Home birth: what are physicians' ethical obligations when patient choices may carry increased risk?

abstract：:Dating of maturity of the endometrium by histologic examination was correlated with four methods of ovulation detection in 13 cycling parous women. Histologic dating was assessed independently by two pathologists and correlated with the postovulatory duration as determined by daily transvaginal ultrasound scanning, se...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Shoupe D,Mishell DR Jr,Lacarra M,Lobo RA,Horenstein J,d'Ablaing G,Moyer D

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The effect of exogenous hormones on the incidence of breast cancer has been extensively studied. Most studies regarding hormonal contraception have focused on combined oral contraceptives, and there is paucity of literature regarding nonoral and progestin-only contraceptives. The present study analyzed the re...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Backman T,Rauramo I,Jaakkola K,Inki P,Vaahtera K,Launonen A,Koskenvuo M

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simplified, numerical form for antepartum risk scoring was introduced as a component of the prenatal record for use in all pregancies in a large geographic area under a variety of collection practices. In a population of approximately 1,000,000 with 16,733 deliveries, 19% of the pregnant population scored greater th...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Morrison I,Olsen J

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the role of immediate cerclage removal versus retention in patients experiencing premature rupture of the membranes remote from term (PROM). METHODS:Thirty patients with prophylactic cerclage experiencing PROM at 24-32 weeks were managed expectantly after either immediate removal in 20 (67%) or r...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Ludmir J,Bader T,Chen L,Lindenbaum C,Wong G

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate whether the timing of bladder emptying affects focal myometrial contraction development and image adequacy. METHODS:Women at 14 0/7-32 0/7 weeks of gestation undergoing a transvaginal ultrasound examination from January 1, 2012, to September 1, 2012, were eligible for this blinded randomized cont...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Schnettler W,March M,Hacker MR,Modest AM,Rodriguez D

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：:One hundred thirty-one nulliparous patients between 28 to 34 weeks' gestation with no known history of renal disease or hypertension were placed in the left lateral recumbent position and their blood pressures were taken once and recorded. They then turned to the supine position where another blood pressure was taken ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Peck TM

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the concordance between self-collected and clinician-collected samples for human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA. METHODS:Sexually active adolescent and young adult women aged 14-21 years (N = 101) were enrolled in a prospective cohort study of HPV testing. Participants self-collected vaginal samples for...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Kahn JA,Slap GB,Huang B,Rosenthal SL,Wanchick AM,Kollar LM,Hillard PA,Witte D,Groen P,Bernstein DI

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emergency contraception, also known as postcoital contraception, is therapy used to prevent pregnancy after an unprotected or inadequately protected act of sexual intercourse. Common indications for emergency contraception include contraceptive failure (eg, condom breakage or missed doses of oral contraceptives) and f...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors：

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report studies the Resource Mothers Program, an organization that improves perinatal outcome through social support. Resource Mothers are nonprofessional women who combine warmth, parenting experience, and knowledge of their local community services to reduce the hazards associated with rural adolescent pregnancy...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Heins HC Jr,Nance NW,Ferguson JE

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Warfarin-induced skin necrosis is a rare and dangerous complication affecting 0.01-0.1% of patients on warfarin. Deficiencies in protein C or protein S in association with other factors have been implicated in its etiology. No report has described this disorder in the immediate postpartum period in patients ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Cheng A,Scheinfeld NS,McDowell B,Dokras AA

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether women with chorioamnionitis developed elevated serum granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) concentrations and, if so, whether the G-CSF crossed to the fetus. METHODS:We quantified G-CSF before, during, and after delivery and in the cord blood of 12 women with clinical chorioamnio...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Li Y,Ohls RK,Rosa C,Shah M,Richards DS,Christensen RD

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of stress, urge, and mixed urinary incontinence and associated risk factors in postmenopausal women. METHODS:Before enrollment in a 4-year, randomized trial of combination hormone therapy to prevent coronary heart disease, 2763 participants completed questionnaires on prevalence a...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Brown JS,Grady D,Ouslander JG,Herzog AR,Varner RE,Posner SF

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Monoamniotic twin pregnancies are frequently associated with cord entanglement, but such entanglement rarely involves the co-twin's trunk, extremities, or neck. CASE:We report a set of monoamniotic twins in which color Doppler imaging revealed that the cord of twin B was wrapped around the neck of its dead ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Westover T,Guzman ER,Shen-Schwarz S

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are few data regarding safety of pregnancy after uterine artery embolization. However, numerous women desire future fertility after this procedure. Uterine rupture without a history of cesarean delivery or uterine scarring is an exceedingly rare complication in pregnancy. CASE:We report a case of uter...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Yeaton-Massey A,Loring M,Chetty S,Druzin M

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure the serum levels of interleukin (IL)-8, prostaglandin (PG) F2alpha, and beta-endorphin in parturients with acupuncture treatment and in controls to clarify the effect of acupuncture and duration of labor on the serum levels of substances active in cervical ripening and dilatation. METHODS:A matche...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Tempfer C,Zeisler H,Heinzl H,Hefler L,Husslein P,Kainz C

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors attempted to relate neonatal mortality to method of delivery in a series of 345 infants, weighing 700 to 1500 g, who were born in King County, Washington, from 1977 to 1979. Overall, 38% of infants delivered vaginally died as opposed to 32% of those with cesarean births. However, after adjustment for birth...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Olshan AF,Shy KK,Luthy DA,Hickok D,Weiss NS,Daling JR

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine cigarette smoking as a risk factor for different types of epithelial ovarian cancer. METHODS:We used data from the Cancer and Steroid Hormone Study, a multicenter, population-based, case control investigation. Cases were 447 women aged 20-54 years with diagnoses of epithelial ovarian cancer. Contr...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Marchbanks PA,Wilson H,Bastos E,Cramer DW,Schildkraut JM,Peterson HB

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case-control study of 209 vulvar cancer patients and 348 community controls allowed assessment of risk factors for this rare tumor. As with cervical cancer, risk increased with the number of reported lifetime sexual partners, with five or more partners associated with two- to threefold increases in risk compared wit...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Brinton LA,Nasca PC,Mallin K,Baptiste MS,Wilbanks GD,Richart RM

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring the quality of well-established multisite clerkships can be aided by the use of trend analysis and graphic-oriented presentations. Five years of data on student performance, experience, and perceptions are reported for an obstetrics and gynecology clerkship offered at eight geographically dispersed sites. O...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Strand DA,Vontver LA,Stenchever MA,Hadac RR,Irby DM

更新日期：1985-11-01 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 establish nomograms of fetal ear measurements. Newborns with trisomies have smaller ears than the normal population. This observation led us to believe that ear measurements might be useful in the antenatal prediction of fetuses with abnormal karyotypes. METHODS:Fetal ear length and width were obtained ul...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Shimizu T,Salvador L,Allanson J,Hughes-Benzie R,Nimrod C

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate detection rates for aneuploidy by first-trimester and sequential screening. METHODS:The study included women with singleton pregnancies who participated in the California Prenatal Screening Program with estimated delivery dates from August 2009 to December 2012 who had first- or first- and second...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Baer RJ,Flessel MC,Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL,Goldman S,Hudgins L,Hull AD,Norton ME,Currier RJ

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the results of a quality-improvement study that implemented an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program for cesarean delivery. METHODS:A pre-post design was used to assess changes in opioid use, length of stay, and costs among all patients undergoing cesarean delivery before and after implem...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Mullman L,Hilden P,Goral J,Gwacham N,Tauro C,Spinola K,Rosales K,Collier S,Holmes L,Maccione J,Pitera R,Miller R,Yodice P

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heavy menstrual bleeding is defined as excessive menstrual blood loss that interferes with a woman's physical, social, emotional, or material quality of life. If obstetrician-gynecologists suspect that a patient has a bleeding disorder, they should work in coordination with a hematologist for laboratory evaluation and...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors：

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether cesarean delivery is a risk factor for emergent postpartum hysterectomy. METHODS:We performed a case-control study of patients who delivered at Women & Infants Hospital between January 1989 and February 2000. Fifty cases of emergent postpartum hysterectomy performed within 14 days of deli...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Kacmar J,Bhimani L,Boyd M,Shah-Hosseini R,Peipert J

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Increasing use of fertility drugs is considered the primary cause for the recent increase in dizygotic twinning in developed countries. However, dizygotic twinning has also been related to obesity in foreign populations. We sought to confirm this relationship in U.S. pregnancies, which predated widespread use...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Reddy UM,Branum AM,Klebanoff MA

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chylous ascites is a rare phenomenon caused by extravasation of chyle from the lymphatic system. In Western countries, the majority of adult cases are due to occlusion of the lymphatics secondary to a lymphoma or other malignancy. CASE:A middle-aged woman with reports of fecal urgency, incomplete bowel evac...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Ward RM,Rardin CR

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether planned vaginal or elective cesarean delivery is better for singleton term breech infants. DATA SOURCES:Articles that included singleton term pregnancies with breech presentation published in English between 1966 and September 1992 were searched through the Index Medicus, Oxford Database...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Cheng M,Hannah M

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the anatomy and function of the levator ani in normal women by dynamic magnetic resonance imaging. METHODS:Twelve asymptomatic, nulliparous, premenopausal women with no previous pelvic surgery underwent a dynamic magnetic resonance imaging scan of their pelvis. The origin, orientation, thickness,...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Singh K,Reid WM,Berger LA

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00