Late preterm birth: can be reduced
Late preterm delivery, defined as birth between 34 0/7 to 36 6/7 weeks’ gestation, has increased at a rate higher than that of all preterm birth for the past 20…
Fetal weight: how large is too large?
Ultrasonography is commonly utilized in obstetric practice to estimate fetal weight at term. The seminal paper by Lubchenco et al introduced into the field of obstetrics what is commonly referred…
Electronic fetal monitoring: does it really lead to better outcomes?
As an obstetrician, present at the dawn of intrapartum electronic fetal monitoring (EFM), I had every expectation that EFM would improve perinatal outcomes and that these effects would be validated…
Late preterm birth: can it be reduced?
THE ISSUE: Defined as delivery at 34 0/7 -36 6/7 weeks, late preterm births have increased by 15% between 1992 and 2002 and currently they occur in about 8% of…
Late preterm births: irreducible because E = mc 2
Deliveries at 34 0/7 to 36 6/7 weeks, by definition, are late preterm births (LPB). In 2007, of 4,317,119 births in the United States, about 9% (383,792) were LPB; of…
Decision support and patient safety: the time has come
Decision support (DS) may help to improve patient safety by helping clinicians improve the evaluation, assessment, and treatment of patients. By providing best practice guidelines at critical decision points, errors…
Late preterm births: irreducible because E = mc 2
Deliveries at 34 0/7 to 36 6/7 weeks, by definition, are late preterm births (LPB). In 2007, of 4,317,119 births in the United States, about 9% (383,792) were LPB; of…
Late preterm birth: can be reduced
Late preterm delivery, defined as birth between 34 0/7 to 36 6/7 weeks’ gestation, has increased at a rate higher than that of all preterm birth for the past 20…
Analysis of shoulder dystocia maneuvers using a computer model
With great interest I reviewed the research article by Grimm et al, and have tried to analyze their data from the perspective of clinical applicability. The use of traction should…
Comment on the 100 most frequently cited ob-gyn journal articles in the last 50 years
Using Journal Citation Reports: Science Edition (2008) and the Social Sciences Citation Index database Brandt et al report the 100 most frequently cited journal articles in obstetrics and gynecology over…
