Committee opinion no. 590: preparing for clinical emergencies in obstetrics and gynecology.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To find whether pulse pressure, a measure of arterial compliance, is associated early in pregnancy with increased risk of developing preeclampsia. METHODS:In a prospective cohort of 576 nulliparas, we examined blood pressures throughout pregnancy and at 6-8 weeks postpartum. Measurements during weeks 7-15, 1...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Thadhani R,Ecker JL,Kettyle E,Sandler L,Frigoletto FD

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 59 laparoscopically staged endometriosis patients, 28.8% tested positive for antinuclear antibody. Of 44 patients, 45.5% were lupus anticoagulant positive (greater than 1.3) and 20.5% were within a borderline range (1.2-1.3). Antinuclear antibody positivity was inversely related to stage of disease (P = .009); l...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Gleicher N,el-Roeiy A,Confino E,Friberg J

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amniotic fluid prostaglandin levels were measured serially in 15 patients who underwent successful induction of labor and compared with those of patients presenting in spontaneous labor. At comparable cervical dilation the induced group demonstrated significantly lower prostaglandin levels. Four of these patients deli...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Padayachi T,Norman RJ,Reddi K,Shweni PM,Philpott RH,Joubert SM

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uterine leiomyomas are associated with various complications during pregnancy. During a 2-year period, pregnant women with a history of leiomyomas were referred to our antenatal testing unit for ultrasound evaluation. Eighty-five patients were found to have single or multiple leiomyomas by ultrasound examination. The ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Davis JL,Ray-Mazumder S,Hobel CJ,Baley K,Sassoon D

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence, magnitude, and type of fetal acidemia associated with contemporary obstetric anesthetic techniques. METHODS:Umbilical artery blood gases were obtained in 1601 singleton pregnancies delivered by elective cesarean. RESULTS:General anesthesia was used in 371 (23%) women, epidural i...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Roberts SW,Leveno KJ,Sidawi JE,Lucas MJ,Kelly MA

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe episiotomy usage at vaginal delivery in the United States from 1979-1997. METHODS:We used the National Hospital Discharge Survey, a federal database of a national sample of inpatient hospitals. Data from 1979 to 1997 were analyzed using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Cl...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Weber AM,Meyn L

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A well-developed corpus luteum was found at autopsy in a premature infant who died 26 hours post partum. Intrauterine pituitary-gonadal development and regulation are briefly reviewed and a possible mechanism of intrauterine fetal ovulation is presented. ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Miles PA,Penney LL

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of the carbon dioxide laser was evaluated in the treatment of penile, anorectal, and urethral condylomata acuminata in 40 men. All but six cases of urethral condylomata were prior conventional treatment failures. Postlaser follow-up ranged between one and two years, with an average of 16 months. No p...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Ferenczy A

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if systemic processing of pain differs in women with and without dysmenorrhea. METHODS:Twenty-two dysmenorrheic women and 31 nondysmenorrheic women were studied by pain threshold and supra-threshold magnitude estimation to heat stimuli, pain-evoked potentials by laser stimuli, and anxiety scores...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Granot M,Yarnitsky D,Itskovitz-Eldor J,Granovsky Y,Peer E,Zimmer EZ

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-two cases of oligohydramnios diagnosed by ultrasound between 13-28 weeks' gestation were reviewed. Three experienced ultrasonographers used a subjective scale to rate the oligohydramnios as mild, moderate, severe, or anhydramniotic. Interobserver reliability was excellent (intraclass correlation coefficient 0.81...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Moore TR,Longo J,Leopold GR,Casola G,Gosink BB

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acknowledgement of the importance of patient autonomy and increased patient access to information has prompted more patient - generated requests for surgical interventions not necessarily recommended by their physicians. Decision making in obstetrics and gynecology should be guided by the ethical principles of respect...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gestational alloimmune liver disease, a form of profound liver failure in the newborn, is the main underlying cause of the entity formerly known as neonatal hemochromatosis. Antepartum maternal intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) has been shown to prevent gestational alloimmune liver disease, which otherwise h...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Anastasio HB,Grundy M,Birsner ML,Blakemore KJ

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventeen cases of fetal cystic hygroma detected during ultrasound examination are reported. In nine instances, associated abnormalities were recognized, such as fetal hydrops and a two-vessel cord. All diagnoses were confirmed at autopsy. Karyotyping revealed normal findings in six cases, Turner's syndrome in eight c...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Pijpers L,Reuss A,Stewart PA,Wladimiroff JW,Sachs ES

更新日期：1988-08-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between the mode of delivery and the risk of offspring obesity by age 21 years using a large community-based birth cohort study in Australia. METHODS:We followed-up a subsample of 2,625 offspring for whom we had measured physical assessments, including height and weight at 21 years...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Mamun AA,Sutharsan R,O'Callaghan M,Williams G,Najman J,McIntyre HD,Callaway L

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：:Cell-mediated immunity was tested by coincubation of target cell line (2043) of human squamous cell carcinoma and peripheral blood leukocytes (PBL) of 22 patients with squamous cell neoplasia of the uterine cervix, 9 patients with other tumors, and 9 normal females. The percentage of cell reduction in mild dysplasia w...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Dini MM,Jafari K,Faiferman I

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess consistency of hospital coding for patients with cesarean delivery-related admissions. METHODS:Hospital coders from 11 participating institutions received a brief questionnaire and a standardized, inpatient record that was developed for nine hypothetical patients who delivered by cesarean delivery....

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Chescheir N,Meints L

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This analysis compared retrospectively the morbidity and mortality of patients with endometrial cancer who had total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (TAH/BSO) alone or with pelvic and para-aortic lymphadenectomy performed by the same surgeon at one private institution. Between August 1987 a...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Larson DM,Johnson K,Olson KA

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reported is a patient who noted decreased fetal movements after a seizure at 32 weeks' gestation. Sonography revealed fetal death and findings consistent with an intraventricular hemorrhage. The possible explanations for and the significance of an association between a maternal seizure and fetal intraventricular hemor...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Minkoff H,Schaffer RM,Delke I,Grunebaum AN

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To prospectively evaluate clinical outcome of rectocele repair using xenograft 3 years after surgery. METHODS:Twenty-three patients who completed evaluation preoperatively and 1 year after surgery were assessed at a 3-year follow-up. Clinical examination was performed preoperatively, and at the 1- and 3-year...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Altman D,Zetterström J,Mellgren A,Gustafsson C,Anzén B,López A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of multimodal supervised physiotherapy programs with the absence of treatment among women with persistent postnatal stress urinary incontinence. METHODS:This was a single-blind randomized controlled trial. Sixty-four women with stress urinary incontinenc...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Dumoulin C,Lemieux MC,Bourbonnais D,Gravel D,Bravo G,Morin M

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the importance of circumcision in the religious history of Western civilization provides an insight into why the surgical procedure is still so prevalent today. Circumcision appears as a motif in the religious literature of Western civilization throughout the ages. The history of the Jewish faith can be ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Waszak SJ

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the outcome of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) infants with abnormal pulsatility index of the umbilical artery according to the neonatal birth weight/gestational age standards and the intrauterine growth charts. METHODS:We analyzed 53 pregnancies with severe IUGR classified as group 2 (22 ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Marconi AM,Ronzoni S,Bozzetti P,Vailati S,Morabito A,Battaglia FC

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endocardial fibroelastosis is a congenital heart disease known to cause congestive heart failure in early infancy. We report a case using new modalities for early prenatal diagnosis of endocardial fibroelastosis causing fetal heart failure. CASE:A multipara with two children, who died of endocardial fibroel...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Weiner Z,Shalev E

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of twin pregnancy with a fetus in each horn of a uterus didelphys is reported. During labor that resulted in the term birth of 1 fetus, contractions occurred temporarily in the other horn and subsided 2 hours after delivery. ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Nhân VQ,Huisjes HJ

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate whether progestin-induced endometrial shedding, before ovulation induction with clomiphene citrate, metformin, or a combination of both, affects ovulation, conception, and live birth rates in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). METHODS:A secondary analysis of the data from 626 women with...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Diamond MP,Kruger M,Santoro N,Zhang H,Casson P,Schlaff W,Coutifaris C,Brzyski R,Christman G,Carr BR,McGovern PG,Cataldo NA,Steinkampf MP,Gosman GG,Nestler JE,Carson S,Myers EE,Eisenberg E,Legro RS,Eunice Kennedy Shr

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To show that meconium causes fetal morbidity and death at earlier gestations than reported previously. METHODS:We searched for specimens from 1997 and 1998 with pathologic diagnosis of meconium-induced umbilical vascular necrosis in placentas of nonmalformed fetuses and newborns. Because intra-amniotic infec...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Sienko A,Altshuler G

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the years 1966 to 1972, 19 pregnant women, all but 1 in the midtrimester, reported to the outpatient clinic because of urinary symptoms. 13 were multigravidas, 6 were secundigravidas. Their chief complaint was urinary urgency and frequency of 2 or 3 days duration only. There was no dysuria or fever. 11 also...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Toaff R,Toaff ME

更新日期：1974-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydramnios and maternal renal compromise are described in a singleton pregnancy with a large fetal abdominal cystic mass. Both the hydramnios and the renal failure resolved after percutaneous drainage of the fetal cyst. Rapid reaccumulation of the mass resulted in redrainage and placement of an indwelling cyst/amnioti...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Seeds JW,Cefalo RC,Herbert WN,Bowes WA Jr

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00