Abstract：
:A rapid bedside test has been devised that enables an untrained observer to predict (p less than 0.001) when amniotic fluid will be greater than or equal to 0.15 at an optical density of 650 nm, lecithin/sphingomyelin ratio will be greater than or equal to 2.0, or when phosphatidylglycerol will be present. By a visual comparison of the turbidity of unspun amniotic fluid against positive (mature) or negative (immature) controls, technicians and resident physicians who had had no special training were able to classify correctly 87.2% (82/94) of unknown amniotic fluid samples. The sensitivity of the new test is 90.8% (58/65); the specificity is 70.3% (23/29). Thus, when more sophisticated methods are not readily available, we believe that this easily performed and accurate test can provide supplemental or preliminary data for patient management. In remote geographic areas our method could serve as the primary source of information about fetal lung maturity.
journal_name
Am J Obstet Gynecoljournal_title
American journal of obstetrics and gynecologyauthors
Sbarra AJ,Chaudhury A,Cetrulo CL,Mittendorf R,Shakr C,Kennison R,Jones J,Kennedy J Jrdoi
10.1016/0002-9378(91)90366-ysubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1991-11-01 00:00:00pages
1351-3issue
5 Pt 1eissn
0002-9378issn
1097-6868pii
0002-9378(91)90366-Yjournal_volume
165pub_type
杂志文章abstract：OBJECTIVE:In a previous report, we described the results of a randomized, controlled trial that evaluated the potential of raloxifene to induce or exacerbate hot flushes. Here, we provide additional analyses that were undertaken to identify potential predictors of hot flushes and to assess the clinical usefulness of va...
journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi：10.1016/j.ajog.2004.04.042
更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:While simulation training has been established as an effective method for improving laparoscopic surgical performance in surgical residents, few studies have focused on its use for attending surgeons, particularly in obstetrics and gynecology. Surgical simulation may have a role in improving and maintaining ...
journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ajog.2017.07.002
更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our purpose was to determine whether women with polycystic ovary syndrome have greater subclinical atherosclerosis as measured by carotid artery ultrasonography. STUDY DESIGN:Sixteen premenopausal women > or = 40 years old with a history of clinical polycystic ovary syndrome and a current total testosterone ...
journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9378(96)70665-8
更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Components of fetal behavioral state organization reflect the successful integration of the central nervous system, have a specific developmental timetable, and can be studied with fetal ultrasonographic techniques. To test the hypothesis that evaluation of state organization is a marker of abnormal central nervous sy...
journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9378(89)90380-3
更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:It is not well-characterized whether attempting operative vaginal delivery is a safe and effective alternative among women who undergo a trial of labor after cesarean delivery who are unable to complete second-stage labor with a spontaneous vaginal delivery. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to compar...
journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ajog.2017.01.013
更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Chronic intrauterine hypoxia was induced in third-trimester lamb fetuses by daily embolization of the maternal side of the placenta with nonradioactive microspheres. After delivery at term, the chronically hypoxic fetuses had significantly increased pulmonary artery pressures when compared to nonhypoxic control measur...
journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9378(78)90242-9
更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A review of 80 cases of planned or anticipated cesarean hysterectomies done at major centers in the greater Los Angeles area is presented. There were no deaths and five cases of morbidity. Nineteen percent, or one of five cases, required blood transfusions. According to the recommendation of the American Association o...
journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9378(84)90287-4
更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:Our purpose was to determine whether birth weight discordance is a risk factor for preterm birth of twins, and to further characterize the relationships involved. STUDY DESIGN:Maternally linked 1978-1990 Missouri birth certificates were used to analyze gestations resulting in live twins. We used contingency...
journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1067/mob.2000.105346
更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:Oral contraceptive use has been associated with a lower risk of symptomatic pelvic inflammatory disease but a higher risk of chlamydial cervicitis. To explain these seemingly contradictory findings, we asked whether oral contraceptive use was more common among women with unrecognized endometritis than among w...
journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：10.1016/s0002-9378(97)70551-9
更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A study was conducted to evaluate the sensitivity of the five commercially available home pregnancy testing kits. Known amounts of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) were diluted in pooled, sterile male urine. Varying concentrations of hCG were randomly assigned to 100 kits of each of the five brands. The test results...
journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9378(82)90351-9
更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:Human trophoblast proteolytic activity is believed to have implications for early implantation events and maintenance of chorionic structural integrity later in gestation. Abnormal release of chorion-derived extracellular matrix proteins such as fibronectin may identify patients at risk for preterm labor and ...
journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9378(97)80012-9
更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Hyperglycosylated human chorionic gonadotropin, the predominant human chorionic gonadotropin variant secreted following implantation, is associated with trophoblast invasion. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the initial serum hyperglycosylated human chorionic gonadotropin differs between ongoing and failed pr...
journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ajog.2019.08.004
更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to estimate mean costs of chemotherapy treatment for recurrent ovarian cancer with or without use of a chemoresponse assay. STUDY DESIGN:We estimated mean costs for 3 groups: (1) assay assisted: 75 women who received oncologist's choice of chemotherapy following chemoresponse testing (65% adherence...
journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ajog.2010.02.054
更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:We performed a metaanalysis of seven published randomized clinical trials to estimate more precisely the effect of prophylactic antibiotics on neonatal mortality, clinical sepsis of the neonate, respiratory distress syndrome, intraventricular hemorrhage, and necrotizing enterocolitis. STUDY DESIGN:To evaluat...
journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章,meta分析
doi：10.1016/s0002-9378(96)70433-7
更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Gynecologic cancer records of 4,238 patients treated between 1956 and 1974 were reviewed. Sixteen patients developed noeplasia in the cervix or vagina 10 or more years following pelvic irradiation. Three patients had squamous carcinoma in situ; the other 13 patients had invasive squamous cancer involving the upper vag...
journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9378(77)90445-8
更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was undertaken to assess the value of minor ultrasonographic markers in predicting significant karyotypic abnormalities. STUDY DESIGN:A total of 2743 fetuses (14-24 weeks' gestation) prospectively underwent a detailed ultrasonographic survey before genetic amniocentesis. Criteria for 8 minor ultra...
journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9378(99)70322-4
更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our purpose was to measure the transfer of lamivudine ([-]-2'-deoxy-3'-thiacytidine) across the human placenta both alone and in the presence of zidovudine. STUDY DESIGN:Nine placentas from term, elective cesarean deliveries were analyzed with use of the ex vivo single cotyledon perfusion system. Antipyrine ...
journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9378(97)70487-3
更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A rapid and accurate technique for assessment of spermatozoa motility has been developed. With the use of tricolor photography with sequential exposures in green, red, and blue light, spermatozoa were photographed in Makler chambers with a depth of 10 mu. Exposure in green light had a 1-second duration and was immedia...
journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9378(83)90497-0
更新日期：1983-01-15 00:00:00
abstract：:In this controlled study of betamethasone administration to pregnant rhesus monkeys, using dosages per gram of fetal body weight similar to those reported in several human clinical studies, the most significant fetal pulmonary changes observed were increases in maximum lung volumes. The fact that comparable increases ...
journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9378(79)90018-8
更新日期：1979-03-15 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objectives of the investigation were to study the association between levator hiatus dimensions in late pregnancy and both the length of second stage of labor and also the delivery mode in women delivering their first child. STUDY DESIGN:In this cohort study, 231 nulliparous women were examined with 3- a...
journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ajog.2014.02.021
更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Factors that will affect both contraceptive use and choice of method during the next 20 years are reviewed. Two factors are predictable: the changing age distribution of women and the revised upper-age limits for oral contraceptive use, with the effect of the latter as yet unknown. Less predictable factors include the...
journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9378(12)90405-6
更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:In utero gene therapy has a potential to correct genetic disorders before the first clinical symptoms appear. Our aim was to examine whether the exocoelomic cavity between amniotic and chorionic membranes offers a minimally invasive route for gene transfer to the fetus during early pregnancy. STUDY DESIGN:W...
journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ajog.2003.07.010
更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to describe patient preferences for uterine preservation and hysterectomy in women with pelvic organ prolapse symptoms and to describe predictors of preference for uterine preservation. STUDY DESIGN:This multicenter, cross-sectional study evaluated patient preferences for uterin...
journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：10.1016/j.ajog.2013.08.003
更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our purpose was to test the hypothesis that severe placental insufficiency leads to reductions in fetal urine production and amniotic fluid volume in late-gestation fetal sheep. STUDY DESIGN:At 0.85 of gestation, chronically catheterized fetal sheep with ligated urachus were either embolized for 5 days by re...
journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1067/mob.2002.122291
更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:After initiating a new contraceptive method, the provider has little control of how or whether that method is used. OBJECTIVE:We sought to compare unintended pregnancy rates by the initial chosen contraceptive method after counseling to traditional contraceptive effectiveness in the same study population. ...
journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ajog.2016.01.162
更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:Conventional diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis contains some controversial points. To understand accurately the relationship between clinical stages and the microbiotas, the intravaginal microbial flora was analyzed by the clone library method. STUDY DESIGN:Vaginal fluid samples from 31 patients were examined...
journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ajog.2011.04.018
更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to assess the role of cervical ultrasonography in the prediction of spontaneous preterm birth in triplet gestations and to compare various ultrasonographic cervical parameters with respect to predictive ability. STUDY DESIGN:This prospective cohort study included 51 triplet gestatio...
journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1067/mob.2000.108875
更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to determine the normal beta-human chorionic gonadotropin change within 24 hours after a medical abortion. Because a medical abortion creates a "miscarriage," these data can represent the serum beta-human chorionic gonadotropin changes that would occur with a complete spontaneous...
journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.1016/s0002-9378(96)70463-5
更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that standardization of cardiac output in pregnancy by correcting for body surface area, and thus obtaining cardiac index, is justified. STUDY DESIGN:Cardiac output was determined by thoracic electrical bioimpedance monitoring in 78 pregnant women; recordings ...
journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9378(95)90367-4
更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:One hundred twenty preterm newborns less than 34 weeks' gestational age have been studied prospectively to determine the frequency of fetal and newborn metabolic acidosis and to examine the relationship of metabolic acidosis to periventricular leukomalacia as demonstrated by serial newborn ultrasonographic examination...
journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9378(90)91299-r
更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00
