Clinical and sonographic estimates of birth weight are more accurate than measurements of soft tissues for identifying newborns who weigh 4 kg or more.
Anal endosonography immediately after delivery can be used to diagnose undetected anal sphincter tears and to predict subsequent fecal incontinence.
Epidural analgesia for external cephalic version is associated with increased likelihood of successful version and subsequent vertex vaginal delivery.
Amniocentesis to identify subclinical chorioamnionitis is integral in evaluation of women under consideration for rescue cerclage.
There is a difference between the fetal growth patterns of monochorionic and dichorionic discordant twins, but the growth pattern of concordant twins is similar regardless of chorionicity.
Maternal urine -core fragment of hCG during the second trimester predicts small for gestational age neonates.
Pregnant women with intra-amniotic infection had significantly higher amniotic fluid soluble levels of Fas than those without intra-amniotic infection.
In women with preterm labor, soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 serum concentration is a better predictor of histologic chorioamnionitis than C-reactive protein or white blood cell count.
Placental cytokeratin 19 expression is increased in preeclampsia, and serum concentrations of cytokeratin 19 are associated with severe disease and decreased birth weight.
There is no significant association between human papillomaviruses and vulvar vestibulitis.
Adenomyosis is more frequent after pregnancy terminations; dysmenorrhea correlates with number of adenomyotic foci and menorrhagia correlates with depth of invasion.
Computed tomographic scanning of women with endometrial cancer does not add useful information preoperatively or postoperatively and should be discouraged.
The uterotropic effects of tamoxifen may be due in part to the induction of steroid receptors and growth regulatory genes.
Risk factors for hypercarbia, subcutaneous emphysema, pneumothorax, and pneumomediastinum include prolonged operative time, patient age, maximum end-tidal carbon dioxide of 50 mmHg or greater, number of surgical ports, and Nissen fundoplication.
Women with bacterial vaginosis are at increased risk for urinary tract infections.
Differences in urethral closure pressure during pelvic muscle contraction and urethral mobility were found between young nulliparous black and white women.
Controlled-release oxybutynin provides comparable efficacy and tolerability to conventional, immediate-release oxybutynin.
Upper body fat distribution rather than overall adiposity is correlated with bone mineral density of the lumbar spine in premenopausal women.
Estrogen therapy at the time of coronary artery bypass grafting does not influence surgical mortality, perioperative cardiac morbidity, or early or late complications.
This cross-sectional study suggests that hormonal contraceptive use in adult women is associated with small and reversible changes of bone mineral density.
Routine elective cesarean after one prior low transverse cesarean delivery is not a cost-effective policy under most circumstances.
A low rate of preterm birth in Ukraine paradoxically might indicate adverse conditions and is not necessarily a sign of fetal health.
Nearly all obstetrician–gynecologists ask their pregnant patients about alcohol use, but need updated information on adverse effects, screening, and counseling.
The likelihood of complications during pregnancy, labor, and delivery is increased when leiomyomas are present.
Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate use among postpartum adolescents results in higher method continuation and a lower incidence of repeat pregnancy at 12 months than oral contraceptive use.
A new, safe, simple, and inexpensive instrument can be used to cut the cervix during endoscopic supracervical hysterectomy and morcellation of the uterus or leiomyomata.
Evidence from the literature suggests an association between nausea and emesis in early pregnancy and enhanced placental and fetal growth.
There is great variation in how and when surgical skills are taught and assessed in obstetrics-gynecology residencies.
Letters to the Editor: COMPARISON OF ORAL MISOPROSTOL AND OXYTOCIN FOR LABOR INDUCTION M. Thulasimani, S. Ramaswamy, Kimberly Butt, Joan Crane, David Young, Kelly Bennett, Donna Hutchens Obstet Gynecol 2000 95: 786. [Full Text] [PDF]
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