Objective To review systematically maternal antenatal cocaine exposure and adverse perinatal outcomes. Study Design Medline, Embase, CINAHL and secondary references in relevant studies were searched. English language studies of antenatal…
Objective The purpose of this study was to determine whether the maximum time for cervical ripening (from 24-12 hours) would influence the efficacy of a transcervical Foley catheter and to…
Objective The purpose of this study is to examine hypertension and cholesterol screening, knowledge of heart attack symptoms, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors among women with a history of…
Objective We sought to determine whether tetanus–diphtheria–pertussis vaccination (Tdap) in pregnancy provides newborns antibodies against pertussis when compared to mothers who did not receive Tdap. Study Design Paired maternal and…
Objective Maternal diabetes adversely impacts embryonic vasculogenesis, which results in embryonic vasculopathy. The purpose of our study is to determine whether hypoxia inducible factor (HIF)-1α plays a role in diabetic…
Objective We sought to determine the effect of an endothelin type A receptor antagonist (ETA) on uterine artery resistive index (UARI) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) in a placental ischemia…
Objective The purpose of this study was to determine whether mid-trimester insulin resistance is associated with subsequent preeclampsia. Study Design This was a secondary analysis of 10,154 nulliparous women who…
Objective We sought to compare the incidence and antecedents of neonatal brachial plexus injury (BPI) in 2 different 5-year epochs a decade apart following the introduction of specific staff training…
Objective We sought to determine whether implementation of shoulder dystocia training reduces the incidence of obstetric brachial plexus injury (OBPI). Study Design After implementing training for maternity staff, the incidence…
Objective We sought to compare rates of recurrent spontaneous preterm birth (PTB) and neonatal morbidity between women enrolled in a recurrent PTB prevention clinic compared to those receiving usual care….
