Materials and Methods We used data that were collected between 2008 and 2010 for the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project’s State Inpatient Database (SID). Forty-six states participate in SID, and…
Objective The purpose of this study was to examine associations between the prepregnancy maternal body mass index (BMI) across the 3 clinical presentations of preterm birth (PTB). Study Design We…
Objective Neonatal diagnoses are often used as surrogate endpoints for longer-term outcomes. We sought to characterize the correlation between neonatal diagnoses and early childhood neurodevelopment. Study Design We conducted secondary…
Materials and Methods This was a planned supplementary analysis of data collected for the Mothers’ Outcomes after Delivery (MOAD) study, a longitudinal cohort study of maternal health outcomes after childbirth….
The debate over the role of the da Vinci surgical robotic platform in benign gynecology is raging with increasing fervor and, as product liability issues arise, greater financial stakes. Although…
This review describes how improvements in biometric-genetic studies of twin kinships, half-sibships, and cousinships have now demonstrated a sizeable fetal genetic and maternal genetic contribution to the spontaneous onset of…
Definitions There are numerous terms used to refer to preterm delivery at a very early gestational age (eg, extremely low gestational age, extreme preterm, very preterm), at a very small…
Given that practice variation exists in the frequency and performance of ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in pregnancy, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development…
See related articles, pages 418 and 486 In an editorial in 2007, I questioned whether marketed vaginal mesh kits constituted “rampant experimentation or improved quality of care.” In the following…
See related article, page 471 It was with great pleasure that I read McAlpine’s article on the safety of bilateral salpingectomy as part of an initiative to decrease the incidence of…
