GYNECOLOGY
Midtrimester uterine artery Doppler studies in predicting preeclampsia
It is with interest that I read the recent paper of Gallo et al (from the Kypros Nicolaides group at the Harris Birthright Research Centre for Fetal Medicine [HBRCFM], King’s…
The paper trail: is the past the future?
I would like to thank Drs Vintzileos and Smulian for their recent insightful editorial “Decelerations, tachycardia, and decreased variability: have we overlooked the significance of longitudinal fetal heart rate changes…
Primary maternal cytomegalovirus infections: accuracy of fetal ultrasound to predict sequelae in offspring
We thank Leyder et al for their contribution that addresses the important and challenging issue of predicting outcome when cytomegalovirus infection is diagnosed prenatally. Their group in Brussels has a long-standing…
Concerns about the safety of nicotine replacement therapy during pregnancy on lung development in children
We read with great interest the article “Success of smoking cessation interventions during pregnancy.” Bérard et al evaluated the effect of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) during pregnancy and found that NRT…
The limited utility of currently available venous thromboembolism risk assessment tools in gynecological oncology patients
We have read with interest the manuscript by Barber and Clarke-Pearson because we share the interest on a topic of large impact. We have comments, however, regarding some of their…