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abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the incidence of surgical-site infection with use of chlorhexidine-alcohol compared with povidone-iodine among women undergoing cesarean deliveries. METHODS:This was a retrospective cohort review of 1,000 consecutive cases in women who underwent cesarean delivery over a 1-year interval. The prima...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Menderes G,Athar Ali N,Aagaard K,Sangi-Haghpeykar H

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate changes over the past decade in the mode of delivery and second-stage duration in nulliparous women. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective cohort study at a single institution of nulliparous women reaching complete cervical dilation with singleton gestations 36 weeks or greater from January 1, 201...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Fitzwater JL,Owen J,Ankumah NA,Campbell SB,Biggio JR,Szychowski JM,Edwards RK

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diurnal variations in plasma unconjugated and total estriol were assessed in 11 third-trimester subjects with uncomplicated pregnancies. Commercially available 125I-labeled radioimmunoassay kits were used. Total plasma estriols reach a nadir during the hours of sleep (400 and 700 hours) which exceeds the episodic fluc...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Compton AA,Kirkish LS,Parra J,Stoecklein S,Barclay ML,McCann DS

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the efficacy and safety of routine electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) of labor with intermittent auscultation, using the results of published randomized controlled trials (RCTs). DATA SOURCES:We identified RCTs by searching the MED-LINE data base for the period 1966-1994, contacting experts, and re...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Thacker SB,Stroup DF,Peterson HB

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that maternal oral hydration would increase the amniotic fluid (AF) index in pregnancies with normal AF. METHODS:Forty women with a normal AF index (7.0-24.0 cm) were randomized to either the control or hydration group. Women in the hydration group drank 2 L of water and returned for t...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Kilpatrick SJ,Safford KL

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although cryosurgery is regularly used for treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), there are few data concerning freeze technique and attendant extension of the cryolesion. This study evaluated how to create cryolesions extensive enough to eradicate the CIN lesion completely. The way the extension of th...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Boonstra H,Koudstaal J,Oosterhuis JW,Wymenga HA,Aalders JG,Janssens J

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in women with chronic pelvic pain with a control group, and describe occurrence of specific ACEs in women with chronic pelvic pain. METHODS:This case-control study examined the relationship between history of ACEs, traumatic events occurring during childhood as...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Krantz TE,Andrews N,Petersen TR,Dunivan GC,Montoya M,Swanson N,Wenzl CK,Zambrano JR,Komesu YM

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among women with vulvar abscesses and to describe clinical factors associated with inpatient compared with outpatient treatment. METHODS:We reviewed all women with a vulvar abscess who were treated with incision and drainage betw...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Thurman AR,Satterfield TM,Soper DE

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Amniotic fluid embolism is seldom recognized in nonperipartum patients. The pathophysiology is uncertain and diagnosis imprecise, making management after stabilization difficult. CASE:A 37-year-old woman at 28 weeks' gestation presented with signs and symptoms consistent with amniotic fluid embolism includi...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Kent KJ,Cooper BC,Thomas KW,Zlatnik FJ

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate efficacy of rapid, large-dose intravenous (IV) administration of ferric carboxymaltose compared with oral iron therapy in anemic postpartum women. METHODS:In a randomized, controlled trial, we assigned anemic women (hemoglobin [Hb] less than or equal to 10 g/dL) within 10 days postpartum to recei...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Van Wyck DB,Martens MG,Seid MH,Baker JB,Mangione A

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical correction of large pulsion enterocele is a contentious subject and until a technique is founded upon proper anatomic facts, the arguments will continue. Pulsion enterocele follows changes in the pelvic cellular tissues and levator ani complex; both defects must be corrected. Synchronous abdominoperineal repa...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Zacharin RF,Hamilton NT

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imaging studies are important adjuncts in the diagnostic evaluation of acute and chronic conditions. However, confusion about the safety of these modalities for pregnant and lactating women and their infants often results in unnecessary avoidance of useful diagnostic tests or the unnecessary interruption of breastfeed...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

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更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Granulosa cells of developing preovulatory follicles from ovaries of 6 rhesus monkeys were studied with the electron microscope. They did not contain the cytoplasmic structures known to be associated with steroidogenesis. Such structures were found only in the luteinized granulosa cells of atretic follicles in the pr...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Amin H,Richart R,Brinson AO

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the prevalence of urinary tract injury and the relative risk of litigation from an injury for benign gynecologic surgery in Canada and to analyze a subset of cases of litigation, determining independent risk factors that predicted medical and legal outcomes. METHODS:The prevalence of urinary tra...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Gilmour DT,Baskett TF

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the association between vaginal birth after cesarean delivery (VBAC) rates and primary cesarean delivery rates in California hospitals. METHODS:Hospital VBAC rates were calculated using birth certificate and discharge data from 2009, and hospitals were categorized by quartile of VBAC rate. Multiv...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Rosenstein MG,Kuppermann M,Gregorich SE,Cottrell EK,Caughey AB,Cheng YW

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether there was a change in prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) in the United States correlated with the introduction of HPV vaccines in both vaccinated and unvaccinated women. METHODS:We performed a retrospective review of prevalence data for women aged 18-29 years living in the United St...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Tarney CM,Klaric J,Beltran T,Pagan M,Han J

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hysteroscopic evaluation of 187 patients with abnormal uterine bleeding is reviewed. One hundred fifty-one patients had recent tissue sampling by a blind method. The hysteroscope with selected endometrial sampling was more accurate in 9.1% and less accurate in only 0.5% of patients. The specificity of both techniques ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Loffer FD

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant mixed müllerian tumors of the uterus are rare neoplasms occurring predominantly in postmenopausal women. We report the prenatal course and diagnosis of a stage III malignant mixed müllerian tumor at cesarean section in a 35-year-old woman. Despite aggressive radiation and chemotherapy, the patient died 14 we...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Scioscia AL,Merino MJ,Haas M,Copel JA,Schwartz PE

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heterotopic pregnancy is a rare event in natural conception cycles. Diagnosis of heterotopic pregnancy requires a high index of suspicion. Described herein is a reported case of a heterotopic pregnancy presenting as hematometra. CASE:A young, multiparous woman, with her last menstrual period 6 weeks before ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Cheng PJ,Chueh HY,Qiu JT

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the absence of pituitary response to the luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) test has been considered proof of a lesion primarily localized at the pituitary level, the possibility exists that an absent pituitary response may represent only the effect of a chronic deficiency of hypothalamic secretion....

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Serra GB,Muscatello P,Menini E,Lafuenti G,Caniglia R

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether stage of disease and treatment patterns account for mortality differences between black and white women with cervical cancer. METHODS:Using data obtained from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program for 1988-1994, we determined the associations between race and sta...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Howell EA,Chen YT,Concato J

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purposes of this prospective investigation were to determine the frequency of glove perforation during obstetric and gynecologic procedures and to assess the value of double gloving in preventing damage to the inner glove. METHODS:During a 2-month period, surgeons in the Department of Obstetrics and Gyne...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Bennett B,Duff P

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report our institutional experience with the accuracy and usefulness of cervical conization with frozen section before planned hysterectomy. METHODS:One hundred fifty-nine patients who planned to have hysterectomies for or with a concomitant diagnosis of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) underwent ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Hoffman MS,Collins E,Roberts WS,Fiorica JV,Gunasekaran S,Cavanagh D

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uterine rupture is an uncommon complication of midtrimester abortion, occurring more frequently in the older multiparous patient and with the use of high doses of oxytocic agents. The clinical presentation may vary from an unexplained drop in the hematocrit or persistent abdominal pain to profound shock and maternal d...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Graham D

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diphallia poses several surgical, psychological, and esthetic issues. Currently, diphallia is only diagnosed after birth. CASE:We present a true diphallia in one fetus of dichorionic twins noted at 23 weeks of gestation. In this fetus, two phallus-like protrusions and a bifid scrotum, as well as a duplicate...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Tu YA,Su YN,Yang PK,Shih JC

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transvaginal color Doppler was used to investigate the uteroplacental circulation of 45 patients with normal intrauterine pregnancies at 4-18 weeks' gestation. The main uterine artery and the radial and spiral arteries were demonstrated, and characteristic flow velocity waveforms were obtained in more than 90% of case...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Jurkovic D,Jauniaux E,Kurjak A,Hustin J,Campbell S,Nicolaides KH

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the clinical effectiveness, as determined by positive pregnancy test, of letrozole compared with clomiphene citrate for ovarian stimulation in patients with unexplained infertility. DATA SOURCES:We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of data from electronic databases including Ovid-ME...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Eskew AM,Bedrick BS,Hardi A,Stoll CRT,Colditz GA,Tuuli MG,Jungheim ES

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the release in vitro of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) by peritoneal macrophages and peripheral blood monocytes following incubation with toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1). We obtained peritoneal macrophages from 22 women at laparoscopy and peripheral blood monocytes from four healthy women du...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Buyalos RP,Rutanen EM,Tsui E,Halme J

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare intrauterine device (IUD) use at 6 months postpartum among women who underwent intracesarean delivery (during cesarean delivery) IUD placement compared with women who planned for interval IUD placement 6 or more weeks postpartum. METHODS:In this nonblinded randomized trial, women who were undergoi...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Levi EE,Stuart GS,Zerden ML,Garrett JM,Bryant AG

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and thirty-three subarachnoid phenol blocks were performed in 90 patients with intractable pain secondary to gynecologic cancer at the University of Iowa Hospitals in the period 1961 to 1975. Excellent to moderate pain relief was obtained in 77% of 117 evaluable blocks. Fifty-two percent of the blocks gave...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Lifshitz S,Debacker LJ,Buchsbaum HJ

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00