We appreciate the interest of McQuaid-Hanson et al in our article. Restriction of oral intake in labor has been a tradition since Mendelson’s famous 1946 report despite limited evidence to support…

We are in receipt of the comments from Dr McCarthy and Dr Terplan regarding our manuscript on opiate detoxification during pregnancy. To begin, we take issue with the statement that…

Sperling et al present their case for liberalizing oral intake during labor in healthy parturients. They suggest that this should be permitted given the low rate of general anesthesia for cesarean…

Bell et al reported that withdrawal of pregnant women from opiates was not harmful because they reported only 2 fetal deaths and no other complications. However, no monitoring of maternal or…

Objective The levator ani muscles (LAMs) are integral to pelvic floor support, but our ability to evaluate the neuromuscular integrity of this muscle complex is limited. Magnetomyography is a novel…

Introduction In 2016, ovarian cancer will account for approximately 5% of cancer-related deaths for women in the United States, with 85% of cases diagnosed at advanced stages. In recent years,…

Background Impaired cognition has been correlated with adverse postoperative outcomes, such as an increased incidence of delirium, a longer length of hospital stay, and higher 6 month mortality. The incidence…

Andrikopoulou M, Vintzileos AM. Sawtooth fetal heart rate pattern due to in utero fetal central nervous system injury. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2016;214:403.e1-4. In an “Images in Obstetrics” article published…