Objective To determine whether labor-associated inflammatory markers differ between low-risk, nulliparous women in preactive vs active labor at hospital admission and over time. Study Design Prospective comparative study of low-risk,…
Materials and Methods No single publicly available US dataset contains all information necessary to directly estimate the potential impact of identifying and treating all women with PGDM before they conceive. Such…
Objective The goal of this pilot study was to evaluate adherence to the 2012 cervical cancer screening guidelines among health care providers in a large health maintenance organization. Study Design…
Materials and Methods Subjects This cross-sectional survey study was reviewed and approved by the Northwestern University Institutional Review Board. A convenience sample was recruited from attendees of a community fair…
Objective The objective of the study was to evaluate the differences in vaginal culture, microscopy, and Gram stain between postmenopausal women who wear pessaries and those who do not to…
Objective We sought to examine the short-term (3- and 6-month), self-reported bleeding and cramping patterns with intrauterine devices (IUDs) and the contraceptive implant, and the association of these symptoms with…
Objective To determine whether previous salpingectomy is associated with serum antiMüllerian hormone (AMH) level and ovarian reserve in women under 40 years presenting for in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer. Study…
Materials and Methods Participants The study population consisted in a consecutive series of subjects who attended the gynecologic emergency department (GED) of Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre between April…
Objective The objective of the study was to externally validate and assess the robustness of 2 nomograms designed to predict the probability of lymphatic dissemination (LD) for patients with early-stage…
Objective To evaluate associations between prepregnancy lifestyle factors, psychologic distress and adverse pregnancy outcomes among female survivors of childhood cancer. Study Design We examined pregnancies of 1192 female participants from…
