In the roundtable that follows, clinicians discuss a study published in this issue of the Journal in light of its methodology, relevance to practice, and implications for future research. Article…
Objective To determine whether severe preeclampsia is associated with increased maternal hypotension or fetal heart rate abnormalities after epidural anesthesia placement during labor. Study Design Retrospective cohort study of 100…
The article below summarizes a roundtable discussion of a study published in this issue of the Journal in light of its methodology, relevance to practice, and implications for future research….
Objective The objective of the study was to examine the impact of chronic hypertension and pregestational diabetes on pregnancy outcomes. Study Design This was a retrospective cohort study of 532,088…
Objective This study investigates the cost effectiveness of gestational diabetes mellitus screening using the new International Association of Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group (IADPSG) guidelines. Study Design A decision analytic…
Objective We evaluated the relationship between antenatal depressive symptoms and preterm birth. Study Design Patients completed the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale between 24-28 weeks of gestation. A score ≥12 (or…
Objective To identify risk factors for cerebral lesions among survivors of twin-twin transfusion syndrome treated with laser surgery. Study Design A multilevel regression analysis examined risk factors for neonatal cerebral…
Objective We hypothesized that bolus and basal insulin doses in women with type 1 diabetes mellitus who use insulin pumps would increase 2-fold to maintain hemoglobin A1c <6.5% across gestation….
Objective We sought to evaluate the risk of intrauterine fetal death (IUFD) in small-for-gestational-age (SGA) fetuses. Study Design We analyzed a retrospective cohort of all births in the United States…
Objective Embryo-derived PreImplantation Factor (PIF) is essential for pregnancy immune modulation and synthetic PIF (sPIF), reverses neuroinflammation, and prevents diabetes mellitus through its immune modulatory properties. Herein, we explore sPIF’s…
