Elevated maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein with normal ultrasound: is amniocentesis always appropriate? A review of 26,069 screened patients.

abstract：BACKGROUND:We report the possible association between in vitro fertilization (IVF) and recurrent acute pancreatitis. CASE:A patient developed acute pancreatitis during each of two cycles of IVF. On a spontaneous cycle, serum triglycerides were as follows: early follicular phase 2.34 mmol/L, mid-follicular phase 4.17 m...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Steinmetz OK,Hashim E,Falcone T,Hemmings R,Bourque J

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adult females with menorrhagia may have unrecognized mild von Willebrand's disease. Most females with known von Willebrand's disease report menorrhagia. CASE:A 38-year-old healthy female desired contraception. She described heavy menses lasting 8 days since menarche. History included uncomplicated vaginal d...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Lukes AS,Perry S,Ortel TL

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ovarian pathology, including nonfunctional tumors and massive edema of the ovary, has been associated with stromal luteinization and clinical endocrinopathies. CASE:An adolescent girl presented with primary amenorrhea, clitoromegaly, and large abdominopelvic mass. Laboratory evaluation revealed an elevated ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Thomas RL,Carr BR,Ziadie MS,Wilson EE

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of urinary dysfunction in Hong Kong Chinese women. METHODS:A telephone survey was conducted in the territory of Hong Kong. The subjects were a sample of women between the ages of 10 and 90 years. The main outcome determined was the prevalence of urinary dysfunction. RESULTS:We ma...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Brieger GM,Yip SK,Hin LY,Chung TK

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In 2014, the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists published an executive summary of a joint workshop to establish obstetric inter...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Rossi RM,Hall E,DeFranco EA

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the efficacy of transcervical Foley catheter alone (Foley) to transcervical Foley catheter with extraamniotic saline infusion for labor induction and cervical ripening in women with an unfavorable cervix. METHODS:This was a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial of women presenting for labor in...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Lin MG,Reid KJ,Treaster MR,Nuthalapaty FS,Ramsey PS,Lu GC

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Elective repeat cesarean delivery at 37 or 38 weeks compared with 39 completed weeks of gestation is associated with adverse neonatal outcomes. We assessed whether delivery before 39 weeks is justifiable on the basis of decreased adverse maternal outcomes. METHODS:We conducted a cohort study of women with li...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Tita ATN,Lai Y,Landon MB,Spong CY,Leveno KJ,Varner MW,Caritis SN,Meis PJ,Wapner RJ,Sorokin Y,Peaceman AM,O'Sullivan MJ,Sibai BM,Thorp JM,Ramin SM,Mercer BM,Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Hum

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of intravenous iron to oral iron in the treatment of anemia in pregnancy. METHODS:In this randomized open-label study, 90 women with hemoglobin levels between 8 and 10.5 g/dL and ferritin values less than 13 microg/L received either oral iron polymaltose comp...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Al RA,Unlubilgin E,Kandemir O,Yalvac S,Cakir L,Haberal A

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe recent syphilis trends among pregnant women and to evaluate the prevalence of reported high-risk behaviors in this population. METHODS:We analyzed U.S. national case report data for 2012-2016 to assess trends among pregnant women with all stages of syphilis. Risk behavior data collected through c...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Trivedi S,Williams C,Torrone E,Kidd S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the ability of fetal urinalysis to predict in utero the renal function of children with bilateral uropathy who survive to the second year of life. METHODS:This was a prospective cohort study of 100 consecutive patients with prenatal diagnosis of bilateral uropathy who underwent fetal urine sam...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Muller F,Dommergues M,Mandelbrot L,Aubry MC,Nihoul-Fekete C,Dumez Y

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the rising rate of cesarean deliveries, the rate of placenta previa and placenta percreta will rise concomitantly resulting in a greater incidence of severe complications. CASE:This case report describes a pregnancy with a massive intra-abdominal bleeding due to placenta percreta at 14 weeks of gestati...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Roeters AE,Oudijk MA,Heydanus R,Bruinse HW

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects on hot flushes of the dopamine antagonist Veralipride versus placebo were investigated in a randomized double-blind study of postmenopausal healthy women (N = 20 in each group). Cutaneous temperature recording and plasma LH pulsatility were studied in eight patients from each group. Veralipride administrat...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Melis GB,Gambacciani M,Cagnacci A,Paoletti AM,Mais V,Fioretti P

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the vaginal application of misoprostol for induction of labor at term, with the interval duration from labor induction to vaginal birth as the primary outcome measure. METHODS:Two hundred twenty-two women with indications for induction of labor at term were randomi...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Mundle WR,Young DC

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of an 8-hour, 3-dose perioperative regimen of cefazolin or placebo was evaluated in 97 patients. Postoperative morbidity occurred in 13 patients (27.1%) in the cefazolin group and in 17 patients (34.7%) who received placebo. The clinical sites of infection were similar in both groups except that wound infec...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Kreutner AK,del Bene VE,Delamar D,Huguley V,Harmon PM,Mitchell KS

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the role of cerebral velocimetry as a predictor of perinatal outcome in high-risk pregnancies. METHODS:Middle cerebral artery pulsatility index was measured in 576 high-risk pregnancies undergoing umbilical velocimetry. The results of both tests were evaluated with respect to the birth of small f...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Strigini FA,De Luca G,Lencioni G,Scida P,Giusti G,Genazzani AR

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystadenofibromas are benign ovarian neoplasms containing both epithelial and stromal components. The epithelial component is usually of simple serous type resembling fallopian tube epithelium. Occasionally, tumors with unusual epithelial pattenrs are encountered. In this study, 16 cystadenofibromas with unusual epith...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Kao GF,Norris HJ

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the pharmacokinetics of tranexamic acid after oral administration to postpartum women. METHODS:We conducted a single-center pharmacokinetic study at Teaching Hospital-Jaffna, Sri Lanka, on 12 healthy postpartum women who delivered vaginally. After oral administration of 2 g of immediate-release t...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Muhunthan K,Balakumar S,Navaratnaraja TS,Premakrishna S,Arulkumaran S

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To systematically review studies examining the relationship between hyperemesis gravidarum and Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) infection. DATA SOURCES:A 1966 to January 2007 search using MEDLINE/PubMed, EMBASE, and Web of Science included MeSH terms: "Helicobacter pylori," "Helicobacter infections," "hypereme...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Golberg D,Szilagyi A,Graves L

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the effect of serial membrane sweeping on the onset of labor in women who planned vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC). METHODS:Women at term with one transverse lower segment cesarean delivery who were suitable for and who planned VBAC were approached to participate. Participants were randomly as...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Hamdan M,Sidhu K,Sabir N,Omar SZ,Tan PC

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with sickle-delta gamma thalassemia are reported who experienced the typical complications of sickling disorders in the last 2 months of 4 pregnancies. The diagnosis, genetics, and management of pregnancy in this rare hematologic disease, which causes minimal morbidity in the nonpregnant woman, are discus...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Cohen AW,Russell MO,Mennuti MT

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe normal fetal spinal anatomy displayed by three-dimensional ultrasound and to determine whether three-dimensional ultrasound improves visualization of specific spinal defects. METHODS:Fetuses (n = 28) (16 normal and 12 abnormal) were examined on standard two- and three-dimensional sonographic equi...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Johnson DD,Pretorius DH,Riccabona M,Budorick NE,Nelson TR

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been suggested that Q fever infection in pregnancy is associated with various maternal and neonatal adverse outcomes, including intrauterine growth restriction, stillbirth, preterm delivery, intrauterine fetal death, and oligohydramnios. CASE:We describe the cases of two pregnant women remote from te...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Shinar S,Skornick-Rapaport A,Rimon E

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the localization of blood vessels within a tumor and the shape of the flow curve as a method of assessing ovarian neoplasms. METHODS:We studied 39 patients with malignant tumors and 63 patients with benign ovarian tumors by means of vaginal color Doppler ultrasound, noting the localization of blood ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Maly Z,Riss P,Deutinger J

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The first transdermal drug delivery system was introduced in the United States over 20 years ago. Created as an alternative route of administration to improve patient compliance as well as to reduce side effects, the transdermal delivery of drugs now represents a $1.5 to $2 billion market and is growing ra...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Potts RO,Lobo RA

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous real-time ultrasound was used to assist drainage of two infected posthysterectomy vaginal cuff hematomas. This method enabled the gynecologist to determine the position either of his finger or of the instrument in the cavity at all times. This allowed him to see that any loculations within the infected hema...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： McArdle CR,Simon L,Kiejna C

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe a system for recording resident experience involving hand-held computers with the Palm Operating System (3 Com, Inc., Santa Clara, CA). PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:Hand-held personal computers (PCs) are popular, easy to use, inexpensive, portable, and can share data among other operating systems. Residen...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Malan TK,Haffner WH,Armstrong AY,Satin AJ

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a pregnancy complicated by rhesus sensitization and the May-Hegglin anomaly. The principal objective in caring for the patient was prevention of maternal and fetal hemorrhage. Transfusion of type-specific platelets corrected the patient's abnormal bleeding time. Cesarean section resulted in delive...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Duff P,Jackson MT

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess health and neurodevelopmental outcome at 3 years of age in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)-surviving children who were born at 26 or fewer weeks of gestation in a geographically defined region of Belgium from 1999 through 2000. METHODS:The study included a clinical examination and a standardize...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： De Groote I,Vanhaesebrouck P,Bruneel E,Dom L,Durein I,Hasaerts D,Laroche S,Oostra A,Ortibus E,Roeyers H,van Mol C,Extremely Preterm Infants in Belgium (EPIBEL) Study Group.

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten gravidas with bacteriuria in the immediate antepartum period subsequently delivered vaginally and did not receive antibiotic therapy. Four of these women developed postpartum endometritis and in three of them, the same Enterobacteriaceae recovered from the urine was present in the endometrial cultures. Of the 1233...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Monif GR

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The population of women within carceral systems is growing rapidly. A portion of these individuals are pregnant and will deliver while incarcerated. Although shackling laws for pregnant persons have improved, incarcerated patients are forced to labor without the support of anyone but a carceral officer and their medic...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Dahl CM,Geynisman-Tan JM,Premkumar A

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00