Articles & Issues

Ionizing radiation during pregnancy can negatively impact a fetus. In light of the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster in Japan, we discuss existing knowledge on the health effects of radiation and preve...

Postpartum hypertension can be related to persistence of gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, or preexisting chronic hypertension, or it could develop de novo postpartum secondary to other causes. ...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine women's knowledge of contraceptive effectiveness. Study Design: We performed a cross-sectional analysis of a contraceptive knowledge questionnaire...

Objective: The route of delivery in eclampsia is controversial. We hypothesized that adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes may not be improved by early cesarean delivery. Study Design: This was a ra...

Objective: The objective of the study was to compare neonatal morbidity and long-term neurodevelopmental outcome between very preterm infants with placental underperfusion and very preterm infants wit...

Objective: To identify by an inductive statistical analysis mutually similar and clinically relevant clinicoplacental clusters. Study Design: Twenty-nine maternofetal and 49 placental variables have b...

Objective: Vaginal breech delivery rates have been accepted widely to be in decline and the Term Breech Trial (TBT) has recommended delivery of a breech-presenting infant by elective cesarean section ...

Objective: To study associations between urinary incontinence (UI) symptoms, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder in women veterans. Study Design: This cross-sectional study enrolled women 20...

Objective: Examine temporal alterations in vascular angiotensin II receptors (AT1R and AT2R) and determine vascular response to angiotensin II in growth-restricted offspring. Study Design: Offspring o...

Health care in the United States is a much-discussed topic. It and its surrogate of the moment, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, will be the subject of a political referendum in Novembe...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of the rectus muscle and visceral peritoneum closure at cesarean delivery on adhesions. Study Design: We performed a secondary analysis ...

Objective: This article describes the simulation of robotically assisted hysterectomy utilizing the porcine model. Study Design: Utilizing 3 domestic pigs, a technique for robotically assisted hystere...

Objective: The objective of the study was to improve the understanding of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) use patterns among unmarried, young adults at risk of unintended pregnancy. Study ...

Objective: To determine the use of endocervical curettage at the time of colposcopy for low-grade cytologic abnormalities. Study Design: We conducted a retrospective chart review of women with low-gra...

A 24 year old woman delivered a normal newborn and a papyraceous fetus (PF), along with a monochorial-biamniotic placenta, at 37 weeks' gestation (). Pliny the Elder first mentioned the PF in 70 AD; t...

In the roundtable that follows, clinicians discuss a study published in this issue of the Journal in light of its methodology, relevance to practice, and implications for future research. Article disc...

The recent article by Blackwell et al evidenced that the reliability of visual analysis of fetal heart rate (FHR) tracings when performed according to the latest version of the American guidelines was...

Thank you for your interest on our article. The aim was to evaluate the histologic effects of various energy devices on the vaginal cuff at the time of hysterectomy. We strove to use the equipment, se...

We thank Dr Napolitano and Professor Thilaganathan for their interest in our recent article. In their letter to the editors, they were concerned about the interpretation of our results according to th...