Background Women with a twin gestation are at increased risk for preterm birth (PTB), and sonographic cervical length (CL) is a powerful predictor for spontaneous PTB. Obstetricians frequently monitor CL…
Background Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease causes hepatic insulin resistance and is associated with metabolic syndrome. Elevated levels of alanine aminotransferase are associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. The effect of…
Background Fetal-neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia affects approximately 1 of 1000 live births, most of which are not severely thrombocytopenic. Despite effective treatment with intravenous gammaglobulin and/or prednisone, antenatal management of a…
Background Congophilia indicates the presence of amyloid protein, which is an aggregate of misfolded proteins, that is implicated in the pathophysiologic condition of preeclampsia. Recently, urinary congophilia has been proposed…
Background An evaluation for heritable thrombophilias is recommended in the evaluation of stillbirth. However, the association between thrombophilias and stillbirth remains uncertain. Objective We sought to assess the association between…
Background D-dimers have a high negative predictive value for excluding venous thromboembolism outside of pregnancy but the use in pregnancy remains controversial. A higher cut-off value has been proposed in…
Background Depression has been associated with symptom amplification, functional impairment, and lower incontinence-specific quality of life in women with urinary incontinence. Although depression has been shown to impact both subjective…
Introduction The incidence of cervical cancer has declined markedly over the past several decades, due to the wide implementation of cytologic screening and increased detection of premalignant disease. However, the…
Introduction Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection affects 0.7% of live births and is the leading cause of congenital neurological disease of infectious origin. Among all neonates positive for infection on screening,…
Introduction Patient-centered outcomes are of increasing importance in medical research. The Affordable Care Act provided $150 million in annual funding for the Patient-Centered Outcome Research Institute, an organization expressly committed to…
