growing understanding of the natural history of endometrial cancer. In this review, we describe the revised 2009...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Lewin SN

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasingly, patients are expecting to be more involved than they traditionally have been in medical and surgical decision making. The unilateral process of informed consent is evolving into one of informed collaborative choice. Hysterectomy is a procedure that is frequently performed when reasonable surgical and non...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Gambone JC,Reiter RC

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Periventricular-intraventricular hemorrhage is an important problem, resulting in significant mortality and morbidity. Attempts to reduce this complication require an understanding of its pathogenesis. In this chapter a model was proposed, consisting of a series of events resulting in rapid changes of cerebral blood f...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Morales WJ

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Use of standard estrogen-progestin contraception remains problematic in several subgroups of patients (e.g., those in whom exogenous estrogens are contraindicated, such as survivors of hormone-dependent cancer, or patients with endometriosis or uterine fibroids). In addition, the postcoital contraception, even if alre...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Heikinheimo O,Archer DF

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endometriosis is an enigmatic disease affecting up to 10% of reproductive-aged women causing pain and infertility. Up to 50% of women with endometriosis are infertile, and agreement about treatment options has been difficult to establish. The association between endometriosis and infertility is derived from comparison...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Holoch KJ,Lessey BA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence-based guidelines that have been prepared by many professional organizations aimed at assisting the clinician in the initial evaluation of postmenopausal women who should be considered for bone mineral density evaluation by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry; history, physical examination, and laboratory testing...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Kleerekoper M,Gold DT

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prospective studies that begin during pregnancy and follow the mothers and children into adolescence have shown that maternal mental illness during the antenatal and postpartum period can have long-lasting negative consequences on the developing child. The findings from these prospective studies and a discussion of th...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Brand SR,Brennan PA

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several advantages are apparent in the use of self-monitored or automatic ambulatory blood pressure monitoring by pregnant patients who appear to have borderline or mild hypertension. Home recordings, combined with conventional office measurements, can give a more accurate picture of the patient's dynamic blood pressu...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Rayburn WF,Zuspan FP

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perinatal transmission and reproductive decisions of HIV-infected women can be categorized in statistical and epidemiological terms. These reports and figures, however, do little to fully explain the complexities of human relationships, life experiences, personal and cultural influences, and situational and environmen...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Williams HA,Watkins CE,Risby JA

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many otherwise healthy women will experience a significant disruption in lifestyle from abnormal uterine bleeding. Most of those seeking medical attention will not be at risk for developing anemia. In each case, a thorough search for underlying systemic, hormonal, and organic causes should be instituted. The use of bl...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Brill AI

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nothing improves the subsequent care of a woman with endometrial cancer more than the accurate determination of the extent of her disease. A significant number of women whose malignancy is apparently confined to the uterus will have extrauterine disease after careful, complete surgical staging. The failure to detect a...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Orr JW Jr,Orr PF,Taylor PT

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methods of analyzing errors and proactively preventing errors are discussed. A framework for using these concepts is presented. ...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Mulligan MA,Nechodom P

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection remains a major cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. Those entities that are most likely to threaten the life of the pregnant woman have been reviewed. Although intrapartum and postpartum pelvic infections consitute the majority such serious infections in pregnancy, attention has also been called to se...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Schwarz RH,Fruiterman JP

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct electronic urethrocystometry simultaneously records pressures in the bladder, proximal urethra, and abdomen in a patient at rest and under stress while the bladder fills with urine. It documents the presence or absence of detrusor contractions and is an essential part of the evaluation of patients with detrusor...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Hurt WG,Fantl JA

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant advances have been made in the last 20 years in our knowledge about the subcellular events occurring during myometrial contractions and cervical ripening and in the mechanism of action of oxytocin and prostaglandins. These advances have been instrumental in furthering our understanding of the mechanism of ...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Arias F

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of GnRH agonists has had a major impact on the practice of gynecology and reproductive endocrinology. The clinical usefulness of GnRH agonists will increase as modes of administration are improved and indications become better defined. GnRH agonists and, potentially, antagonists will provide a prompt, ...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Schriock ED

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethics in reproductive genetics comprise descriptive ethics and normative ethics. Ethical problems before prenatal diagnosis involve genetic counseling and informed consent for the choice patients must make. Prenatal diagnosis using amniocentesis is controversial. An international survey of geneticists showed that ...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Fletcher JC,Evans MI

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke risk is 3 times higher in pregnancy than in the general young adult population and carries high morbidity and mortality risks. The recognition of signs and symptoms of stroke and other serious cerebrovascular disorders in pregnant and postpartum patients is important for the obstetrician to be able to initiate ...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Barghouthi T,Bushnell C

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During pregnancy, women have a 4- to 5-fold increased risk of thromboembolism. Candidates for anticoagulation in pregnancy include women with current thrombosis, a history of thrombosis, risk factors for postpartum thrombosis, and some women with thrombophilia and a history of poor pregnancy outcome. Although, there a...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： James AH

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The responsibility of the physician for viral infections in pregnancy has changed dramatically in the last 15 years. Genital herpes infections have become much more frequent, and the recognition of these infections in women near term is particularly important. Cytomegaloviruses have been found to be the most commom ca...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Sever JL

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical methods for pregnancy termination in early gestation offer women an alternative to surgical evacuation and have the potential to improve access globally to safe abortion. Several drug regimens are used with varying efficacy including mifepristone plus misoprostol, misoprostol alone, and methotrexate plus misop...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Bartz D,Goldberg A

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detrusor instability is a urodynamic diagnosis made when the detrusor is shown objectively to contract, spontaneously or on provocation, during the filling phase of a cystometrogram while the patient is attempting to inhibit micturition. It often is responsible for symptoms of urgency, frequency, nocturia, urge incont...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Wall LL

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00