Prenatal diagnosis of neural tube defects. IV. Maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein screening.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microangiopathic disorders during pregnancy remain a diagnostic challenge because these conditions often imitate more common obstetric diseases. CASE:A 31-year-old multigravid woman delivered at term with a postpartum course complicated by laboratory indices consistent with hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Happe SK,Zofkie AC,Nelson DB

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare sexual function in women with urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse and to determine the effects of therapy on sexual function. METHODS:343 community-dwelling women older than 45 years with urinary incontinence or advanced prolapse were recruited into a multi-armed clinical trial. Women w...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Barber MD,Visco AG,Wyman JF,Fantl JA,Bump RC,Continence Program for Women Research Group.

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysmenorrhea, or menstrual pain, is the most common menstrual symptom among adolescent girls and young women. Most adolescents experiencing dysmenorrhea have primary dysmenorrhea, defined as painful menstruation in the absence of pelvic pathology. When the patient's history suggests primary dysmenorrhea, empiric treat...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors：

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare ondansetron with metoclopramide in the treatment of hyperemesis gravidarum. METHODS:We enrolled 160 women with hyperemesis gravidarum in a double-blind randomized trial. Participants were randomized to intravenous 4 mg ondansetron or 10 mg metoclopramide every 8 hours for 24 hours. Participants ke...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Abas MN,Tan PC,Azmi N,Omar SZ

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review facility-based maternal deaths at a tertiary-level center in Johannesburg, South Africa, during a 5-year period (2003 to 2007) and to investigate the proportion of deaths attributable to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the etiology of deaths, and the effects of antiretroviral treatment introduce...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Black V,Brooke S,Chersich MF

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the response rate and toxicity of alternating weekly therapy with etoposide-methotrexate-dactinomycin/cyclophosphamide-vincristine for women with high-risk gestational trophoblastic disease. METHODS:Twenty-two women with gestational trophoblastic disease received 126 cycles of the study regimen. ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Soper JT,Evans AC,Clarke-Pearson DL,Berchuck A,Rodriguez G,Hammond CB

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Many U.S. health care providers remain reluctant to prescribe intrauterine devices (IUDs) to teenagers as a result of concerns about serious complications. This study examined whether 15-19-year-old IUD users were more likely to experience complications, failure, or early discontinuation than adult users aged...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Berenson AB,Tan A,Hirth JM,Wilkinson GS

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred ten rats were randomized into one of five study groups to compare standard absorbable sutures with a new synthetic absorbable suture. We evaluated Maxon (polyglyconate), Vicryl (polyglactin), chromic catgut (catgut), and PDS (polydioxanone) with respect to tissue inflammatory reaction, knot security, sutur...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Sanz LE,Patterson JA,Kamath R,Willett G,Ahmed SW,Butterfield AB

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the occurrence of multiple risk behaviors during pregnancy among women who delivered a live birth and to examine the risk of delivering small for gestational age (SGA) infants for women with multiple risks. METHODS:We used data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System to conduct the re...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Ahluwalia IB,Merritt R,Beck LF,Rogers M

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome postpartum in women with a history of pregnancy complicated by early-onset vascular disorders compared with women with late-onset disorders. METHODS:In this retrospective cohort study 849 women with a history of pregnancy complicated by vascular disorders...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Stekkinger E,Zandstra M,Peeters LLH,Spaanderman MEA

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We report a highly exceptional case in which a gonadotroph adenoma was diagnosed in a patient with normal follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) levels. CASE:A 30-year-old woman with a gonadotroph adenoma presented with hyperstimulation syndrome and normal FSH levels. After treatment of her adenoma she had regu...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Ghayuri M,Liu JH

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 1970 study by Fuertes-de la Haba et al. (Obstetrics and Gynecology 36: 597-602) on thromboembolism in Puerto Rican women taking oral contraceptives is criticized. Fuertes-de la Haba et al. interpreted their results as failing to corroborate previous publications indication an increased mortality rate from thrombo...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Seigel DG

更新日期：1971-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inappropriate milk-like secretion from the breasts is not infrequently encountered in patients. Usually these secretions have been identified as milk on the basis of their characteristic appearance, and only rarely has their identity as milk been proven by appropriate analysis. Since milk is chemically defined as a la...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Hagler L,Coppes RI Jr,Block M,Hofeldt FD,Herman RG

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have suggested that the estrogen receptor in the postmenopausal uterus, although capable of binding estrogen, may be inactive, that is, incapable of translocating and binding to nuclear acceptor sites. The present study uses isoelectric focusing to characterize differences in the estrogen receptor bet...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Pellikka PA,Sullivan WP,Coulam CB,Toft DO

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether myo-inositol supplementation, an insulin sensitizer, reduces the rate of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and lowers insulin resistance in obese pregnant women. METHODS:In an open-label, randomized trial, myo-inositol (2 g plus 200 micrograms folic acid twice a day) or placebo (200 mic...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： D'Anna R,Di Benedetto A,Scilipoti A,Santamaria A,Interdonato ML,Petrella E,Neri I,Pintaudi B,Corrado F,Facchinetti F

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pregnancy after hysterectomy is rare. Because this clinical phenomenon is so uncommon, the diagnosis is not always considered in the evaluation of pain in a reproductive-aged woman after hysterectomy. Delay in diagnosis can result in potentially catastrophic intra-abdominal bleeding. CASE:A 31-year-old mult...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Fader AN,Mansuria S,Guido RS,Wiesenfeld HC

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To correlate symptoms of uterine adenomyosis with histopathologic features. METHODS:One hundred eleven specimens of uteri and cervices that weighed under 280 g were reevaluated. When adenomyosis was identified, assessment included depth of adenomyotic foci, graded as deep (above 80%), intermediate (40-80%), ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Levgur M,Abadi MA,Tucker A

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bernard-Soulier syndrome, a lack of glycoprotein IB/IX, is a rare autosomal recessive bleeding disorder characterized by platelet dysfunction. Women with Bernard-Soulier syndrome are at risk of being immunized against glycoprotein IB/IX, leading to severe isoimmune neonatal thrombocytopenia. CASE:A 26-year-...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Fujimori K,Ohto H,Honda S,Sato A

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between maximum urethral closure pressure and Valsalva leak-point pressure in women with genuine stress incontinence (GSI). METHODS:Fifty-six women with GSI were evaluated in a urodynamics laboratory. Maximum urethral closure pressure and vesical leak-point pressure were measured w...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Sultana CJ

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred eighteen nulliparous patients delivered under conduction anesthesia who met the standard criteria for low forceps delivery were randomly assigned to one of three groups to be delivered by low Tucker-McLane forceps, Silastic vacuum extraction system, or Mityvac vacuum extractor. Significant maternal soft ti...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Dell DL,Sightler SE,Plauché WC

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A woman underwent cesarean delivery for premature labor, breech presentation, and ruptured membranes. Placenta accreta associated with uterine atony and severe hemorrhage was diagnosed. Prostaglandin E1 instead of prostaglandin F2 alpha was inadvertently administered in an effort to control the hemorrhage. The resulti...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Reedy MB,McMillion JS,Engvall WR,Sulak PJ,Fisher NL

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of reporting therapeutic abortions in Maryland from 1968-1970 to assess the impact of the new abortion law, which was a liberalization of the previous law, is discussed. All hospitals in the state were required to report on all abortions performed. In fiscal year 1969, 2134 abortions were performed, while...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Melton RJ,Seegar JK Jr,Pitts JL

更新日期：1972-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred sixty-three cases of endometriosis of the bowel (5.4% of 3037 laparotomies for endometriosis at the Ochsner Foundation Hospital) were reviewed to assess the management of this complication. Colon and rectal surgeons performed bowel resections of the colon in 30 cases and resections of the ileum and/or cecu...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Weed JC,Ray JE

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although most patients with a surgical stage I endometrial cancer have an excellent prognosis, some patients will experience a recurrence. Endometrial cancer typically recurs at the vaginal cuff or in the pelvis; however, it can recur distantly in the abdomen or lung. Although recurrences have been reported ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Chen CC,Straughn JM Jr,Kilgore LC

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognostic significance of residual endometrial carcinoma in the hysterectomy specimen after preoperative radiotherapy is controversial. Sixty-two patients with stage II endometrial carcinoma were treated with a standardized program of preoperative radiotherapy, followed in six weeks by an extrafascial hysterectom...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Larson DM,Copeland LJ,Gallager HS,Wharton JT,Gershenson DM,Rutledge FN

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the effect of birth order on the incidence and severity of intraventricular hemorrhage in 29 sets of very low birth weight twins (1500 g or less). Intraventricular hemorrhage occurred in 55% of first-presenting twins and 62% of second-presenting twins. The incidence of minor intraventricular hemorrhage (g...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Pearlman SA,Batton DG

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the outcome and long-term follow-up of fertility sparing surgery for cervical adenocarcinoma in situ and early invasive adenocarcinoma. METHODS:Between 1985 and 1996, all women with adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS) and stage I adenocarcinoma were identified. Data were abstracted from clinical records ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： McHale MT,Le TD,Burger RA,Gu M,Rutgers JL,Monk BJ

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of prenatal vitamin K1 on the coagulation status of newborns. METHODS:We measured noncarboxylated prothrombin and performed the Normotest in two groups of 5-day-old infants whose mothers were given oral vitamin K1, 10 mg/day for 2 weeks at least 10 days before delivery, or were untreated...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Anai T,Hirota Y,Yoshimatsu J,Oga M,Miyakawa I

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A thorough inspection of the pelvis for adhesions was made at the time of laparoscopic tubal sterilization in 2131 patients. Contraceptive use was then compared in women with adhesions (cases) and those without adhesions (controls). Current or previous intrauterine device (IUD) use was not associated with a statistica...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Kirshon B,Poindexter AN 3rd,Spitz MR

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether prophylactic dronabinol, a synthetic tetrahydrocannabinol, reduces pain during medical abortion. METHODS:We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of women undergoing medical abortion with mifepristone and misoprostol up through 70 days of gestation. All participan...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Colwill AC,Alton K,Bednarek PH,Bayer LL,Jensen JT,Garg B,Beardsworth K,Edelman A

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00