Graded classification of fetal heart rate tracings: association with neonatal metabolic acidosis and neurologic morbidity

Jul 7, 2017 by in GYNECOLOGY Comments Off on Graded classification of fetal heart rate tracings: association with neonatal metabolic acidosis and neurologic morbidity

The recent article by Elliot et al presenting the association of neonatal metabolic acidosis and neurologic morbidity and the 5-color FHR classification of Parer and Ikeda deserves comment. To understand…

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Vitamin D “advertisement”

Jul 7, 2017 by in GYNECOLOGY Comments Off on Vitamin D “advertisement”

I appreciate the concerns you voiced in a recent editorial on the advertisement the Vitamin D Council ran in the Journal in March 2009 and the reasons you refused to…

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Use of Tuohy needle for intraamniotic methotrexate injection through the cervical canal in a cervical pregnancy after failure of systemic methotrexate treatment

Jul 7, 2017 by in GYNECOLOGY Comments Off on Use of Tuohy needle for intraamniotic methotrexate injection through the cervical canal in a cervical pregnancy after failure of systemic methotrexate treatment

A case of cervical pregnancy resistant to systemic methotrexate (MTX) administration is presented. A 41 year old patient with cervical pregnancy at 6 weeks 4 days’ gestation was successfully treated…

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The phantom cyst

Jul 7, 2017 by in GYNECOLOGY Comments Off on The phantom cyst

Case notes A 33 year old primigravida at 16 weeks’ gestation presented with sudden-onset sharp abdominal pain. She had no urinary or digestive symptoms and had an uneventful past medical…

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