Objective The purpose of this study was to determine whether cervical shortening of a ripe cervix at term is associated with changes in the cervical transcriptome. Study Design Sonographically measured…

Objective The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of the factor V Leiden (FVL) mutation and its association with obstetric complications, blood loss during delivery, and venous…

Objective To describe the normative course of maternal sleep during the first 4 months postpartum. Study Design Sleep was objectively measured using continuous wrist actigraphy. This was a longitudinal, field-based…

Objective Pregnancy is a hypercoagulable state. We evaluated global markers of coagulation activation, ProCGlobal (Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Eschborn, Germany) and endogenous thrombin potential (ETP), in pregnant women with and without…

Objective The objective of this review was to provide pooled estimates of randomized controlled trials comparing the effects of oral hypoglycemic agents with insulin in achieving glycemic control and to…

Objective The purpose of this study was to assess myocardial function of fetuses who were exposed to intraamniotic infection compared with fetuses of uncomplicated pregnancies by the application of tissue…

Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate the fetal mechanical PR interval in intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP). Study Design Fetal echocardiography was performed for women with ICP…

Objective The purpose of this study was to measure agreement among 5 expert clinicians and a computerized method with the use of a strict fetal heart rate classification method. Study…