Objective We describe current evidence for staging low malignant potential ovarian tumors and their conformity to current consensus guidelines and practice from an international perspective. Data Sources A search of…
Materials and Methods Criteria for study selection This study was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses guidelines. All published cohort studies and randomized trials (including…
Materials and Methods Data source We used Vital Statistics birth records linked with New York state discharge abstract data, the Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System, for all delivery hospitalizations…
Related article, page 143 . Health care disparities among races in maternal morbidity and mortality rates in the United States have been well documented. The reasons underlying differences in disease…
Background The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s US Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use recommends that combined hormonal contraceptives (ie, birth control pills, contraceptive patch, vaginal ring) should be…
Introduction Increasingly there has been pressure on hospitals and physicians to measure quality and prove the adequacy of the care they are delivering. This pressure comes from insurers and consumers…
This document builds upon recommendations from peer organizations and outlines a process for identifying maternal cases that should be reviewed. Severe maternal morbidity is associated with a high rate of…
What is the clinical significance of a sonographically short cervix? Women with a history of a prior spontaneous PTB account for only 10% of all births < 34 weeks of…
