An intervention to improve postpartum outcomes in African-American mothers: a randomized controlled trial.

abstract：:The current paradigm in obstetrics has shifted toward evidence-based medicine, and yet in clinical practice physicians continue to use interventions for which there exists no credible evidence. This article examines the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) status of home uterine activity monitoring (HUAM) and the p...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Reichmann JP

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present a large number of different charts are used for prediction of gestational age from sonar biparietal diameter (BPD). In this report the reasons for these observed differences are presented. Additionally, the usefulness of all these charts is questioned because a) the mean differences in 7059 BPDs derived by ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Sabbagha RE,Hughey M

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Congenital cervical spinal cord injury usually is attributed to intrapartum mechanical trauma. CASE:A fetal cervical spinal cord hemorrhage presented as congenital isolated upper extremity ("cruciate") paralysis and muscle atrophy after an atraumatic delivery. Timely neonatal diagnosis and surgery resulted ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Berck DJ,Mussalli GM,Manning FA

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen treatment of postmenopausal women has been suggested to improve mood and psychological function. However, this remains controversial because previous studies involved heterogeneous groups, were not double blind, and included women who were also experiencing somatic symptoms that were relieved by estrogen. A r...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Ditkoff EC,Crary WG,Cristo M,Lobo RA

更新日期：1991-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The relationship between the specialized nurses of the Labor and Delivery Suite and the medical students who are rotating through the unit as clinical clerks has traditionally been a poor one. The objective of this project was to develop a program which pairs medical students with nurse preceptors to improve ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Skoll MA,Dueckman R,Liston R

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether hysteroscopic morcellation or bipolar electrosurgical resection is more favorable for removing endometrial polyps in an office setting in terms of feasibility, speed, pain, and acceptability. METHODS:A multicenter, single-blind, randomized, controlled trial of office hysteroscopic morcell...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Smith PP,Middleton LJ,Connor M,Clark TJ

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adverse outcomes, preventable or otherwise, are a reality of medical care. Most importantly, adverse events affect patients, but they also affect health care practitioners. Disclosing information about adverse events has benefits for the patient and the physician and, ideally, strengthens the patient-physician relatio...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors：

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate use (both appropriate and inappropriate) of rescue corticosteroids before and after the implementation of a guideline for their use. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective cohort study using a pharmacy log to identify women who received an initial course of antenatal corticosteroids in the year bef...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Datkhaeva I,Dray D,Has P,Stifani B,Hughes BL,Rouse DJ

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The association of intraoperative neurologic injuries with gynecologic surgical procedures is well established. The sequelae of such injuries are usually transient and resolve with minimal intervention, although long-term disability can and does occasionally occur. The purpose of this study was to examine the...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Irvin W,Andersen W,Taylor P,Rice L

更新日期：2004-02-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To compare satisfaction with and adherence to the contraceptive vaginal ring and a daily low-dose oral contraceptive pill (OCP) among college and graduate students using a novel method of electronic data collection. METHODS:We randomly assigned 273 women to the contraceptive vaginal ring (n=136) or OCP (n=1...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Gilliam ML,Neustadt A,Kozloski M,Mistretta S,Tilmon S,Godfrey E

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：:The effect of reporting therapeutic abortions in Maryland from 1968-1970 to assess the impact of the new abortion law, which was a liberalization of the previous law, is discussed. All hospitals in the state were required to report on all abortions performed. In fiscal year 1969, 2134 abortions were performed, while...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Melton RJ,Seegar JK Jr,Pitts JL

更新日期：1972-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Topical 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) has proven effective in epidermoid cancers of the head and neck. Its effectiveness has been correlated with the ability of the patient's immunologic system to recognize new antigens. In this study, 8 patients with carcinoma in situ of the vulva were evaluated and treated with topical 5-FU...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Krupp PJ,Bohm JW

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate whether first-trimester exposure to nitrofurantoin is associated with increased malformation rates and, secondarily, to estimate whether exposure to nitrofurantoin is associated with increased rates of negative pregnancy outcomes and perinatal complications. METHODS:We conducted a population-base...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Nordeng H,Lupattelli A,Romøren M,Koren G

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Karyotypes of chorionic villi have been said to be less accurate than karyotypes of amniocytes. Karyotypic differences between placental and fetal tissue and maternal-cell contamination could potentially complicate clinical management. We compared cytogenetic results obtained by chorionic villus sampling and amniotic ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Wright DJ,Brindley BA,Koppitch FC 3rd,Drugan A,Johnson MP,Evans MI

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that digital placement of a balloon catheter is not inferior to the speculum method in terms of rate of maternal infection. METHODS:In an open-label noninferiority randomized trial, pregnant women who were undergoing induction of labor with unfavorable cervix (less than 3 cm dilated an...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Kuhlmann MJ,Spencer N,Garcia-Jasso C,Singh P,Abdelwahab M,Vaughn M,Marshall K,Prasad N,Soulsby-Monroy R,Saade GR,Saad AF

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review cases of anti-c isoimmunization and determine the most appropriate management strategies. METHODS:We performed a review of 102 pregnancies managed at The Ohio State University from 1967 to 2001 for anti-c isoimmunization. Of these, 55 had complete data and are included in this report. Information c...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Hackney DN,Knudtson EJ,Rossi KQ,Krugh D,O'Shaughnessy RW

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short-term oral steroid therapy was used to treat a capillary hemangioma of the vagina and urethra in a young child. After 8 weeks of prednisolone therapy (40 mg every other day decreasing to 2.5 mg every other day), vaginal bleeding has not recurred. At 2 years and 8 months, the patient presented with severe hematuri...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Cook CL,Sanfilippo JS,Verdi GD,Pietsch JB

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Danazol is widely used in the management of endometriosis and mammary dysplasia. However, its mechanism of action is still obscure because of the few studies done and the controversial results obtained. Antigonadotropic activity has been postulated by some investigators, whereas others have observed no effect on the g...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Asch RH,Fernandez EO,Smith CG,Siler-Khodr TM,Pauerstein CJ

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 0.5% of all births occur before the third trimester of pregnancy, and these very early deliveries result in the majority of neonatal deaths and more than 40% of infant deaths. A recent executive summary of proceedings from a joint workshop defined periviable birth as delivery occurring from 20 0/7 weeks ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors：

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the performance of a system that standardizes ovarian cancer risk assessment and reporting on ultrasonography. METHODS:We conducted a prospective community-based cohort study of average-risk women undergoing ultrasonography in 2016 using a reporting system that requires adnexal masses to be categ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Suh-Burgmann E,Flanagan T,Osinski T,Alavi M,Herrinton L

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe our initial experience with a computerized telecommunication system, termed the interactive voice-response system, to record resident performance of laparoscopic surgery. METHODS:After completing a laparoscopic procedure, the surgeon and resident telephone a toll-free number independently and res...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Fung Kee Fung MP,Parboosingh IJ,Temple LM,Guy d'Anjou C,Haebe J,Lussier R

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 30 control women and 131 pill users to evaluate effects of birth control pills and clinical factors on hemostasis. When control patients were matched with an equal number of pill users, none of the direct markers of activated hemostasis (fibrinopeptide A, platelet factor 4, and beta thromboglobulin) were in...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Farag AM,Bottoms SF,Mammen EF,Hosni MA,Ali AA,Moghissi KS

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The circulating level of ACTH (by radioimmunoassay) and cortisol (by competitive protein binding) were determined at 1- to 2-hour intervals during spontaneous labor (N=8) and induced labor (N=28) and after delivery. There were no differences in ACTH levels between primiparous and multiparous women. The primiparous wom...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Tuimala RJ,Kauppila AJ,Haalahti J

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review is designed to provide a broad view of fetal cardiovascular response to fetal distress. The presentation focuses on data obtained from laboratories working with fetal sheep, or occasionally fetal monkeys, instead of attempting to interpret data resulting from human fetal studies. Human fetal studies are un...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Goodlin RC

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze cumulative conception rates and the prognostic factors influencing them during exogenous human menopausal gonadotropin (hMG) therapy for World Health Organization (WHO) group I or II ovulatory disorders. METHODS:A retrospective review was conducted of 468 treatment cycles in 146 women with ovulato...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Fluker MR,Urman B,Mackinnon M,Barrow SR,Pride SM,Yuen BH

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pelvic vein thrombosis may occur in nonpuerperal patients with hypercoagulable conditions and have significant sequelae. The purpose of this report is to describe a nonpuerperal woman with factor V Leiden mutation who developed acute pelvic pain secondary to pelvic varix thrombosis. CASE:A multiparous woman...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Visaria SD,Davis JD

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The second case is reported of renal failure in association with XY gonadal dysgenesis. The random association of these conditions appears unlikely. Recognition of a possible association is important because of potential fatality due to renal failure or gonadoblastoma in unrecognized cases. In groups at risk, follicle...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Harkins PG,Haning RV Jr,Shapiro SS

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00