Can amnio-polymerase chain reaction alone replace conventional cytogenetic study for women with positive biochemical screening for fetal Down syndrome?

abstract：:The endocervical strip biopsy instrument obtains strips of endocervical epithelium with attached cervical stroma without excessive bleeding or discomfort to the patient. The intact specimen allows a precise histologic evaluation of endocervical disease processes in patients with abnormal cervical cytology or endometri...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Ostergard DR

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of medical legal risk on practice location of obstetrician-gynecologists. METHODS:We used the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Membership Record to determine the number of Fellows and Junior Fellows by state. We obtained state malpractice premiums from the Me...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Robinson P,Xu X,Keeton K,Fenner D,Johnson TR,Ransom S

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare risk of reintervention, long-term clinical outcomes, and health care utilization among women who have bulk symptoms from leiomyoma and who underwent the following procedures: hysterectomy, myomectomy, uterine artery embolization, and magnetic resonance-guided, focused ultrasound surgery. METHODS:T...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Borah BJ,Yao X,Laughlin-Tommaso SK,Heien HC,Stewart EA

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaginal hysterectomy for sterilization was performed on 115 patients. The Heaney technique was used by nine gynecologists, using lidocaine and adrenaline. The average age of patients was 32.2 years and average parity 3.2. Significant unsuspected pathology was found after surgery in 21 patients. One postoperative d...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Atkinson SM Jr,Chappell SM

更新日期：1972-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate absorption of estradiol (E2) and compare two low doses of 17 beta-E2 (25 microgram and 10 microgram) in postmenopausal women with atrophic vaginitis. METHODS:In a double-masked, randomized, parallel-group study, 58 postmenopausal women were treated with 25 microgram or 10 microgram of 17 beta-E2 ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Notelovitz M,Funk S,Nanavati N,Mazzeo M

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A preterm birth prevention program consisting of risk scoring, intensive weekly observation including cervical examinations, and detailed education about preterm labor signs and symptoms was tested in a predominantly black, indigent population. One thousand high-risk women were randomized to treatment or control group...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Goldenberg RL,Davis RO,Copper RL,Corliss DK,Andrews JB,Carpenter AH

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of mucinous carcinoma of the endometrium are presented. These can be distinguished anatomically from endocervical carcinomas and histochemically from endometrial clear cell carcinomas. Clinically these patients do not differ significantly from others with endometrial carcinoma, but the tumors produce large...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Tiltman AJ

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate the most reliable means of determining fetal maturity, six amniotic fluid components were analyzed from 99 women who were 22 to 40 weeks pregnant. The six parameters investigated were: amylase activity the lecithin to sphingomyelin (L/S) ratio, percentage of fat cells, and the concentrations of pr...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Fernadez De Castro A,Usategui-Gomez M,Spellacy WN

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The imperforate hymen is a rare gynecologic abnormality that may not be detected until the onset of menses, when hematocolpos causes symptoms due to an expanding pelvic mass. CASE:A 19-year-old woman had primary amenorrhea, originally misdiagnosed as müllerian agenesis. Because of a combination of late onse...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Sanders RM,Nakajima ST

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare surgical outcome and quality of life of robot-assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy with conventional laparoscopic hysterectomy. METHODS:For this controlled clinical trial, patients with benign indications for hysterectomy were randomized to receive either a robotic (robotic group) or conventional la...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Sarlos D,Kots L,Stevanovic N,von Felten S,Schär G

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether using a treatment strategy minimizing lymph node sampling and radiation therapy compromised outcome in patients with early endometrial carcinoma. METHODS:One hundred three consecutive patients with International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics surgical stage I, II, or III endomet...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Kim YB,Niloff JM

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the association between obstetric forceps volume and severe perineal lacerations or adverse neonatal outcomes. METHODS:This is a retrospective cohort of forceps deliveries performed at a tertiary care hospital. Obstetricians were grouped by quartile of forceps volume over the study time period. S...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Miller ES,Barber EL,McDonald KD,Gossett DR

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of 3600 cases of laparoscopy sterilization at the John Hopkins Hospital, between the years 1968-1972, is presented. Technics, complications and failure rate are discussed. The criteria for sterilization were: 1) that the patient be 21 years old (unless mentally retarded or unless the patient was a teenager ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Wheeless CR Jr,Thompson BH

更新日期：1973-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of diffuse abdominal calcification in patients with known carcinoma is usually a sign of metastatic involvement. This finding in some patients who have been treated with high dosage radiation therapy may represent areas of tumor necrosis and subsequent healing without evidence of active malignancy. ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Menuck L

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a randomized four-way crossover study, 32 women with primary dysmenorrhea were treated with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for two cycles, placebo (sham) TENS for one cycle, or ibuprofen 400 mg four times a day for one cycle. The TENS setting used was 100 pulses per second with 100-microsecond p...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Dawood MY,Ramos J

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of diverticular disease of the colon has increased during the course of this century. The management of diverticulitis has changed in many centers from a conservative medical approach to a more aggressive surgical one. The surgical technique has also evolved; primary resection and anastomosis is currentl...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Raventos JM,Symmonds RE

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the risk for nodal metastasis in women with endometrial cancer based on uterine characteristics on pathology. METHODS:From a study of staging for uterine cancer, women were identified as being at low risk for nodal metastasis based on three specific criteria on final pathology reports: 1) less th...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Milam MR,Java J,Walker JL,Metzinger DS,Parker LP,Coleman RL,Gynecologic Oncology Group.

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether outpatient administration of intracervical prostaglandin (PG) E2 gel decreases the interval to delivery and duration of labor. METHODS:A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial compared the intracervical placement of 0.5 mg PGE2 gel with placebo in 61 pregnant women at 38 week...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： McKenna DS,Costa SW,Samuels P

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cyclic vomiting syndrome is a condition that consists of recurrent episodes of vomiting occurring between periods of normal health, with no apparent organic cause of vomiting. We report the sentinel case of pregnancy complicated by preexisting cyclic vomiting syndrome. CASE:A primigravida presented at 8 wee...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Byers BD,Snyder CH,Saade GR

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To survey the interest of obstetrician-gynecologists in serving as primary care physicians and their perceived preparedness for that role from the view points of managed care plans and obstetrician-gynecologists. METHODS:A sample of obstetrician-gynecologists was asked to describe their preferred physician r...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Scroggs JA,Griffin LP,Bayerl M,Schulkin J

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cytogenetic study of 27 spontaneous abortions was carried out using the Q-banding technic. The specimens were selected for study in order to increase the likelihood of finding a chromosome anomaly. Sixteen of 27 specimens (59%) showed a chromosome abnormality. Trisomy was found in 9 of the specimens, and the chromos...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： McConnell HD,Carr DH

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the effect of protein supplementation of culture media on reactive oxygen species production and incidence of apoptosis in preimplantation mouse embryos. METHODS:A total of 72 two-cell mouse embryos were cultured in human tubal fluid (HTF) alone (HTF-alone, control) and 71 embryos in HTF with pro...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Esfandiari N,Falcone T,Agarwal A,Attaran M,Nelson DR,Sharma RK

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-Adrenergic agents are used to inhibit preterm labor and glucocorticoids to accelerate fetal pulmonary maturation. A study was designed to investigate the metabolic effects of intravenous infusion of ritodrine (150 to 100 microgram/min) or isoxsuprine (200 to 150 microgram/min) in a series of 28 patients with gest...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Kauppila A,Tuimala R,Ylikorkala O,Haapalahti J,Karppanen H,Viinikka L

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of gravida presenting with upper abdominal pain, an elevated serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase level, and thrombocytopenia, all of which resolved promptly after delivery, and with none of the standard signs and symptoms needed for the diagnosis of preeclampsia is presented. The issues of how this case rel...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Schwartz ML,Brenner W

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health care in the United States has become a privilege rather than a right. Patients who have the greatest need are the ones most likely to be denied this privilege. Despite recent advances in disease detection and treatment, many patients do not receive even the bare minimum of care. The high complexity of the healt...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Westin SN,Bustillos D,Gano JB,Fields MM,Coker AL,Sun CC,Ramondetta LM

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether women who are poorly nourished in early pregnancy, as determined by triceps skinfold thickness, or who have poor pregnancy weight gain have offspring with higher blood pressure (BP). METHODS:We evaluated 296 11-year-old children born to women who had taken part in a study of nutrition in...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Clark PM,Atton C,Law CM,Shiell A,Godfrey K,Barker DJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A multicenter, randomized placebo-controlled trial among women with singleton pregnancies and a history of spontaneous preterm birth found that weekly injections of 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate (17P), initiated between 16 and 20 weeks of gestation, reduced preterm birth by 33%. The current study esti...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Petrini JR,Callaghan WM,Klebanoff M,Green NS,Lackritz EM,Howse JL,Schwarz RH,Damus K

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate vascular reactivity in women's cerebral arteries from reproductive age to postmenopause. METHODS:The pulsatility index (PI) was measured cross-sectionally in the internal carotid and middle cerebral arteries of 120 women, using a Doppler ultrasound system. Fifteen women were enrolled in each o...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Penotti M,Farina M,Sironi L,Barletta L,Gabrielli L,Vignali M

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual prenatal care is intended to prevent poor perinatal outcomes and provide education to women throughout pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period through a series of one-on-one encounters between a woman and her obstetrician or other obstetric care provider. Concerns regarding increasing health care c...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors：

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ovarian remnant syndrome is one of the least recognized and least discussed complications of oophorectomy. The most common presentation is pelvic pain with a pelvic mass. To prevent the condition, the ureters should be mobilized and laterally displaced during oophorectomy, and the pelvic side wall and cul-de-sac p...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Symmonds RE,Pettit PD

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00