What is the role of primary methotrexate treatment in scar ectopic pregnancy?
We read with great interest the review article written by Timor-Tritsch and Monteagudo as we are in preparation of a review on the same topic. In our opinion systemic methotrexate…
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in 46 of 47 patients with eclampsia
With interest we read the article by Brewer et al, who described the use of various neuroimaging modalities such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography in women with eclamptic…
Apgar score of 0 at 5 minutes and neonatal seizures or serious neurologic dysfunction in relation to birth setting
I read with interest the article by Grünebaum et al. The article concludes that all women should deliver in hospital to prevent 1/625 intrapartum deaths 2007 through 2010 that occurred during…
Clinical application of diffusion-weighted imaging for preoperative differentiation between uterine leiomyoma and leiomyosarcoma
Materials and Methods The subjects included 5 patients confirmed to have a total of 10 leiomyosarcoma lesions (5 primary lesions, one 2-cm-diameter small-intestine recurrence, one 3.9-cm-diameter sacral recurrence, one 12-cm-diameter…
The obstetric and neonatal impact of maternal opioid detoxification in pregnancy
Stewart et al recently concluded that “opiate detoxification … can be successfully achieved in compliant parturients.” They cite as evidence the fact that 53 of the 95 women (56%) who completed inpatient…
Effect of obesity on incidence of preeclampsia
The recent article by Lisonkova and Joseph found an increased risk of preeclampsia in African Americans for early-onset and diabetes for late-onset preeclampsia, as well as an overall increased risk…
July 2012 (vol. 207, no. 1, page 14)
Timor-Tritsch IE, Monteagudo A. Unforeseen consequences of the increasing rate of cesarean deliveries: early placenta accreta and cesarean scar pregnancy. A review. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2012;207:14-29. The authors of…
