Objective The purpose of this study was to describe the trends and determinants of cesarean section (CS) delivery rates in rural China. Study Design Data on rural primiparous women aged…
Objective The objective of the study was to examine the association between physical exercise during pregnancy and fetal growth measures. Study Design Data on 79,692 liveborn singletons from the Danish…
Objective We sought to identify factors associated with high antenatal psychosocial stress and describe the course of psychosocial stress during pregnancy. Study Design We performed a cross-sectional analysis of data…
Objective We sought to evaluate whether group B streptococcus (GBS) detection is altered by the digital cervical examination. Study Design A total of 302 women undergoing the clinical GBS culture…
Objective To investigate the extent and risk factors for hypotension among women undergoing elective cesarean section, and whether maternal hypotension has any impact on perinatal infant outcome. Study Design Retrospective…
Objective We sought to evaluate whether testing for hereditary thrombophilia alone or in combination with second-trimester uterine artery Doppler (UAD) is useful in predicting recurrent complications in patients with previous…
Objective The purpose of this study was to examine associations between prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) and congenital heart defects (CHDs). Study Design These analyses included case infants with CHDs…
Objective The objective of the study was to determine whether cardiac troponin T (cTnT) and natriuretic peptides can be isolated from the amniotic fluid (AF) of pregnancies complicated by twin-to-twin…
Objective We postulated that calcium supplementation of calcium-deficient pregnant women would lower vascular resistance in uteroplacental and fetoplacental circulations. Study Design Pulsatility index (PI) and resistance index (RI) (uterine and…
Objective To study osteopathic manipulative treatment of back pain and related symptoms during the third trimester of pregnancy. Study Design A randomized, placebo-controlled trial was conducted to compare usual obstetric…
