abstract：:A 26-year-old woman was admitted with a diagnosis of septic incomplete abortion. Subsequently she was discovered to have bilateral tubal ectopic pregnancies. The right tube was not badly damaged. Its contents were removed by linear salpingotomy and the tube was repaired. Fifteen months later the patient delivered a li...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Foster HM,Lakshin AS,Taylor WF

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of clonidine in suppressing the occurrence of postmenopausal hot flashes was examined using a dose-response study design and objective recordings of hot flashes. Patients with frequent flashes were studied before and after oral administration of placebo and 0.1, 0.2, and 0.4 mg of clonidine daily for...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Laufer LR,Erlik Y,Meldrum DR,Judd HL

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventeen severely Rh-sensitized women were treated with promethazine hydrochloride (Phenergan) in 18 pregnancies, according to a protocol described by Gusdon et al. There was an unequivocal amelioration of the disease process in 10 of the pregnancies. In 9 of these 10 pregnancies, the infant survived. In 4 of the pre...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Charles AG,Blumenthal LS

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum glucose levels were measured in 50 nondiabetic pregnant women between 33 and 43 weeks' gestation following a nonstress test (NST) to determine the relationship between maternal glucose levels and the results of the NST. Two comparable groups of 25 patients each were formed based on the NST results, reactive and ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Phelan JP,Kester R,Labudovich ML

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A black multipara was shown, by hemoglobin electrophoresis, to have hemoglobin SD disease. The patient exhibited a typically mild anemia that probably was secondary to folate and iron deficiencies as well as to hemoglobinopathic hemolysis. The course of her pregnancy was complicated by pyelonephritis and hyposthenuria...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Spinapolice RX,Colmorgen GH,Spisso K

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major contraindication of radiodiagnostic procedures is pregnancy. Approximately 1% of all pregnant women are given abdominal x-rays during the first trimester of pregnancy. Evaluation of radiation exposure should involve consideration of the types of examinations performed and when performed, as well as radiation d...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Mossman KL,Hill LT

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amniotic fluid alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) assays and detailed ultrasound examinations were performed in 376 prenatal patients at risk for a neural tube defect (high-risk group). In addition, 2436 patients who underwent amniocentesis for other indications underwent preamniocentesis ultrasound screening and amniotic fluid ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Allen LC,Doran TA,Miskin M,Rudd NL,Benzie RJ,Sheffield LJ

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood samples were obtained from 145 preovulatory and postovulatory hirsute women and the plasma was analyzed for total testosterone (T), T index, and free T concentration as well as the fraction of free T percentage and that bound by testosterone-estradiol binding globulin. Fifty-six patients were subjected to a 2-we...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Wu CH

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cervical smears taken by the wooden Ayre spatula (widely used in the United Kingdom) and by a plastic spatula (Armovical) were compared for their ability to detect dysplastic cervical epithelium and endocervical cells. At the same time, the value of taking duplicate smears was assessed. Paired cervical smears were obt...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Beilby JO,Bourne R,Guillebaud J,Steele ST

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a 5-year experience with 27 patients who had confirmed intrauterine scars at hysteroscopy, all of whom underwent resection of the scar. Of the 27, 14 became pregnant at least once, and 13 did not conceive. Hysteroscopic and hysterographic evidence of intrauterine scar was in general more severe in...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Neuwirth RS,Hussein AR,Schiffman BM,Amin HK

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uterine rupture is an uncommon complication of midtrimester abortion, occurring more frequently in the older multiparous patient and with the use of high doses of oxytocic agents. The clinical presentation may vary from an unexplained drop in the hematocrit or persistent abdominal pain to profound shock and maternal d...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Graham D

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of a paraganglioma (extraadrenal pheochromocytoma) that complicated both pregnancy and the puerperium is described. The patient presented a confusing clinical picture simulating pregnancy-induced hypertension, which, after delivery, masqueraded as intractable fever of unknown origin. Computed tomography pr...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Kleiner GJ,Greston WM,Yang PT,Levy JL,Newman AD

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-eight women with stage I epidermoid carcinoma of the vulva were studied retrospectively in an attempt to define the criteria for conservative therapy in early invasive vulvar cancer. Among the 38 women, 23 met the 6 criteria established for early invasive carcinoma of the vulva. In those 23 women, there were no...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Chu J,Tamimi HK,Ek M,Figge DC

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study is concerned with surveillance/management programs for hereditary ovarian cancer syndromes. These syndromes lack distinguishing premonitory physical signs or biomarkers; therefore, in these genotypic settings, ovarian cancer risk must be assessed by analysis of the patient's pedigree. The authors des...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Lynch HT,Albano WA,Lynch JF,Lynch PM,Campbell A

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The technique of managing allergies by optimum-dose (provocative neutralization) testing and treatment using aqueous progesterone has been studied in 132 women having progesterone-related symptoms due to the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, or exogenous hormone administration. When extremely small doses of progesterone (0....

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Mabray CR,Burditt ML,Martin TL,Jaynes CR,Hayes JR

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the suboptimal temperature caused by delayed incubation or prolonged transport on the recovery of Neisseria gonorrhoeae were studied in 2 separate patient populations. The individual components of the John E. Martin Biological Environmental Chamber were used to define more precisely other variables that...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Monif GR,Jordan PA,Thompson JL,Shaara R

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal serum levels of placental protein 5 (PP5) were measured during the third trimester in women with normal and abnormal pregnancies. PP5 levels were significantly elevated in patients with preeclampsia, diabetes, intrauterine growth retardation associated with preeclampsia, and twin pregnancy. ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Salem HT,Westergaard JG,Hindersson P,Lee JN,Grudzinskas JG,Chard T

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-blind randomized trial of antibiotic prophylaxis was performed with 49 patients undergoing extended pelvic surgery for adenocarcinoma of the endometrium. In this series infections of the Hemovac drain site(s) were most common (8 of 10 infections); only 1 serious infection, pelvic cellulitis, occurred. Short-t...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Creasman WT,Hill GB,Weed JC Jr,Gall SA

更新日期：1982-03-01 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：:Thirty-six women suffering from premenstrual syndrome were treated with bromocriptine or norethisterone in a randomized placebo-controlled double-blind study. Bromocriptine decreased breast engorgement and irritability (P less than .01) and also decreased the total score of all symptoms (P less than .05). Weight gain ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Ylöstalo P,Kauppila A,Puolakka J,Rönnberg L,Jänne O

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of herpetic endometritis are reported. In both patients, the disease developed from documented herpetic cervicitis via transcervical ascension. One patient recovered spontaneously. Generalization and death occurred in the other patient, a renal transplant recipient treated with immunosuppressive agents. The ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Schneider V,Behm FG,Mumaw VR

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study time trends in maternal mortality in the United States and to attempt to compare the risk of cesarean with vaginal delivery, information from the Professional Activities Study of the Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities for 3 years-1970, 1974, and 1978-was reviewed. For all deliveries, mortality...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Petitti DB,Cefalo RC,Shapiro S,Whalley P

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Menotropins (human menopausal gonadotropin [hMG]) are used to induce follicular maturation and ovulation in anovulatory infertile women. To determine how hMG stimulation affected ovarian androgen production during such therapy, plasma androstenedione (A) and testosterone (T) levels were measured at the beginning and e...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Skaf RA,Shelden R,Kemmann E

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of 1000 consecutive unselected cases of induction of labor for medical or obstetric reasons using prostaglandin E2 suppositories are presented. The overall rate of failed induction resulting in a cesarean section in those patients with an unfavorable cervix has fallen from 42 to 2.5%. Only 27% of the entir...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Shepherd JH,Bennett MJ,Laurence D,Moore F,Sims CD

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrauterine exposure to diethylstilbestrol (DES) has been associated with ths subsequent rare development of clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina and cervix in exposed female progeny. These tumors have been seen thus far in patients between the ages of 7 and 29 years. In addition, nonmalignant epithelial and struc...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Herbst AL

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory compounds that act by inhibiting synthesis of prostaglandins from arachidonic acid have been shown to have various and sometimes profound effects on fetal and neonatal circulation. Agents such as acetylsalicylic acid, indomethacin, and naproxen pass readily across the placenta and have be...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Rudolph AM

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first of a 2-part trial consisted of a double-blind randomized pilot study in which 4 groups of 10 patients near term received 1 of the following hormonal combinations in a vaginal gel 15 hours before surgical induction of labor: 1) prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGF2 alpha) and relaxin; 2) relaxin and estradiol; 3) estr...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： MacLennan AH,Green RC,Bryant-Greenwood GD,Greenwood FC,Seamark RF

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hospital-based alternative birth room has become a popular alternative to the conventional labor and delivery room setting. Responses to a mailed questionnaire from 78 of 82 (95%) Washington State hospitals with obstetric services were used to relate available birth options to alternative birth room status and obs...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Dobbs KB,Shy KK

更新日期：1981-11-01 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：:The authors report on the incidence of translocations detected among 300 Greek couples referred for cytogenetic investigation because of repeated abortion, stillbirth, and/or the birth of children with multiple congenital anomalies. Translocations were detected in 16 cases, ie, 1 of 19 couples. However, the incidence ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Tsenghi C,Metaxotou C,Kalpini-Mavrou A,Strataki-Benetou M,Matsaniotis N

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report, the first ultrastructural study of endometriotic implants, compares the ectopic endometrium in 14 patients with that found in the uterus. The ultrastructural features of most of the glands of the ectopic endometrium resemble those of the corresponding glands lining the uterus. Specific ultrastructural cha...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Schweppe KW,Wynn RM

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe intractable atonic postpartum hemorrhage can be treated by either uterine packing or surgical techniques. However, certain prostaglandins possess properties of potential value for the control of postpartum uterine atony. Two hundred fifty micrograms 15-methyl prostaglandin F2 alpha (15-methyl PGF2 alpha) was gi...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Toppozada M,El-Bossaty M,El-Rahman HA,El-Din AH

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing incidence of multiple gestations and the need for genetic diagnosis often pose a question as to the safety of amniocentesis in these cases. Under careful sonographic control and using indigo carmine as a marker, a technique for amniocentesis in a triplet gestation is presented. ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Hausknecht RU,Yeh HC,Godmilow L

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous reports have implicated the Dalkon shield intrauterine device (IUD) in septic second trimester abortion and maternal death from sepsis. In the case reported here, Fusobacterium necrophorum, a rarely pathogenic vaginal anaerobe, gained access to the uterus in a woman wearing a Dalkon shield and caused acute pa...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Maloy AL,Meier FA,Karl RC

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-three patients with premature uterine contractions occurring between the 27th and 35th weeks of pregnancy were treated in a prospective and randomized study with intravenous ritodrine in a 0.1 wt/vol% solution of isotonic saline (N = 12) or isotonic glucose (N = 11). The aim of the study was to record the effec...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Philipsen T,Eriksen PS,Lynggård F

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnostic effectiveness of the lecithin:sphingomyelin (L:S) ratio was compared with that of the quantitative amniotic fluid foam stability index (FSI) test in the prenatal evaluation of pregnancies associated with fetuses appropriately grown for gestational age (AGA) and with intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Sher G,Statland BE,Knutzen VK

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The histologic diagnoses of premalignant and malignant lesions of the cervix obtained by examining the colposcopically directed biopsy material from 643 patients were compared with those of the surgical material subsequently obtained. The procedures during which samples were acquired included hysterectomy (370), cervi...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Veridiano NP,Delke I,Tancer ML

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the etiology and pathogenesis of acute salpingitis and its relationship to nongonococcal salpingitis were investigated. To accomplish this goal, isolated microorganisms obtained from the fallopian tubes and cul-de-sac via laparoscopy were evaluated in relation to the number of epis...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Sweet RL,Draper DL,Hadley WK

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six patients with pure nonmosaic 46,XY gonadal dysgenesis (XY GD) and histocompatibility H-Y antigen titers in the normal male range (H-Y+) are presented. Clinical characteristics included a female phenotype, masculine skeletal characteristics, signs of virilization, and primary amenorrhea. All individuals had unambig...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Moltz L,Schwartz U,Pickartz H,Hammerstein J,Wolf U

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 15-methyl analog of prostaglandin F2 alpha (15-ME-PGF2 alpha), administered in a 3-mg dose via a single vaginal suppository and supplemented at 24 hours by intramuscular injection(s) of 250 micrograms, successfully induced abortion in 80 of 81 patients in the midtrimester of pregnancy. The mean abortion time was 1...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Lauersen NH,Den T,Scher J,Iliescu C,Wilson KH

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00