Maternal serum serpin B7 is associated with early spontaneous preterm birth
Materials and Methods Longitudinal cohort The cohort of 500 pregnant women with previous SPTB was projected to have 30 SPTB <34 weeks (6% of the cohort) and 60 SPTB between…
Loop electrosurgical excision procedure
The effectiveness of simulation training for enhancing operative skills is well established. Here we describe the construction of a simple, low-cost model for teaching the loop electrosurgical excision procedure. Composed…
Evaluation of levonorgestrel intrauterine system upon presumed nonintact removal
A 51 year old woman presented for removal of her expired levonorgestrel intrauterine device (IUD). The IUD arms appeared absent upon IUD removal. Further examination of the device revealed that the…
Assessing preventability of maternal mortality in Illinois: 2002-2012
Objective We sought to describe the potential preventability of pregnancy-related deaths in Illinois from 2002 through 2012 as determined by perinatal centers following the Illinois maternal death review process. Study…
Complications following “Brazilian” waxing for pubic hair removal
We read with interest the article by Demaria et al as pubic hair removal has gained more popularity in recent years. Various methods of hair removal may also be associated with…
Maternal mortality in the United States: predictability and the impact of protocols on fatal postcesarean pulmonary embolism and hypertension-related intracranial hemorrhage
I applaud the work that Clark et al are doing and sharing to decrease maternal mortality. Their approach will hopefully make pregnancy and delivery safer for more and more women. Although…
Noninvasive prenatal screening for fetal trisomies 21, 18, 13 and the common sex chromosome aneuploidies from maternal blood using massively parallel genomic sequencing of DNA
We read with interest the study by Porreco et al on noninvasive prenatal screening (NIPS) of common aneuploidies by massively parallel sequencing of cell-free DNA that is derived from placental trophoblasts….
