Letter from Africa.

abstract：:Severe fetal hydrops was diagnosed at 34 weeks' gestation. Funipuncture revealed a normal 46,XX karyotype and a hematocrit of 20%. Cesarean delivery was performed. Neonatal blood testing showed blood type B positive, positive direct and indirect Coombs, and an anti-B antibody titer of 1:64. The maternal blood group wa...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Sherer DM,Abramowicz JS,Ryan RM,Sheils LA,Blumberg N,Woods JR Jr

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of unusual postpartum fever in foreign nationals are presented. Prolonged work-up led to the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis as a cause of postpartum fever that responded well to antituberculous drugs. The signs and symptoms illustrated by these cases should alert physicians to consider tuberculosis in t...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Brar HS,Golde SH,Egan JE

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood coagulation and fibrinolytic inhibitors and the balance between and within the two systems were investigated in 26 normal pregnant women during pregnancy and the puerperium. The concentration of the coagulation inhibitors antithrombin and protein C remained within normal levels, whereas the mean level of free pr...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Bremme K,Ostlund E,Almqvist I,Heinonen K,Blombäck M

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the passage early in labor of thick amniotic fluid heavily stained with meconium is recognized as an indication of potential fetal asphyxia, the significance of late passage of meconium-stained fluid in labor is less certain. One hundren twenty-eight patients with late passage of meconium in labor and 134 con...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Meis PJ,Hobel CJ,Ureda JR

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1992, the Executive Council of the Association of American Medical Colleges recommended that a computerized application system be investigated. Under this system, the application package would include: 1) a standardized application form, 2) a personal statement, 3) a dean's letter, 4) transcripts, 5) a chairman's l...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Taylor CA,Weinstein L,Mayhew HE

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the methodology of the cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit literature in obstetrics and gynecology. DATA SOURCES:We performed a MEDLINE search of the general and subspecialty obstetrics and gynecology journals for the years 1990 through 1996. METHODS OF STUDY SELECTION:Original investigations in...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Smith WJ,Blackmore CC

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if scores from first attempts at the United States Medical Licensure Examination step 1 correlated with obstetrics-gynecology examination scores and identified students at risk of failure. METHODS:All students in obstetrics-gynecology clerkships at the University of Illinois at Chicago from July...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Myles TD

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the potential savings in cost of care derived from performing vaginal hysterectomies instead of abdominal hysterectomies in selected women with fibroid uteri equivalent in size to a 14-18 week gestation. METHODS:Women 35-46 years of age undergoing hysterectomy for fibroid uteri were selected to a...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Bradham DD,Stovall TG,Thompson CD

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Uterine malignant mixed mesodermal tumor is a rare variant of uterine cancer. Data suggest that tamoxifen is involved in the pathogenesis. We report a case of a women in whom a malignant mixed mesodermal tumor was diagnosed while she was taking raloxifene, which is also a selective estrogen receptor modulato...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Goldman NA,de Los Angeles MM,Jones JG,Goldberg GL

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrograde ejaculation is characterized by aspermia or oligospermia and results from an incompetent bladder neck, often due to a dysfunction of the internal sphincter. In almost 3 years, eight couples who suffered from infertility due to retrograde ejaculation were treated with inseminations with spermatozoa gained fr...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： van der Linden PJ,Nan PM,te Velde ER,van Kooy RJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the transplacental passage of vancomycin in term, uninfected pregnant women. METHODS:A single vancomycin 1-g dose was administered intravenously at four separate time intervals to 13 uncomplicated nonlaboring women undergoing scheduled cesarean delivery. Samples of maternal blood and fetal cord b...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Laiprasert J,Klein K,Mueller BA,Pearlman MD

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bleeding angiomyolipomas in pregnancy are rare but may be devastating and potentially fatal. In previous cases, most of these lesions have been managed with urgent nephrectomy or embolization. Only one other case report describes treating these lesions through conservative management and vaginal delivery. C...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Storm DW,Mowad JJ

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pellagra is a rare clinical syndrome caused by niacin deficiency, and although most commonly nutritional in origin, may be secondary to carcinoid syndrome. CASE:A premenopausal nulliparous woman with metastatic carcinoid tumor developed isolated vulvovaginal manifestations characterized by well-demarcated s...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Reichman O,Sobel JD

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between placental and peripheral concentrations of pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A) was investigated, using specific radioimmunoassay techniques. At term, placental concentrations of PAPP-A were significantly lower in diabetic pregnancies; 1.9 +/- 0.2 micrograms/mg (mean +/- SE) placenta...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Barnea ER,Bischoff P,Page C,DeCherney AH,Herrmann W,Naftolin F

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of premature ovarian failure was made in 35 women (ages 17 to 40) with increased concentrations of follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone. Three had primary amenorrhea, 29 had secondary amenorrhea (less than one to 15 years), and three had irregular menstrual intervals of less than six mont...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Aiman J,Smentek C

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to compare single-point prevalence estimates with a cumulative prevalence estimate of human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16 in cervical smears. The influence of the menstrual cycle and the long-term effect of HPV 16 positivity on the development of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) were mon...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Schneider A,Kirchhoff T,Meinhardt G,Gissmann L

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals with Down syndrome have abnormally short long bones. Sonography has previously revealed slightly shortened femurs and thickened nuchal folds in affected second-trimester fetuses. Humeral and femoral lengths and nuchal folds were evaluated in 400 normal second-trimester controls and in 24 consecutive Down s...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Benacerraf BR,Neuberg D,Frigoletto FD Jr

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For more than 30 years the collaboration between obstetrician-gynecologists and certified nurse-midwives at San Francisco General Hospital has led to the provision of high-quality care to women and families. This enduring partnership has been sustained by shared goals and values, most notably a commitment to excellenc...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Hutchison MS,Ennis L,Shaw-Battista J,Delgado A,Myers K,Cragin L,Jackson RA

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1973 to 1983, cytogenetic analyses were performed on blood samples from 144 couples referred because of two or more spontaneous abortions. Any couple with abnormal offspring in addition to the miscarriages was excluded from the study. Two balanced translocations were found in the 288 individuals examined (0.7%). ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Holzgreve W,Schonberg SA,Douglas RG,Golbus MS

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the predictability and accuracy of a simplified approach--the cough stress test and single-channel cystometry--in the diagnosis of genuine stress incontinence (GSI) by comparing these tests to the more complex multichannel cough urethral pressure profile and urethrocystometry. Conversely, we assesse...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Scotti RJ,Myers DL

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstetrician-gynecologists, in collaboration with midwives, nurses, patients, and those who support them in labor, can help women meet their goals for labor and birth by using techniques that require minimal interventions and have high rates of patient satisfaction. Many common obstetric practices are of limited or un...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors：

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Vaginal apex pain is a subset of chronic pelvic pain commonly treated with surgical excision of the vaginal apex. Our objective was to estimate long-term postoperative pain levels, recovery time, and return to sexual function in women who have undergone vaginal apex repair for chronic vaginal apex pain. METH...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Lamvu G,Robinson B,Zolnoun D,Steege JF

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess total time for evaluation of women with first-trimester pregnancy concerns in an early pregnancy unit compared with an emergency department (ED) within a single safety net hospital system. METHODS:We performed a retrospective cohort study at Denver Health Medical Center from May 1, 2017, to April 3...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： VanArendonk SH,Rockhill K,Stickrath EH,Alston MJ

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both thyrotoxicosis and hypothyroidism are associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. There also is concern about the effect of overt maternal thyroid disease on fetal development. In addition, medications that affect the maternal thyroid gland can cross the placenta and affect the fetal thyroid gland. This document ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors：

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fascia lata sling procedure has been used over the past 22 years in our unit for treating recurrent urinary stress incontinence when irreparably poor local support tissues were suspected. Sixty-nine patients had undergone one previous operation to correct urinary stress incontinence. One hundred one patients had t...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Beck RP,McCormick S,Nordstrom L

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Female genital cosmetic surgery" is a broad term that comprises numerous procedures, including labiaplasty, clitoral hood reduction, hymenoplasty, labia majora augmentation, vaginoplasty, and G-spot amplification. Both patient interest in and performance of cosmetic genital procedures have increased during the past d...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors：

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple studies suggest that health care workers treating human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated conditions may experience occupational exposure to the virus. Case reports describe the development of cancer and other disease in health care professionals at low risk for such conditions except for their work. Despite li...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Harrison R,Huh W

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dramatic reduction in perinatal morbidity and mortality over the last decade has not been accompanied by any diminution in the incidence of cerebral palsy. We investigated retrospectively the relationship of certain perinatal events to the subsequent development of cerebral palsy in 75 infants. Cerebral palsy occu...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Shields JR,Schifrin BS

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the prevalence of urinary tract injury and the relative risk of litigation from an injury for benign gynecologic surgery in Canada and to analyze a subset of cases of litigation, determining independent risk factors that predicted medical and legal outcomes. METHODS:The prevalence of urinary tra...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Gilmour DT,Baskett TF

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Predictors of postpartum endometritis were identified in 607 asymptomatic, laboring women. One hundred (16.5%) developed postpartum endometritis. Multivariate analysis using stepwise logistic regression identified cesarean delivery (relative risk 12.8; P less than .0001) as the dominant overall predictor. In patients ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Newton ER,Prihoda TJ,Gibbs RS

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00