Sperm penetration assay: useful test in evaluation of male fertility.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the state of erythrocyte adhesiveness/aggregation in the peripheral blood of women with pregnancy-induced hypertension as well as in matched controls using a simple slide test and image analysis. METHODS:We recruited 25 women with pregnancy-induced hypertension. Twenty-five age- and gestational age-...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Gamzu R,Rotstein R,Fusman R,Zeltser D,Berliner AS,Kupferminc MJ

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to examine the human teratogenic risk of the protease inhibitor, nelfinavir mesylate, used to treat human immunodeficiency virus. METHODS:This study used a subset of data from the Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry, which was designed to monitor prenatal exposures to antiretrov...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Covington DL,Conner SD,Doi PA,Swinson J,Daniels EM

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether the 2006 American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology guidelines for conservative management of minimally abnormal Pap test results (atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance, human papillomavirus-positive, and low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions) and moderat...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Perkins RB,Jorgensen JR,McCoy ME,Bak SM,Battaglia TA,Freund KM

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To use nationally representative data to produce prevalence estimates of combination estrogen-progestin therapy and estrogen-only therapy by covariates, and to evaluate differences between current use of short duration (less than 5 years) and current long-term use. METHODS:We analyzed data from female respon...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Brett KM,Reuben CA

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the effectiveness of a physician-based intervention to promote smoking cessation during pregnancy, we conducted this randomized controlled trial in the resident-staffed prenatal clinics at the University of North Carolina Women's Hospital . Two hundred fifty prenatal patients who smoked were enrolled at th...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Hartmann KE,Thorp JM Jr,Pahel-Short L,Koch MA

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define the strengths and weaknesses of existing research on the natural history of cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL) and to estimate rates of progression and regression without treatment. DATA SOURCES:Studies of women whose cervical smears showed squamous atypia or worse and who were observe...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Melnikow J,Nuovo J,Willan AR,Chan BK,Howell LP

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen cases of typhoid fever complicating pregnancy are presented. The diagnosis was confirmed by blood cultures in 13 patients and by a rising Widal titer in one. Stool cultures were positive in only two out of five patients; urine cultures in 12 patients and cervical cultures in five patients were all negative. T...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Seoud M,Saade G,Uwaydah M,Azoury R

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the rate of pregnancy hospitalizations for women with two groups of myocardial disorders, cardiomyopathy and other myocardial disorders, and report the rate of severe obstetric complications among these hospitalizations in delivery and postpartum periods. METHODS:We performed a cross-sectional s...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Kuklina EV,Callaghan WM

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed our experience with a policy of revising the estimated probability of an open neural tube defect for those cases in which maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein (MSAFP) was elevated and the ultrasound examination was normal. Assuming a sensitivity for the ultrasound diagnosis of neural tube defects of 90%, the r...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Richards DS,Seeds JW,Katz VL,Lingley LH,Albright SG,Cefalo RC

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This month, we focus on current research about intrauterine devices. Dr. Hurd discusses four recent publications, and each is concluded with a "bottom line" that is the take-home message. The complete reference for each can be found in on this page, along with direct links to the abstracts. ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Hurd WW

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the incidence, mortality, and risk factors for pregnancy-related stroke in the United States. METHODS:The Nationwide Inpatient Sample from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, for the years 2000-2001 was queried for International Classific...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： James AH,Bushnell CD,Jamison MG,Myers ER

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are few data regarding safety of pregnancy after uterine artery embolization. However, numerous women desire future fertility after this procedure. Uterine rupture without a history of cesarean delivery or uterine scarring is an exceedingly rare complication in pregnancy. CASE:We report a case of uter...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Yeaton-Massey A,Loring M,Chetty S,Druzin M

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relaxin is a peptide hormone produced solely by the corpus luteum of pregnant women. Extracts of human pregnancy corpora lutea have relaxin activity in bioassay systems. This activity can be measured in a heterologous porcine radioimmunoassay (RIA). Immunoreactive relaxin was undetectable in the RIA in 51 nonpregnant ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Quagliarello J,Steinetz BG,Weiss G

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report our experience with surgical release of tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) for the treatment of persistent post-TVT voiding dysfunction. METHODS:A total of 1175 women underwent TVT placement for treatment of genuine stress urinary incontinence and/or intrinsic sphincter deficiency over a 2-year period...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Rardin CR,Rosenblatt PL,Kohli N,Miklos JR,Heit M,Lucente VR

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess how a strategy to maximize access to emergency contraceptive pills would affect rates of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. METHODS:Sexually active women, 14-24 years old, were randomly assigned to two methods of access to emergency contraceptive pills: increased access (two packages of...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Raymond EG,Stewart F,Weaver M,Monteith C,Van Der Pol B

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We describe the current state of prevention of neonatal group B streptococcal infections and present recent advances toward the development of a maternal vaccine for prevention of this disease. DATA SOURCES:We used a MEDLINE search of the Index Medicus from 1976-1992 for articles regarding group B streptococ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Coleman RT,Sherer DM,Maniscalco WM

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred seven high-risk patients were studied prospectively by standardized nonstressed fetal heart rate monitoring followed immediately by contraction stress testing (CST). Of the 604 combined procedures examined, 90.2% of nonstress tests (NST) were interpreted as reactive; none was associated with a positive CST...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Gibbons JM Jr,Nagle P

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate an evidence-based collaborative depression care intervention adapted to obstetrics and gynecology clinics compared with usual care. METHODS:A two-site, randomized controlled trial included screen-positive women (Patient Health Questionnaire-9 score of at least 10) who met criteria for major depre...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Melville JL,Reed SD,Russo J,Croicu CA,Ludman E,LaRocco-Cockburn A,Katon W

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid and accurate detection of neonatal bacteremia is an important part of the management of the neonate with suspected sepsis. This study compared the incidence of positive umbilical cord blood cultures (UCBCs) to the incidence of positive peripheral venous blood cultures and determined whether a meticulous UCBC tec...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Polin JI,Knox I,Baumgart S,Campman E,Mennuti MT,Polin RA

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent United States Food and Drug Administration approval of a commercial kit containing the Yuzpe regimen for emergency contraception is a welcome event. Unlike emergency contraceptive pills sold in other countries, however, the United States product has a pregnancy test bundled with the pills. The test could id...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Grimes DA,Raymond EG

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis are life-threatening dermatologic disorders that are more common in the setting of a compromised immune system. We present the case of a pregnant patient with known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection who presented with Stevens-Johnson syndrome...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Shilad A,Predanic M,Perni SC,Houlihan C,Principe D

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Over-the-counter vaginal lubricants have been shown to negatively affect in vitro sperm motility. The objective of this study was to estimate the effect of vaginal lubricant use during procreative intercourse on natural fertility. METHODS:Women aged 30-44 years with no history of infertility who had been try...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Steiner AZ,Long DL,Tanner C,Herring AH

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a case report of a woman having an IUD which became partially extruded through the uterine wall and went undetected until the patient became pregnant. Severe metritis followed premature rupture of the membranes during the early part of the third trimester. Cesarean section hysterectomy led to a salutary outc...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Post DF

更新日期：1969-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Burkitt lymphoma during pregnancy is a rare event, and outcomes have been poor. However, few patients were treated by current standards, with nearly half receiving single-agent cyclophosphamide or no chemotherapy. CASE:A patient with Burkitt lymphoma presenting at 11 6/7 weeks' gestation was treated with su...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Barnes MN,Barrett JC,Kimberlin DF,Kilgore LC

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the patterns of perioperative blood transfusion in patients undergoing radical hysterectomy in time periods before and after the discovery of transfusion-related human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. METHODS:We reviewed the medical records of all patients who underwent radical hysterectomy...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Benjamin I,Barakat RR,Curtin JP,Jones WB,Lewis JL Jr,Hoskins WJ

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prenatal diagnosis of anencephaly and spina bifida (neural tube defect, NTD) through amniotic fluid analysis for alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is gradually gaining clinical recognition. AFP concentrations were determined in 237 amniotic fluids from normal pregnancies ranging between 7 and 42 weeks of gestation. A steady...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Weiss RR,Macri JN,Elligers K,Princler GL,McIntire R,Waldman TA

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over an 11-year period (1971 to 1981), 212 urinary conduit surgeries were performed by the Department of Gynecology at the University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute at Houston. The urinary diversions were performed as part of the pelvic exenteration operation in 154 patients, for radiation injur...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Hancock KC,Copeland LJ,Gershenson DM,Saul PB,Wharton JT,Rutledge FN

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine whether there are associations between pregnancy intention (intended, unwanted, mistimed, or ambivalent) and negative birth and maternal outcomes: low birth weight (less than 2,500 g), preterm delivery (fewer than 37 weeks), small for gestational age, premature labor, hypertension, and other matern...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Mohllajee AP,Curtis KM,Morrow B,Marchbanks PA

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the relation between the timing of the postpartum examination and the postpartum Papanicolaou smear. METHODS:One hundred eighty-four women in labor at Arlington Community Hospital were randomized to receive their postpartum Papanicolaou smear at 4, 6, or 8 weeks after delivery. Samples from the exoc...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Rarick TL,Tchabo JG

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore disparities in prematurity and low birth weight (LBW) by maternal race and ethnicity among singletons conceived with and without assisted reproductive technology (ART). METHODS:We performed a retrospective cohort study using resident birth certificate data from Florida, Massachusetts, and Michigan...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Crawford S,Joshi N,Boulet SL,Bailey MA,Hood ME,Manning SE,McKane P,Kirby RS,Kissin DM,Jamieson DJ,States Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technology (SMART) Collaborative.

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00