Ultrasound examination of the perineum after childbirth improves the diagnosis of anal sphincter tears, and their immediate repair decreases the risk of severe fecal incontinence.
Compared with hospitalization, outpatient management of women with arrested preterm labor and intact membranes had no effect on the rate of preterm birth.
The use of intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis is associated with an increased rate of maternal and neonatal postnatal yeast infections.
The presence of a nuchal cord at the time of delivery does not influence clinical management or fetal outcome.
Polypropylene mesh is superior to fascia lata for use in sacral colpopexy, in terms of POP-Q points, POP-Q stage, and anatomic failure rates.
Short-term results of the TVT procedure in mixed urinary incontinence are encouraging, but long-term outcome is disappointing.
Prospective registries of patients undergoing new procedures are feasible and can provide valuable information on patient characteristics and outcomes.
Based on data gathered from 72 institutions participating in a voluntary prospective registry, uterine embolization for leiomyomata is safe, with uncommon serious complications.
Women who declined to be surveyed regarding domestic violence were at increased risk for adverse pregnancy outcome.
Black women with asthma have increased rates of asthma-related morbidity during pregnancy compared with white women with asthma.
Simultaneous presence of serum Chlamydia trachomatis immunoglobulin G antibodies and elevated, highly sensitive C-reactive protein levels in first trimester serum is associated with preterm delivery.
Risks of stillbirth, small for gestational age birth, and neonatal mortality seem to be increased among interracial couples in the United States.
Three-cycle bleeding patterns were better for subjects randomly assigned to the contraceptive vaginal ring than for those assigned to a low-dose oral contraceptive.
Oral contraceptives are more effective than placebo treatment for relieving dysmenorrhea pain in adolescents.
Bacterial vaginosis, unlike candidiasis, was associated with risk factors that are observed with sexually transmitted infections, suggesting that bacterial vaginosis may have a sexually transmitted cause.
Adolescents with low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion and high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion cytology are at risk for the development of high-grade cervical abnormalities and warrant close follow-up.
Among women with heart disease, 39 continue to engage in sexual activity into their seventies, and 65 of these experience problems with sexual function.
Topical analgesia using benzocaine spray does not seem to offer effective pain control during performance of routine office endometrial biopsy.
Women with polycystic ovary syndrome are at an increased risk for metabolic syndrome.
In this study, acupuncture seems to be a promising treatment for overactive bladder.
In the first trimester of pregnancy, serum levels of ADAM12, a disintegrin and metalloprotease, were reduced in patients who subsequently developed preeclampsia.
The proportion of cesarean deliveries increased by 5.8 and the proportion of vaginal deliveries after prior cesarean decreased by 8 in the United Kingdom during the 1990s.
African-American maternal ethnicity and parental ethnic discordance are associated with increased risk for preeclampsia, and Asian paternal ethnicity is associated with decreased risk for preeclampsia.
Adequately powered studies, enrolling mother-father-infant triads, are needed to estimate the influence of specific human leukocyte antigens, haplotypes, and histocompatibility on the risk of preeclampsia.
Although the statistical power of randomized trials is limited, indomethacin tocolysis does not appear to be associated with increased risk of adverse neonatal outcomes.
Our meta-analysis reveals that cerclage significantly reduces preterm birth in singleton gestations with short cervical length and a prior preterm birth.
There is a significant problem regarding health literacy in the United States, a fact that physicians should recognize when communicating with patients.
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