Objective Short height and obesity have each been associated with increased risk for preterm birth (PTB). However, the effect of short height on PTB risk, across different race/ethnicities and body…
Macones GA. Helping providers interpret cell-free fetal DNA testing (editorial). Am J Obstet Gynecol 2015;213:2. An editorial in the July 2015 issue contains a mathematical error. A sentence in the…
Objective Family planning is recommended as a strategy to prevent adverse birth outcomes. The potential contribution of postpartum contraceptive coverage to reducing rates of preterm birth is unknown. In this…
Materials and Methods Study population The Montreal Preeclampsia Study was nested within the established Montreal Prematurity Study, a population-based cohort of >5000 women. The McGill Faculty of Medicine Institutional Review…
Objective The objective of the study was to determine whether risk of recurrent preterm birth differs based on the clinical presentation of a prior spontaneous preterm birth (SPTB): advanced cervical…
Objective Increasingly, robotic surgery is being used for total hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, and lymph node dissection for uterine cancer. The purpose of this study was to compare the costs and…
Objective We sought to evaluate whether in addition to cortisol, catecholamines also transfer psychosocial stress indirectly to the fetus by decreasing uterine blood flow (UBF) and increasing fetal anaerobic metabolism…
Objective The purpose of this study was to determine the diagnostic performance of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis during pregnancy in a multiinstitutional study. Study…
Objective We sought to assess amniotic fluid lactate (AFL) at diagnosis of spontaneous labor at term (≥37 weeks) as a predictor of labor disorders (dystocia) and cesarean delivery (CD). Study…
Objective Despite significant proposed benefits, delayed umbilical cord clamping (DCC) is not practiced widely in preterm infants largely because of the question of feasibility of the procedure and uncertainty regarding…
