Materials and Methods The Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality was queried for pregnancy-related discharges from January…
Two statistics were incorrect in the study results provided in a research paper published in October 2011 (McDonald SD, Pullenayegum E, Taylor VH, et al. Despite 2009 guidelines, few women report…
It was stated in the March 2014 issue of the Journal that no reprints were available from the authors of a research article (Zhang W-x, Jiang H, Wang X-m, et al….
Materials and Methods Patient selection and data collection A retrospective study was conducted with data from January 2005 until August 2012 in 1 academic and 2 affiliated teaching hospitals in…
Objective The purpose of this study was to identify differences of early-pregnancy body fat percentage and body mass index (BMI) between obese women that experienced preeclampsia and those who did not….
Objective Most studies of tocolytics are underpowered to assess drug effects on rare adverse neonatal outcomes. Our aim was to optimize statistical power to assess the influence of sulindac on…
Objective We sought to evaluate if the placental alpha-microglobulin (PAMG)-1 test vs the combined traditional diagnostic test (CTDT) of pooling, nitrazine, and ferning would be a cost-beneficial screening strategy in…
Objective Antenatal magnesium (anteMg) is used for various obstetric indications including fetal neuroprotection. Infants exposed to anteMg may be at risk for respiratory depression and delivery room (DR) resuscitation. The…
Materials and Methods Study population Study participants were recruited from 2 patient populations as reported previously. The longitudinal cohort was a nested case-control study of 60 women who were sampled serially…
Objective Clinical management of preeclampsia has remained unchanged for almost 5 decades. We now understand that maternal endothelial dysfunction likely arises because of placenta-derived vasoactive factors. Activin A is one…
