Serious maternal morbidity increases with increasing number of cesarean deliveries.
Risk factors for anal sphincter tear in the multiparous woman include episiotomy, shoulder dystocia, forceps delivery, and previous sphincter tear.
Rising liability insurance premiums are associated with financial stress and less practice flexibility, but most Washington obstetric providers plan to continue obstetrics.
Women with lower urinary tract symptoms in adulthood may have higher prevalences of a history of childhood dysfunctional voiding.
Cesarean delivery has a protective effect, similar to nulliparity, on the development of pelvic floor disorders when compared with vaginal delivery.
Compared with the end-to-end technique, primary overlap repair of obstetric anal sphincter injury is associated with long-term decrease in fecal urgency and incontinence.
Maternity units that frequently manage high-risk pregnancies have higher rates of cesarean delivery during labor for their population of nulliparas at low risk than do facilities that deal mainly with low-risk pregnancies.
Hysterectomy rates decreased significantly during the study period while the relative proportions of subtotal hysterectomy increased and laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy decreased.
Atypical glandular cell cytology classified by the Bethesda 2001 system confers a 38% risk of preinvasive disease or carcinoma.
Pretreatment basal ovarian cysts decrease ovulation rates in clomiphene citrate ovulation induction cycles.
Perinatal mortality decreased in offspring of women with type 1 diabetes, while average birth weight remained virtually unchanged.
Women with gestational diabetes who fail glyburide are 8 times more likely to be diagnosed earlier in pregnancy and are older, of higher parity, and have higher fasting glucose levels.
Sexual intercourse at term does not hasten the onset of labor or result in cervical ripening.
During influenza season, hospitalizations with respiratory illness among pregnant women are associated with increased burden on patients and health care systems.
For pregnant women, universal vaccination with inactivated trivalent influenza vaccine is more cost-effective than supportive care.
Almost 50% of women with breast, cervical, endometrial, and ovarian cancer have a history of violence, and this correlates with advanced stage at diagnosis.
There is wide variation in the gingerol and shogaol compositions and labeling of ginger root dietary supplements purchased from different manufacturers.
Intima-media thickness of the common femoral artery is increased in women with a history of early-onset preeclampsia, suggesting early atherosclerosis.
Prevalence of very low birth weight and of very preterm births among normal triplets increases with increasing number of anomalous cotriplets.
Approximately 1% of all cerebral palsy cases were associated with acute intrapartum hypoxia; other possible causes were present in more than 98% of cases.
Although ureteric and bladder injury rates at benign gynecologic surgery are low, criteria should be developed for the use of intraoperative cystoscopy to detect injuries.
Cesarean scar ectopic pregnancies are becoming more frequent, and surgical treatment or combined systemic and intragestational methotrexate appears to be most effective.
Obstetric litigation has resulted in a national crisis with far-reaching implications.
Patients with primary and recurrent ovarian cancer, the leading cause of death from gynecologic cancers, must be treated with compassion and consideration of quality of life.
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Errata: Errata Obstet Gynecol 2006 107: 1423-1426. [Full Text] [PDF]
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