Background Congenital heart disease is associated with an increased risk of smaller brain volumes and structural brain damage, and impaired growth of supratentorial brain structures in utero has been linked…
Background In 2016 the Antenatal Late Preterm Steroids study was published, demonstrating that antenatal corticosteroid therapy given to women at risk of late preterm delivery reduces respiratory morbidity in infants….
Background COVID-19 presents a spectrum of signs and symptoms in pregnant women that might resemble preeclampsia. Differentiation between severe COVID-19 and preeclampsia is difficult in some cases. Objective To study…
Background Biochemical cervical change during labor is not well understood, in part, because of a dearth of technologies capable of safely probing the pregnant cervix in vivo. The need for such…
Background A short cervix is a risk factor for preterm birth. The molecular drivers of a short cervix remain elusive. Metabolites may function as mediators of pathologic processes. Objective We…
Background During the second stage of labor, the maternal pelvic floor muscles undergo repetitive stretch loading as uterine contractions and strenuous maternal pushes combined to expel the fetus, and it…
Background The number of twin pregnancies continues to increase worldwide as both the number of pregnancies obtained by medically assisted reproduction and age at first pregnancy keep rising. Preterm delivery…
Background Rates of labor induction are increasing, raising concerns related to increased healthcare utilization costs. High-dose intravenous fluid (250 cc/h) has been previously demonstrated to shorten the time to delivery…
Background Fetal acidemia at the time of a scheduled cesarean delivery is generally unexpected. In the setting of reassuring preoperative monitoring, the duration of fetal acidemia in this scenario is…
Background Prevention of prenatal exposures to teratogenic drugs is a significant clinical and public health concern. With the enactment of the US Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act in 2007,…
