Obgyn Key

Objective To determine the contribution of monozygotic twining to in vitro fertilization multiple births. Study Design We performed a retrospective analysis of the incidence of monozygotic twining in multiple births resulting…

Objective Data from animal models show that in utero exposure to a maternal high-fat diet (HFD) renders susceptibility of these offspring to the adult onset of metabolic syndrome. We and…

Objective Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is the most common cause of nongenetic mental retardation. Oxidative stress is one of the purported mechanisms. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase (NOX) is an…

Materials and Methods Currently, there are no available national stillbirth databases in the United States that include maternal prepregnancy weight. Therefore, we queried all 50 states individually to identify state-level…

Objective We sought to assess the efficacy, complication rates, and outcomes for complex monochorionic pregnancies undergoing selective fetal reduction using radiofrequency ablation (RFA). Study Design In this prospective observational study,…

Materials and Methods The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Stillbirth Collaborative Research Network (SCRN) conducted a population-based case-control study of stillbirth, with participant enrollment…

Objective We tested the hypothesis whether small-for-gestational-age (SGA) fetuses have different brain stem and cerebellar morphometry when compared with appropriate-for-gestational-age (AGA) fetuses and whether the differences in these structures were…

Objective The purpose of this study was to determine whether prenatal inflammation (as assessed by clinical chorioamnionitis, maternal temperature >38°C, or histologic chorioamnionitis) is associated with a composite adverse neonatal…

Materials and Methods A nested cohort study was performed. The initial cohort consisted of 607 nulliparous women who were candidates for a trial of labor from Feb. 5, 2006, through…