Practice bulletin no. 146: Management of late-term and postterm pregnancies.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Uterine leiomyosarcoma is an aggressive tumor that has a propensity for distant metastasis. Distant sites of spread include the lung, liver, brain, and bone. CASE:A woman in her 5th decade was diagnosed with stage IV leiomyosarcoma of the uterus. Distant metastasis in the chest was confirmed by thoracotomy ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Leath CA 3rd,Huh WK,Straughn JM Jr,Conner MG

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate risk factors and prevalence of anal incontinence among women with pelvic floor dysfunctions. METHODS:We evaluated 881 women with symptoms of urinary incontinence and/or genital prolapse. Each completed a bowel questionnaire and underwent a detailed medical, surgical, obstetric, and gynecologic...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Meschia M,Buonaguidi A,Pifarotti P,Somigliana E,Spennacchio M,Amicarelli F

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine predictors of fistula repair outcomes 3 months postsurgery. METHODS:We conducted a multicountry prospective cohort study between 2007 and 2010. Outcomes, measured 3 months postsurgery, included fistula closure and residual incontinence in women with a closed fistula. Potential predictors include...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Barone MA,Frajzyngier V,Ruminjo J,Asiimwe F,Barry TH,Bello A,Danladi D,Ganda SO,Idris S,Inoussa M,Lynch M,Mussell F,Podder DC

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine whether being pregnant or postpartum was associated with excess risk for homicide among females in Illinois and to describe the association between pregnancy status and homicide by race, ethnicity, and age group. METHODS:This is a retrospective, multicohort, ecologic study of females of reproducti...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Koch AR,Rosenberg D,Geller SE,Illinois Department of Public Health Maternal Mortality Review Committee Working Group.

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate, from the literature, when nonlactating postpartum women regain fertility. DATA SOURCES:We searched PubMed and Cochrane Library databases for all articles (in all languages) published in peer-reviewed journals from database inception through May 2010 for evidence related to the return of ovulati...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Jackson E,Glasier A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Questionnaires were sent to 63 women with anal sphincter rupture that occurred during vaginal delivery two to seven years earlier. Half of them had significant trouble, such as incontinence for gas, dyspareunia, and pain. We performed anal pressure profilometry in 14 of these women and in ten controls for comparison, ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Haadem K,Dahlstrom JA,Ling L,Ohrlander S

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined chronic pelvic pain definitions used in published research, because the definition has direct implications for investigating causation and evaluating treatment. DATA SOURCES:MEDLINE was searched for published articles in an Abridged Index Medicus journal from 1966 to 2001, restricted to humans, f...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Williams RE,Hartmann KE,Steege JF

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Time is an important variable in understanding the recent increase in twin deliveries in the United States. Therefore, this study was designed to estimate the influences of maternal age, period (year) of delivery, and maternal-birth-year cohort on trends in rates of twin deliveries. METHODS:United States nat...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Smulian JC,Ananth CV,Kinzler WL,Kontopoulos E,Vintzileos AM

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports serum levels of relaxin in normal and special-interest pregnancies using an homologous radioimmunoassay for human relaxin. The mean levels in uncomplicated antenatal patients were lower than those reported in studies using heterologous assays, but the trend in serum levels was similar. Serum levels ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Bell RJ,Eddie LW,Lester AR,Wood EC,Johnston PD,Niall HD

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify metabolic and obstetric risk factors associated with hypertension after preeclampsia. METHODS:We analyzed demographic and clinical data from a postpartum screening (blood pressure, microalbuminuria and fasting plasma levels of glucose, insulin, and lipid profile) from 683 primiparous women with a...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Spaan JJ,Sep SJ,van Balen VL,Spaanderman ME,Peeters LL

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the survival, rates and patterns of recurrence, and perioperative morbidity in medically compromised women with endometrial cancer treated by primary vaginal hysterectomy. METHODS:Fifty-one patients with endometrial cancer treated initially by vaginal hysterectomy between 1977 and 1999 were identifi...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Chan JK,Lin YG,Monk BJ,Tewari K,Bloss JD,Berman ML

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because autoimmune diseases are suspected of causing some cases of recurrent pregnancy loss, we sought clinical and serologic evidence of such diseases in a group of 277 women with recurrent pregnancy loss. Using HEp-2 cells as targets for an indirect immunofluorescence test for antinuclear antibodies, we compared the...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Harger JH,Rabin BS,Marchese SG

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the association between cytokines in the amniotic fluid (AF) and preterm delivery, the isolation of bacteria from the AF or chorioamnion, and histologic chorioamnionitis. METHODS:Fifty afebrile women with intact membranes in preterm labor at or before 34 weeks' gestation underwent amniocentesis. Cy...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Hillier SL,Witkin SS,Krohn MA,Watts DH,Kiviat NB,Eschenbach DA

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen isoimmunized pregnancies at risk for erythroblastosis fetalis were managed by serial amniocenteses for bilirubin delta optical density at 450 nm (delta OD450). Before amniocentesis each fetus was evaluated ultrasonically and the fetal liver size, the abdominal circumference, and the umbilical vein diameter, in...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Vintzileos AM,Campbell WA,Storlazzi E,Mirochnick MH,Escoto DT,Nochimson DJ

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate risk factors related to anamnestic variables, sexual behavior, feminine hygiene habits, and microbiologic findings in women with idiopathic recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis. METHODS:We conducted a multivariate observational study comparing sociodemographic, anamnestic, clinical, and microbiolog...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Spinillo A,Pizzoli G,Colonna L,Nicola S,De Seta F,Guaschino S

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Perinatal Quality Foundation and the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, in association with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, and the National Society of Genetic Counselors, have collaborated to provide education for clinicians and lab...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Edwards JG,Feldman G,Goldberg J,Gregg AR,Norton ME,Rose NC,Schneider A,Stoll K,Wapner R,Watson MS

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The diagnosis of uterine rupture is aided by the identification of risk factors, such as oxytocin administration. In several experiments, cocaine has been shown to stimulate uterine contractility. Complications from cocaine abuse during pregnancy have increased dramatically in the United States, and cocaine ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Iriye BK,Bristow RE,Hsu CD,Bruni R,Johnson TR

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Women with a history of preeclampsia have an increased risk of developing chronic hypertension and cardiovascular disease. However, little is known about the mechanism responsible for vascular disease in formerly preeclamptic women. The aim of our study was to test whether preeclampsia predisposes to central ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Spaan JJ,Ekhart T,Spaanderman MEA,Peeters LLH

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate access to inpatient obstetric care, we determined the proportions of women of reproductive age who resided within 30-minute and 60-minute driving times to the nearest hospital offering perinatal services. METHODS:Perinatal centers, identified from the 2007 American Hospital Association survey, we...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Rayburn WF,Richards ME,Elwell EC

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomavirus (HPV) is associated with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and carcinomas. The present study involved women who had an abnormal Papanicolaou smear and whose cervix contained acetowhite area(s) that lacked the histologic features of CIN. Sequences homologous to HPV DNA, determined by Souther...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Nuovo GJ,Blanco JS,Leipzig S,Smith D

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the relationship between the presence of microorganisms at the time of cesarean at different sites of the genital tract and the development of postpartum endometritus. METHODS:One-hundred thirty-three healthy women who delivered by cesarean were enrolled in this prospective study. Cultures were o...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Sherman D,Lurie S,Betzer M,Pinhasi Y,Arieli S,Boldur I

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the risk factors for adult (aged 20 years and older) paternity in births to teenagers (14-17 years of age). METHODS:This was a population-based, retrospective cohort analysis of 27,215 adolescent mothers residing in California who had a live singleton birth during 1993. Adjusted risks for adult pa...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Taylor D,Chavez G,Chabra A,Boggess J

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective review of placental material derived primarily from preterm deliveries was conducted and inflammatory changes graded on a scale of 0-3. Reviewers were blind as to the clinical outcomes. Other reviewers, unaware of the pathologic results, surveyed the clinical data, and results were combined for analysi...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Perkins RP,Zhou SM,Butler C,Skipper BJ

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The medical records of 330 patients treated with terbutaline infusion for the inhibition of preterm labor were reviewed over a five-year period. In patients with intact membranes the results were uniformly good, particularly when treatment was instituted before the 30th week. Half these patients had a prolonged labor ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Ingemarsson I,Bengtsson B

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine associations between pregnancy weight gain outside and within ranges recommended by the Institute of Medicine and birth weight by both prepregnant body mass index (BMI) and race-ethnicity. METHODS:Mean birth weight and incidence of term low birth weight (LBW, less than 2500 g) and high birth weigh...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Schieve LA,Cogswell ME,Scanlon KS

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the current patterns of care for women at high risk for delivery-related morbidity to inform discussions about the feasibility of this regionalized approach. METHODS:We performed a cross-sectional study and linked 2014 American Hospital Association survey and State Inpatient Database data from sev...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Easter SR,Robinson JN,Menard MK,Creanga AA,Xu X,Little SE,Bateman BT

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Retained viable intrauterine pregnancy is an infrequent complication of vacuum aspiration. We report a case of a retained single intrauterine pregnancy after an elective vacuum aspiration of a dichorionic-diamniotic twin gestation. CASE:A patient presented to the emergency department reporting vaginal spott...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Asemota OA,Podolsky ML

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The management of an abnormally invaded placenta presents a challenging obstetric problem. Recent reports have suggested that a conservative approach to the treatment of this condition is appropriate in selected cases. We present the courses of two women with suspected placenta percreta who were managed cons...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Hays AM,Worley KC,Roberts SR

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a comparative trial, ethanol effectively arrested preterm labor for 48 hours for more in 32% of cases, a beta-adrenergic agent (salbutamol) in 60% of cases (not statistically significant), and a combination of ethanol and indomethacin in 70% of cases (statistically significant, P less than 0.5). Labor was delayed f...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Spearing G

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cause(s) of the low plasma antithrombin III activity in women with preeclampsia is unknown. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between plasma antithrombin III activity and both clotting parameters (platelet count and fibrinopeptide A) and renal parameters (serum creatinine and uric acid con...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Weiner CP

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00