Background Women with a history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are at an increased risk of hypertension and cardiovascular disease in later life. Lactation has been associated with a reduced…
Objective We sought to provide evidence-based guidelines regarding the diagnosis and management of amniotic fluid embolism. Study Design A systematic literature review was performed using MEDLINE, PubMed, EMBASE, and the…
Approximately 0.5% of all births occur before the third trimester of pregnancy, and these very early deliveries result in the majority of neonatal deaths and more than 40% of infant…
SMFM recommendations 1. In women with a singleton pregnancy between 34 weeks 0 days and 36 weeks 6 days of gestation who are at high risk for preterm birth within…
We read with great interest the paper by Scala et al who assessed the value of reduced fetal movements (RFMs), showing that repeated RFMs at term were associated strongly with small-for-gestational-age…
Norton et al claim that sequential screening detects more fetal chromosomal abnormalities than cell-free DNA (cfDNA) analysis. Their study design had significant ascertainment biases that favored sequential screening over cfDNA screening….
I would like to commend Fox et al for an in-depth review on the conservative management of morbidly adherent placenta (MAP). I cannot emphasis enough the authors’ notion that clear eligibility…
