Objective The objective of the study was to determine whether the bacterial load of genital mycoplasmas and gestation age are related to intraamniotic inflammatory response using the amniotic fluid levels…
Objective We sought to determine if second-trimester amniotic fluid thrombin-antithrombin (TAT) complexes concentration correlates with subsequent preterm birth. Study Design A cohort of 550 women with singleton nonanomalous pregnancies undergoing…
Objective Pregnant women were identified at greater risk and given priority for 2009 H1N1 vaccination during the 2009 through 2010 H1N1 pandemic. We identified factors associated with acceptance or refusal…
Objective To systematically review published data on the neurodevelopment of children that were diagnosed prenatally with isolated agenesis of the corpus callosum. Study Design Medline and Scopus searches (1960-July 2011);…
Objective The purpose of this study was to describe the unequal distribution in the performance of cesarean section delivery (CS) in the world and the resource-use implications of such inequity….
Objective The purpose of this study was to determine predictors of the completion of free annual sexually transmitted infection screening among sexually active young women of ≤25 years old. Study…
Objective Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection is associated with morbidity in the neonatal intensive care unit. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between preterm maternal methicillin-resistant S…
Objective We investigated self-reported occupational exposure to antineoplastic drugs, anesthetic gases, antiviral drugs, sterilizing agents (disinfectants), and X-rays and the risk of spontaneous abortion in US nurses. Study Design Pregnancy…
Objective We sought to develop a novel biochemical assay and algorithm for the prenatal evaluation of risk for fetal trisomy 21 (T21) and trisomy 18 (T18) using cell-free DNA obtained…
Objective The purpose of this study was to assess the prenatal detection rate of trisomy 21 and 18 and the false-positive rate by chromosome-selective sequencing of maternal plasma cell–free DNA….
