The evidence for abandoning the amniotic fluid index in favor of the single deepest pocket.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the obstetric recommendations in American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) practice bulletins (PB) with similar topics in UpToDate (UTD). STUDY DESIGN:We accessed all obstetric PB and cross-searched UTD (May 1999-May 2013). We analyzed only the PB which had corresponding UTD chap...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Myer EN,Too GT,Hammad IA,Babbar S,Martin CE,Hill JB,Blackwell SB,Chauhan SP

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to compare national guidelines on the prevention of RhD alloimmunization. STUDY DESIGN: We performed a review of four national guidelines on prevention of alloimmunization from the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaec...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Sperling JD,Dahlke JD,Sutton D,Gonzalez JM,Chauhan SP

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article evaluates the role of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) testing in the diagnosis of ruptured membranes in the preterm patient. AFP is normally found in amniotic fluid and is not present in vaginal secretions. Testing for AFP in vaginal fluid was compared with nitrazine evaluation and ferning in two groups of preter...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Garite TJ,Gocke SE

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the accuracy of clinically estimated fetal weight (CEFW) in patients with gestational diabetes (GDM), pregestational diabetes (DM), and obesity. STUDY DESIGN:This is a retrospective analysis of Consortium of Safe Labor data. Subjects were classified into six groups: DM, DM and obese, GDM, GDM an...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Drassinower D,Timofeev J,Huang CC,Benson JE,Driggers RW,Landy HJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:External cephalic version should be followed by fetal and maternal surveillance until delivery. To shorten this period of surveillance, a protocol of version at term, followed by immediate induction of labor, was adopted. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of this protocol on the subsequent mode o...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Megory E,Ohel G,Fisher O,Ruach M

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to assess whether the location of the trocar insertion site for laser treatment of twin-twin transfusion syndrome was associated with preterm-premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) and preterm birth (PTB). STUDY DESIGN:In this study trocar location was documented in the operat...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Chmait RH,Chon AH,Korst LM,Llanes A,Kontopoulos EV,Quintero RA

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular amplification of parvovirus B19 DNA in an amniotic fluid sample was used to confirm the etiologic agent of a case with fetal hydrops. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method used is easy and fast to perform. We have a 2-year experience on its use in clinical parvovirus B19 diagnosis. The results are avail...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Nikkari S,Ekblad U

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of congenital parvovirus B19 infection in a term neonate manifested with isolated massive hydrothorax and mild anemia. Parvovirus B19 DNA was detected in maternal and neonatal blood as well as in pleural fluid despite lack of suggestive serology. ...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Sarafidis K,Drossou-Agakidou V,Evdoridou I,Petridou S,Hatzisevastou-Loukidou H,Dadamojas C,Roilides E

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the change in body mass index (BMI) categories between pregnancies and its effect on adverse pregnancy outcomes. STUDY DESIGN:We performed a retrospective cohort study of women with two consecutive deliveries from 2005 to 2010. Analysis was limited to women with BMI recorded at <24 weeks for both ...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Bender W,Hirshberg A,Levine LD

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Preterm infants are at risk of encountering oral feeding difficulties which impede on the transition to independent oral feeds. The objective of this study was to identify a pivotal period where regressions are most likely to occur during their oral feeding progression. STUDY DESIGN:This is a retrospective s...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Fucile S,Phillips S,Bishop K,Jackson M,Yuzdepski T,Dow K

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess risk for fetal acidemia, low Apgar scores, and hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy based on decision-to-incision time interval in the setting of emergency cesarean delivery. STUDY DESIGN: This unplanned secondary analysis of the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units prospective observational ...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Bousleiman S,Rouse DJ,Gyamfi-Bannerman C,Huang Y,D'Alton ME,Siddiq Z,Wright JD,Friedman AM

更新日期：2020-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Although values for cardiac output in the newborn infant have been reported previously, the methods utilized have been invasive. To assess if cardiac output could be determined noninvasively in the neonate, we measured mean ascending aortic blood flow velocity (VAo) in well newborns using a portable 5MHz, range gated,...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Alverson DC,Eldridge MW,Johnson JD,Aldrich M,Angelus P,Berman W Jr

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE: The study objective was to assess the correlation between hypernatremia during the first week of life and neurodevelopmental outcomes at 18 months of corrected age in premature infants. STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective observational study of preterm infants born at less than 32 weeks of gestation who had a neu...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Howell HB,Lin M,Zaccario M,Kazmi S,Sklamberg F,Santaniello N,Wachtel E

更新日期：2020-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death and disability among women, with more than half occurring in individuals with hypertension. New blood pressure criteria for the diagnosis of hypertension from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association recognize that there is no specific blo...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Smith GN,Pudwell J,Saade GR

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 38-year-old para 2 presented with the gradual onset of nausea vomiting and increasing left lower quadrant pain, at 33 weeks' gestation. She was known to have uterine leiomyomas, with ultrasonography depicting an 8-cm intramural fundal leiomyoma. In addition a left lateral nondiscrete 10 x 8-cm mass was depicted at t...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Sherer DM,Frager D,Eliakim R

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This article compares hemodynamic characteristics of neonates with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) receiving therapeutic hypothermia (TH) with normal versus abnormal brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODS:Serial echocardiography (echo) was performed within 24 hours, after 48 to 72 hours of coo...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： More KS,Sakhuja P,Giesinger RE,Ting JY,Keyzers M,Sheth JN,Lapointe A,Jain A,Moore AM,Miller SP,McNamara PJ

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present an unusual case, in which a woman presenting with markedly decreased fetal movements at 29 weeks gestation following a recent increase in fundal height was noted sonographically to have fetal hydrops consisting of scalp edema, marked hepatomegaly, ascites, and polyhydramnios. No lethal structural congenital...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Levine Z,Sherer DM,Jacobs A,Rotenberg O

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our study identified risk factors for the development of clinically identifiable catheter-associated thrombosis (CT). STUDY DESIGN:We performed a retrospective cohort study of neonates in whom a central catheter was present. A total of 1,475 catheters were identified in 766 patients during a 36-month study p...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Lambert I,Tarima S,Uhing M,Cohen SS

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this paper was to determine if routine postpartum hemoglobin (Hb) determination changes patient management. One thousand patients with a vaginal delivery at Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX, had antepartum Hb testing, and a postpartum Hb for: (1) an antepartum Hb <9.0 mg/dL, (2) an estimated blood loss (...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Swaim LS,Perriatt S,Andres RL,Paradissis J,Watson MN

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistent fetal bradycardia is rarely encountered during pregnancy. When it is associated with a complete atrio-ventricular (A-V) block, it may prove dangerous to the fetus or newborn. The prenatal diagnosis is vital because it necessitates close follow-up during pregnancy to detect fetal compromise and proper prepar...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Rabinerson D,Gruber A,Kaplan B,Lurie S,Peled Y,Neri A

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE: Neuromuscular re-education (NMRE) therapy including bracing, containment, facilitation techniques, joint compression, weight (WT) bearing, and myofascial release has been shown to improve neurodevelopmental maturation in premature infants. This study aimed to examine the association of NMRE with growth param...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Leone M,Alsofrom J,Kane M,Laryea S,Abdelatif D,Mohamed MA

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if preincubation with prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) and E2 (PGE2) enhances oxytocin-induced myometrial contractility in vitro. STUDY DESIGN:Myometrial strips from 13 women were incubated with PGE1 (10-5 mol/L or 10-6 mol/L), PGE2 (10-5 mol/L or 10-6 mol/L) or solvent before adding cumulative concentra...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Chiossi G,Reed LC,Costantine MM,Hankins GD,Saade GR,Longo M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to investigate factors that influence growth in infants with gastroschisis. STUDY DESIGN:Growth parameters at birth, discharge, 6, 12, and 18 months of age were collected from 42 infants with gastroschisis. RESULTS:The mean z-scores for weight, length, and head circumference were below norm...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Nair N,Merhar S,Wessel J,Hall E,Kingma PS

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We sought (1) to identify risk factors for meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) among infants born to women whose labors were complicated by thick-consistency meconium-stained amniotic fluid (MSAF), and (2) to determine whether risk factors and infant prognosis differ according to the time of onset of respiratory distre...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Xu H,Calvet M,Wei S,Luo ZC,Fraser WD,Amnioinfusion Study Group.

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the risk of spontaneous preterm delivery (SPTD) associated with transvaginal cervical length (TVCL) in an unselected cohort. STUDY DESIGN:This is a retrospective study of serial TVCLs in unselected twin gestations. Receiver operator curves for SPTD were constructed from TVCLs at 18, 20, 22, and ...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Brock CO,Moroz LA,Gyamfi-Bannerman C

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infants of diabetic mothers (IDMs) are at known risk for developing a hypertrophic type of cardiomyopathy. The severity of IDM cardiomyopathy can vary from an incidental finding on echocardiography to an infant with severe symptoms of congestive heart failure. The purpose of this article is to review the pathophysiolo...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Reller MD,Kaplan S

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim To determine the challenges, if any, in translating the benefits of surfactant replacement therapy (SRT) to a resource-limited setting. Method This was a retrospective descriptive study comparing the outcome of 75 cases who received surfactant and 69 controls who did not at the University Hospital of the West Indi...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Hamilton N,Trotman H

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective The aim of this article is to examine characteristics of birth tourism (BT) neonates admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Methods This was a retrospective review over 3 years; BT cases were identified, and relevant perinatal, medical, social, and financial data were collected and compared with ...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Mikhael M,Cleary JP,Dhar V,Chen Y,Nguyen DV,Chang AC

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple gestations are increasing in frequency secondary to assisted reproductive technologies; therefore, it will become increasingly important to know how to manage a multiple pregnancy in which an in utero fetal death has occurred. This case report describes the spontaneous resolution of maternal hypofibrinogenemi...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Mitra AG,Chescheir NC,Cefalo RC,Tatum BS

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE: Delayed maturation of auditory brainstem pathway in neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) may lead to misdiagnosis of children with normal peripheral hearing and inappropriate use of amplification devices. The aim of this study is to determine the pattern of auditory brain stem respons...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Mohammed ST,El-Farrash RA,Taha HM,Moustafa OA

更新日期：2020-04-10 00:00:00