Objective The aims were to establish a gestational-age specific curve for serum total thyroxine (T4) levels and to compare pregnancy outcomes of euthyroid women with those identified to have subclinical…
Objective An increasing proportion of infertile women are subjected to hysteroscopy. The effect of hysteroscopy on the pregnancy rate in assisted reproduction has been demonstrated to be favorable, but cervical…
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between maternal body mass index and all congenital heart defects (CHDs) combined and 11 individual defects. PubMed, ELSEVIER ScienceDirect, and…
In December 2012, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists published a Committee Opinion entitled “Timing of umbilical cord clamping after birth.” It stated that “evidence exists to support delayed…
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See related article, page 177 Perhaps there is no greater obstetrical surgical challenge than that of managing a delivery complicated by placenta accreta. Placenta accreta results from a defect of…
