Objective To describe the association between social isolation and urinary incontinence and fecal incontinence in older women. Methods We conducted a secondary database analysis of the National Social Life, Health…
Objective In adults, one of the major determinants of leukocyte telomere length (LTL), a predictor of age-related diseases and mortality, is cumulative psychosocial stress exposure. More recently we reported that…
Objective The objective of the study was to evaluate perinatal and long-term complications of fetuses with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) compared with constitutionally small for gestational age (SGA) ones. Study…
Objective The purpose of this study was to determine whether quantification of cervicovaginal fluid fetal fibronectin (fFN) improves diagnostic accuracy of spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB) in symptomatic women. Study Design…
Objective The objective of the study was to investigate the effect of umbilical cord milking as compared with early cord clamping on hematological parameters at 6 weeks of age among…
Objective We sought to characterize complications of pregnancy, labor, and delivery associated with maternal asthma in a contemporary US cohort. Study Design We studied a retrospective cohort based on electronic…
Objective To investigate the use of the fetal cerebroumbilical ratio to predict intrapartum compromise in appropriately grown fetuses. Study Design A prospective observational study set at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea…
Objective The aim of this study was to determine if the fibrinogen/C-reactive protein (CRP) ratio could be used in obstetrics as a predictor for a disseminated intravascular coagulation. Study Design…
Objective The purpose of this study was to test the diagnostic performance of 5 existing classification systems (developed by Lawson, Tafesse, Goh, Waaldijk, and the World Health Organization) and a…
Objective We sought to assess the independent effect of perinatal factors on the risk for bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in very-low-birthweight infants. Study Design This was a population-based observational study. Data…
