Periviable birth: executive summary of a joint workshop by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics, and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

May 11, 2017 by in GYNECOLOGY Comments Off on Periviable birth: executive summary of a joint workshop by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics, and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Definitions There are numerous terms used to refer to preterm delivery at a very early gestational age (eg, extremely low gestational age, extreme preterm, very preterm), at a very small…

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Fetal imaging: Executive Summary of a Joint Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American College of Radiology, Society for Pediatric Radiology, and Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound Fetal Imaging Workshop

May 11, 2017 by in GYNECOLOGY Comments Off on Fetal imaging: Executive Summary of a Joint Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American College of Radiology, Society for Pediatric Radiology, and Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound Fetal Imaging Workshop

Given that practice variation exists in the frequency and performance of ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in pregnancy, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development…

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Salpingectomy, why not?

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See related article, page 471 It was with great pleasure that I read McAlpine’s article on the safety of bilateral salpingectomy as part of an initiative to decrease the incidence of…

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Balancing innovation and harm

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See related articles, pages 418 and 486 In an editorial in 2007, I questioned whether marketed vaginal mesh kits constituted “rampant experimentation or improved quality of care.” In the following…

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