The diagnosis of gonorrhea in a low-prevalence female population: enzyme immunoassay versus culture.

abstract：:The group A streptococcus is capable of producing exotoxins that have been linked to a toxic shock-like syndrome. Streptococcal toxic shock is a rapidly progressive disease associated with injury to multiple organ systems and a 30-60% mortality rate. We present a case of a 40-year-old woman who developed group A strep...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Dotters DJ,Katz VL

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of intravenous leiomyomatosis with cardiac extension was treated successfully with a two-stage operation: resection of the intracardiac and intracaval mass for the first stage and total hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy for the second. Tumors were located either within or in continuity to dilate...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Suginami H,Kaura R,Ochi H,Matsuura S

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine risk factors for hysterectomy, pelvic pain, and continued menorrhagia after rollerball endometrial ablation. METHODS:All women having rollerball endometrial ablations between 1990 and 2000 were sent standardized questionnaires on pre- and postablation symptoms, satisfaction with the ablation, an...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Mall A,Shirk G,Van Voorhis BJ

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Refeeding syndrome is a rare constellation of electrolyte abnormalities after reintroduction of glucose during an adaptive state of starvation and malnutrition, resulting in fluid shifts, end-organ damage, and, potentially, death. We present a case of fetal death in a patient with hyperemesis gravidarum comp...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Mayer KH,McGill AL

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the clinicopathologic prognosticators and survival of Asians and whites with corpus cancer. METHODS:Demographic, clinicopathologic, and survival data were obtained from the 1992-2001 Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program. Statistical analyses were performed by Kaplan-Meier methods an...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Zhang MM,Cheung MK,Osann K,Lee MM,Gomez SS,Whittemore AS,Husain A,Teng NN,Chan JK

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of variables that influence the pregnancy outcome of intrauterine insemination with frozen donor sperm. METHODS:A retrospective analysis of 408 cycles of frozen donor sperm inseminations were studied. Cycle fecundity and cumulative probability of pregnancy were compared according to seve...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Kang BM,Wu TC

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Placental site trophoblastic tumor is a rare subtype of gestational trophoblastic neoplasia affecting women of reproductive age. The preferred method of treatment is surgical resection. CASE:A 33-year-old woman, gravida 3 para 1111, was incidentally diagnosed with placental site trophoblastic tumor during a...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Taylor JS,Viera L,Caputo TA,Chan J,Frey MK,Gupta D,Kligman I

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the process involved in using the World Wide Web to coordinate a randomized, multicenter international trial of treatment for twin-twin transfusion syndrome. METHOD:A Web site was designed by members of the research team, a Web consultant, and a senior computer programmer. The original intent was...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Dorman K,Saade GR,Smith H,Moise KJ Jr

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the efficacy, safety, and acceptability of oral immediately swallowed and buccal misoprostol 800 mcg after mifepristone 200 mg for terminating pregnancy through 63 days since the last menstrual period (LMP). METHODS:This seven-site study randomly assigned 966 women seeking abortions to oral or bucca...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Winikoff B,Dzuba IG,Creinin MD,Crowden WA,Goldberg AB,Gonzales J,Howe M,Moskowitz J,Prine L,Shannon CS

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Postcesarean endometritis and wound infection remain significant morbidities, despite use of strategies to prevent these complications. We investigated the effect of preoperative vaginal preparation with povidone-iodine as a preventive intervention against postcesarean endometritis and wound infection. METHO...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Starr RV,Zurawski J,Ismail M

更新日期：2005-05-01 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:Our objective was to estimate whether a transvaginal endometrial stripe of less than 5 mm in premenopausal women would exclude endometrial polyps and intracavitary leiomyomata, thereby eliminating the need for sonohysterography. METHODS:Data from 206 consecutive sonohysterograms performed in premenopausal wo...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Breitkopf DM,Frederickson RA,Snyder RR

更新日期：2004-07-01 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：:Fourteen women with amenorrhea-galactorrhea were treated with bromo-ergocryptine. Serum prolactin hPRL, hLH, hFSH, estradiol 17-beta (E2), and progesterone values were determined before and during treatment. No consistent pretreatment hormonal pattern was found. During treatment hPRL levels fell in 13 of 14 patients, ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Dickey RP,Stone SC

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize where women at risk for and undergoing peripartum hysterectomy delivered in terms of obstetric volume and procedural experience. METHODS:We used data from the Perspective database to retrospectively evaluate trends in peripartum hysterectomy and deliveries at high risk of peripartum hysterect...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Govindappagari S,Wright JD,Ananth CV,Huang Y,DʼAlton ME,Friedman AM

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral hemodynamics were studied in eight nonpregnant women and 24 women in late pregnancy by internal carotid artery velocimetry with a 3.5-MHz continuous-wave Doppler system. Criteria for supine hypotensive syndrome were a mean blood pressure decrease of 15 mmHg and a 2-minute sustained increase in pulse of 20 bea...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Ikeda T,Ohbuchi H,Ikenoue T,Mori N

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study umbilical cord interleukin-6 levels and the occurrence of neonatal sepsis, congenital pneumonia, necrotizing enterocolitis, and grade II-IV intraventricular hemorrhage. METHODS:Umbilical cord blood was collected from 133 preterm newborns. The study population was divided according to the presence or...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Weeks JW,Reynolds L,Taylor D,Lewis J,Wan T,Gall SA

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether the combination of bacterial vaginosis and leukorrhea on microscopic evaluation of a saline wet preparation is associated with cervical infection with Chlamydia trachomatis (C. trachomatis) or Neisseria gonorrhea (N. gonorrhea). METHODS:A cross-sectional study of 598 patients was performe...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Steinhandler L,Peipert JF,Heber W,Montagno A,Cruickshank C

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amniotic fluid alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) assays and detailed ultrasound examinations were performed in 376 prenatal patients at risk for a neural tube defect (high-risk group). In addition, 2436 patients who underwent amniocentesis for other indications underwent preamniocentesis ultrasound screening and amniotic fluid ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Allen LC,Doran TA,Miskin M,Rudd NL,Benzie RJ,Sheffield LJ

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the activities in selected developed countries for strategies to identify maternal deaths, the impact of these strategies on underreporting, and the information needed to understand the events leading to death. DATA SOURCES:We reviewed the literature from the United States, Europe, and Australia fo...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Atrash HK,Alexander S,Berg CJ

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To prospectively validate the Sepsis in Obstetrics Score, a pregnancy-specific sepsis scoring system, to identify risk for intensive care unit (ICU) admission for sepsis in pregnancy. METHODS:This is a prospective validation study of the Sepsis in Obstetrics Score. The primary outcome was admission to the IC...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Albright CM,Has P,Rouse DJ,Hughes BL

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An assay has been developed and evaluated that quantifies the surface tension lowering ability of amniotic fluid surfactant. The formation of stable foam following vigorous shaking of amniotic fluid was evaluated by the addition of various amounts of dipalmitoyl lecithin in a solution of ethanol and saline and by fine...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Sher G,Statland BE,Freer DE,Kraybill EN

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cyclic vomiting syndrome is a condition that consists of recurrent episodes of vomiting occurring between periods of normal health, with no apparent organic cause of vomiting. We report the sentinel case of pregnancy complicated by preexisting cyclic vomiting syndrome. CASE:A primigravida presented at 8 wee...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Byers BD,Snyder CH,Saade GR

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aggressive angiomyxoma is a rare, locally infiltrative tumor, frequently occurring in female patients. Although wide local excision is considered standard therapy, radical surgery may be needed. CASE:A 49-year-old woman presented with an aggressive angiomyxoma involving the vulva and bladder. Given the horm...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Song M,Glasgow M,Murugan P,Rivard C

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Double aneuploidies account for 0.21-2.8% of spontaneous abortions resulting from chromosomal abnormalities. Rarely, cell-free DNA testing detects multiple aneuploidies; however, to discern among maternal, placental, and fetal origin, further evaluation is required. CASE:A 49-year-old woman, gravida 5 para ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Echague CG,Petersen SM

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transurethral bladder eversion is rare. A case of transurethral bladder eversion with concurrent uterovaginal prolapse is presented. CASE:The patient was postmenopausal, had a long history of uterovaginal prolapse, and developed bladder eversion. Examination under anesthesia revealed full-thickness transure...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Mastropietro MA,Clark MH,Hale DS

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report three cases of rubeola during pregnancy complicated by pneumonia. All had bacterial superinfection of the lungs and a clinically mild hepatitis. One woman delivered at term and two underwent successful tocolysis, one of whom had an unexplained stillbirth 7 weeks later. Rubeola virus is not a teratogen, altho...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Stein SJ,Greenspoon JS

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In some parts of Dade County, Florida, perinatal mortality rates have revealed serious problems in the delivery of health care to poor pregnant women. From 1982-1985, the reported perinatal mortality rates varied from 32-36 per 1000 live births, more than double the national average. Under the leadership of the Primar...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Nguyen HN,O'Sullivan MJ,Fournier AM

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characteristics of the fetal heart rate (FHR) were studied longitudinally throughout the second and third trimesters in 43 low-risk singleton fetuses. The second trimester was characterized by an FHR pattern showing minimal differences between quiet and active intervals of fetal behavior. Few movements were accompanie...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Pillai M,James D

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenatal lead exposure has known adverse effects on maternal health and infant outcomes across a wide range of maternal blood lead levels. Adverse effects of lead exposure are being identified at lower levels of exposure than previously recognized in both children and adults. In 2010, the Centers for Disease Control a...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Committee on Obstetric Practice.

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00