The concentration of matrix metalloproteinase-9 in amniotic fluid increases markedly and constantly in women with preterm labor and intra-amniotic infection.
Pregnant women with intra-amniotic infection had significantly higher amniotic fluid soluble nucleosome concentrations than those without intra-amniotic infection.
Intracervical prostaglandin E2 gel decreases the interval to delivery and shortens labor in women with unfavorable cervices at term.
Pregnant women with systemic sclerosis have increased risks of preterm births but not miscarriages or fetal deaths.
Risk factors for anal sphincter injuries are identifiable and should be considered to decrease anal continence disturbances postpartum.
First-trimester ultrasonography to confirm gestational age can be justified economically on the basis of improved efficiency of Down syndrome screening.
Rapid antibody testing and zidovudine treatment are potentially effective and cost-saving approaches to preventing vertical transmission of human immunodeficiency virus in unregistered parturients.
Funipuncture is preferable to scalp sampling for fetal platelet testing to determine delivery mode in term pregnancies complicated by autoimmune thrombocytopenia.
Thoracic-fluid conductivity of at least 65 kohm–1 measured by noninvasive thoracic electrical bioimpedance is associated with peripartum pulmonary edema.
Lactation duration of 6 months allows bone mass recovery in the subsequent year, regardless of calcium supplementation or duration of postpartum amenorrhea.
Ovarian volume does not correlate with age or FSH levels, although women with small ovarian volumes may be at risk for impending ovarian failure.
Continuous, combined hormone replacement in a low-dose, transdermal application is equally effective and safe and induces amenorrhea to a similar extent as an oral formulation.
Predictors of urge incontinence are increasing age, diabetes, and urinary tract infections; predictors of stress incontinence are white race, higher body-mass index, and higher waist-to-hip ratios.
Ectopic endometrium in adenomyotic lesions is influenced rarely by hormonal change and has different biologic and proliferative properties than these events in the eutopic endometrium.
Cervical adenocarcinomas secrete significantly higher amounts of the angiogenic and immunosuppressive cytokine vascular endothelial growth factor compared with squamous cell cervical cancers.
A system designed to evaluate insertional force of laparoscopic trocar-cannula systems found that pyramidal-tipped trocars required the lowest insertional force.
A system designed to evaluate the wounds of laparoscopic trocar-cannula systems found that those with blunt conical tips result in smaller fascial defects.
Without proper experience and training programs, laparoscopic hysterectomies are associated with the risk of major complications, unlike other laparoscopies.
The cough stress test is a reliable test in the evaluation of incontinent women, particularly in patients with pure genuine stress incontinence.
Valacyclovir hydrochloride (500 mg once daily) is an effective, well-tolerated, continuous, suppressive therapy for men and women with recurrent genital herpes.
Second-trimester free -hCG and total estriol in the maternal urine are useful markers for Down syndrome screening in an Asian population.
Outcomes of infants with gastroschisis are not affected by maternal-fetal medicine surveillance, mode of delivery, or site of delivery.
Prophylactic cerclage results in measurable increases in cervical length.
Membrane status prior to the onset of labor does not significantly influence neonatal outcome in deliveries occurring between 34 and 37 weeks' gestation.
The fetal lamb eye is well protected against endoscopic white-light injury.
Birth weight in the rhesus monkey follows a matrilineal transmission pattern in which improvements in maternal condition result in larger, more reproductively successful daughters.
Fetal testing for cystic fibrosis and chromosome abnormalities is warranted when echogenic fetal bowel is detected in the second trimester.
Induced fetal death significantly reduces the interval to expulsion and the doses of prostaglandin E2 required for second-trimester abortion.
The trend toward completely nondirective counseling is lamentable.
Merger of residency programs does not adversely affect the quality of third-year medical student core clerkships.
Angiogenesis actively participates in the development of normal cyclic regenerating endometrium and in a wide spectrum of benign and malignant pathologic conditions of the endometrium.
The clinical course and pathogenesis of serious, perinatal, group A streptococcal infection are different from puerperal or other streptococcal toxic shock syndromes.
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