Among premature infants born at less than 34 weeks of gestation, intraventricular hemorrhage and periventricular leukomalacia share common risk factors.
Despite knowledge gaps pertaining to chorionicity, the majority of practicing obstetricians manage multiple pregnancy according to current American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' physician educational materials.
This study finds no evidence of any protective effect of HIV infection against preeclampsia-eclampsia.
Bupivacaine plus epinephrine injection before laparoscopic myomectomy reduces the blood loss, the global operative and enucleation times, the subjective surgical difficulty, and the postoperative pain.
A negative loop electrosurgical cone biopsy performed for high-grade dysplasia is not a reassuring finding, and continued close clinical follow-up is warranted for these patients.
In this cohort, the interval from breast to endometrial cancer diagnosis is significantly shorter among tamoxifen users, but there is no difference in survival.
Routine pelvic and para-aortic lymph node dissection is not necessary in the majority of women with ovarian low malignant potential tumors.
Vaginal discharge and odor are reported by a minority of women with bacterial vaginosis and are not reported substantially more frequently than among women without bacterial vaginosis.
A prior vaginal birth after cesarean delivery is associated with a higher rate of a successful trial of labor and of uterine scar dehiscence than no prior vaginal delivery.
The influences of maternal age, period of delivery, and maternal birth cohort on increased twin delivery rates differ for blacks and whites.
Although maternal weight gain during pregnancy is essential, an increase in body mass index between pregnancies may reduce risk of small for gestational age births.
Allelic frequencies of genes coding for interleukin-1 receptor antagonist, interleukin-4, and the 70-kDa heat shock protein differ among white, black, and Hispanic pregnant women.
White women have a 3- to 4-fold increased odds of stress and urge urinary incontinence compared with blacks, and risk factors differ for stress compared with urge incontinence.
Thirty laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomies were necessary to reach a low level of complications. The duration of surgery does not appear to be an adequate indicator of competence in teaching institutions.
A large majority of unintended births in developing countries stem from nonuse of methods rather than contraceptive failure.
Renal artery flow indices improve concurrently with peritoneal decompression by paracentesis in women with ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome.
Quantitative electromyography using multiple motor unit action potential analysis shows pudendal nerve injury following uncomplicated vaginal deliveries.
Postpregnancy evaluation of vitamin and homocysteine concentrations in women with vascular-related pregnancy complications are affected by the interval between delivery and testing.
Bone and soft-tissue tumors occurring during pregnancy can be successfully managed despite potential risks to the mother and fetus.
Small-group discussion is favored over lecture among medical students during their obstetrics and gynecology clerkships, but immediate and delayed test scores are not improved.
Our data suggest that unfractionated and low molecular weight heparin have differing effects on extravillous trophoblast differentiation and motility at therapeutic doses.
The hyperemic response of the brachial artery can be used to assess vascular reactivity during pregnancy in women at both low risk and high risk for preeclampsia.
The random urine protein-creatinine ratio is a poor predictor of significant proteinuria in patients with new-onset mild hypertension.
Fetal nucleated red blood cells are not elevated in uncomplicated prolonged pregnancy.
The traditional practice of burning the fetal end of the cut umbilical cord with camphor and medical care in the developing world are discussed.
The available literature on testing for von Willebrand disease in women with menorrhagia is limited in quantity and quality.
The past century has witnessed development of highly sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic technology for leiomyomata; current tools permit greater management flexibility with safe options that must be tailored to each individual clinical situation.
Abstracts: Risk of complications of pregnancy in women with type 1 diabetes: nationwide prospective study in the Netherlands Obstet Gynecol 2004 104: 407. [Full Text] [PDF] Reduced incidence of admissions for myocardial infarction associated with public smoking ban: before and after study Obstet Gynecol 2004 104: 407-a. [Full Text] [PDF] Optimal search strategies for retrieving scientifically strong studies of diagnosis from MEDLINE: analytical survey Obstet Gynecol 2004 104: 407-b-408-b. [Full Text] [PDF] Lipid-lowering therapy and in-hospital mortality following major noncardiac surgery Obstet Gynecol 2004 104: 408. [Full Text] [PDF] Treatment for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and risk of preterm delivery Obstet Gynecol 2004 104: 408-a. [Full Text] [PDF] Trends in blood pressure among children and adolescents Obstet Gynecol 2004 104: 409. [Full Text] [PDF] Parental cardiovascular disease as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease in middle-aged adults: a prospective study of parents and offspring Obstet Gynecol 2004 104: 409-a. [Full Text] [PDF] Fracture incidence in relation to the pattern of use of hormone therapy in postmenopausal women Obstet Gynecol 2004 104: 409-b-410-b. [Full Text] [PDF] Relationship between health status and use of screening mammography and Papanicolaou smears among women older than 70 years of age Obstet Gynecol 2004 104: 410. [Full Text] [PDF]
Letters to the Editor: Perinatal Outcomes in Singletons Following In Vitro Fertilization: A Meta-Analysis Lisa M. Pastore, Christopher D. Williams Obstet Gynecol 2004 104: 411. [Full Text] [PDF] Perinatal Outcomes in Singletons Following In Vitro Fertilization: A Meta-Analysis Rebecca Jackson, Mary Croughan Obstet Gynecol 2004 104: 411-a-412-a. [Full Text] [PDF] Very-Early-Onset Discordant Growth in Monochorionic Twin Pregnancy Ling Wee Obstet Gynecol 2004 104: 412. [Full Text] [PDF] Very-Early-Onset Discordant Growth in Monochorionic Twin Pregnancy Stefania Fieni, Dandolo Gramellini Obstet Gynecol 2004 104: 413. [Full Text] [PDF]
Errata: Erratum Obstet Gynecol 2004 104: 413-a. [Full Text] [PDF]
Web Update: Innovations in electronic information at www.greenjournal.org Obstet Gynecol 2004 104: 415. [PDF]
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