Objective The purpose of this study was to determine the diagnostic performance of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis during pregnancy in a multiinstitutional study. Study…
Objective We sought to assess amniotic fluid lactate (AFL) at diagnosis of spontaneous labor at term (≥37 weeks) as a predictor of labor disorders (dystocia) and cesarean delivery (CD). Study…
Objective Despite significant proposed benefits, delayed umbilical cord clamping (DCC) is not practiced widely in preterm infants largely because of the question of feasibility of the procedure and uncertainty regarding…
Objective The purpose of this study was to identify electronic fetal monitoring patterns that are associated with neonatal respiratory morbidity. Study Design In an on-going prospective cohort study of >8000…
Objective We sought to determine the predominant cell type (macrophage, T lymphocyte, B lymphocyte, mast cell) within the area of implantation of the prototypical polypropylene mesh, Gynemesh PS (Ethicon, Somerville,…
Objective The aims of this study were evaluation of the association of reduced fetal movements (RFM) and small-for-gestational-age (SGA) birth at term and to explore if fetal and maternal outcomes…
Objective While the last 3 decades have seen numerous advances in the treatment of cervical cancer, it remains unclear if population-level survival has improved. We examined relative survival, the ratio…
Materials and Methods In 2007, the Contraceptive CHOICE Project (CHOICE) began recruiting women for a prospective observational cohort study. The goal of the study was to reduce the unintended pregnancy…
Although perimortem delivery has been recorded in the medical literature for millennia, the procedural intent has evolved to the current fetocentric approach, predicating timing of delivery following maternal cardiopulmonary arrest…
Materials and Methods Eligibility criteria The research protocol was designed a priori. We performed electronic research in OVID (ie, LWW Health Library and Maternity and Infant Care), Scopus, ClinicalTrials.gov , MEDLINE,…
