January 2016

Contents
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Letter from the SMFM President
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Letter from the Program Chair
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Reviewers/Judges
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Awards
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MFM Certification
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The Pregnancy Foundation
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Foundation Supporters
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Acknowledgments
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Site Maps
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Meeting Program
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Schedule of Oral Presentations
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Oral and Poster Sessions

Oral Session I (Plenary)

Oral Plenary Session I
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1: Antenatal Late Preterm Steroids (ALPS): a randomized trial to reduce neonatal respiratory morbidity
• Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman
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2: Effect of treatment of maternal subclinical hypothyroidism or hypothyroxinemia on IQ in offspring
• Brian Casey
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3: Azithromycin-based extended spectrum antibiotic prophylaxis for non-elective cesarean delivery: a pragmatic multicenter placebo-controlled double-blind rct
• Alan Tita,
• Jeff Szychowski,
• Kim Boggess,
• ...
• Namasivayam Ambalavanan,
• Gary Cutter,
• William Andrews
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4: Chlorhexidine-alcohol compared with iodine-alcohol for preventing surgical-site infection at cesarean: a randomized controlled trial
• Methodius Gamuo Tuuli,
• Jingxia Liu,
• Molly J. Stout,
• ...
• Alison G. Cahill,
• Graham Colditz,
• George A. Macones
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5: Foley or Misoprostol for the Management of Induction (The ‘FOR MOMI’ trial): A four-arm randomized clinical trial
• Lisa Danielle Levine,
• Mary D. Sammel,
• Samuel Parry,
• Catherine T. Williams,
• Michal A. Elovitz,
• Sindhu K. Srinivas
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6: The use of serial cervical length and quantitative fetal fibronectin to identify nulliparous women at risk of subsequent spontaneous preterm birth
• Michael Esplin
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7: Use of maternal early warning trigger (MEWT) tool reduces maternal morbidity
• Laurence Shields,
• Suzanne Wiesner,
• Barbara Pelletreau,
• Herman Hedriana
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8: Males are from Mars, females are from Venus: sex-specific fetal brain gene expression signatures in a mouse model of maternal diet-induced obesity
• Andrea G. Edlow,
• Faycal Guedj,
• Deanna Y. Sverdlov,
• ...
• Caterina Neri,
• Sanaya T. Daruvala,
• Diana W. Bianchi
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Concurrent Oral Sessions

Oral Concurrent Session 1
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9: Risk of preterm birth by transvaginal ultrasound cervical length in low risk singleton pregnancy
• Amanda Roman,
• Sindy C. Moreno,
• Rupsa C. Boelig,
• Kelly Orzechowski,
• Vincenzo Berghella
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10: Targeted liposomes direct the delivery of indomethacin to the uterus enhancing its tocolytic efficacy to reduce uterine contractions and preterm birth rate
• Jerrie Refuerzo,
• Fransisca Leonard,
• Alejandra E. Ontiveros,
• Nataliya Buleyeva,
• Biana Godin,
• Monica Longo
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11: Aspirin triggered-Resolvin D1 (AT-RvD1) inhibits inflammation-induced preterm birth (IIPTB) in a mouse model
• Pranita A. Nirgudkar,
• Hattan J. Arif,
• Jason M. Rosenzweig,
• Ellen L. Mozurkewich,
• Irina Burd
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12: Genetic variation may influence response to 17-alpha hydroxyprogesterone caproate (17P) for recurrent preterm birth (PTB) prevention
• Tracy A. Manuck,
• Scott Watkins,
• M. Sean Esplin,
• ...
• Michael W. Varner,
• Mark Yandell,
• Lynn B. Jorde
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13: Is a universal midtrimester transvaginal cervical length assessment program associated with a reduced preterm birth rate?
• Moeun Son,
• William A. Grobman,
• Nina K. Ayala,
• Emily S. Miller
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14: A comparison of pre- and post-vaginal manipulation fetal fibronectin
• Amy L. Turitz,
• Christina M. Ackerman,
• Denise L. Johnson,
• James Duong,
• Shing Lee,
• Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman
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15: Universal cervical length screening for preterm birth prevention: implementation and outcomes
• Lorene A. Temming,
• Jennifer K. Durst,
• Molly J. Stout,
• Methodius G. Tuuli,
• George A. Macones,
• Alison G. Cahill
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16: Abnormal brain imaging in infants exposed to chorioamnionitis and sepsis
• Emilie Vander Haar,
• Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman,
• Tara M. Randis
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17: Clinical validation of a two-protein test for spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB) prediction in a large multicenter prospective study of asymptomatic women
• George Saade,
• Kim Boggess,
• Scott Sullivan,
• ...
• Paul Kearney,
• Jay Boniface,
• Durlin Hickok
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18: Racial and ethnic disparities in use of 17-hydroxyprogesterone caproate for prevention of preterm birth
• Lynn M. Yee,
• Lilly Y. Liu,
• Allie Sakowicz,
• Janelle R. Bolden,
• Emily S. Miller
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19: Circulating microparticles as an effective means to stratify the risk of spontaneous preterm birth
• David E. Cantonwine,
• Zhen Zhang,
• Kevin S. Goudy,
• ...
• Qi Jiang,
• Claudia Escher,
• Thomas F. McElrath
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Oral Concurrent Session 2
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20: How to predict cesarean delivery in the nulliparous patient: results from the prospective multi-center Genesis Study
• Naomi Burke,
• Gerry Burke,
• Fionnuala Breathnach,
• ...
• Patrick Dicker,
• Elizabeth Tully,
• Fergal D. Malone
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21: Integrase strand transfer inhibitors given to HIV-infected women late in pregnancy decrease HIV viral load more quickly than other antiretroviral therapy (ART)
• Lisa Rahangdale,
• Jordan Cates,
• JoNell Potter,
• ...
• Bassam H. Rimawi,
• Jean R. Anderson,
• Elizabeth Stringer
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22: Changes in the patterns and rates of term stillbirth in the USA following the adoption of the 39-week rule: a cause for concern?
• James Nicholson,
• Lisa Kellar,
• Shala Ahmad,
• ...
• Nadine Hewamudalige,
• Serdar Ural,
• Jerome Yaklic
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23: Antibiotics and betamethasone therapy do not significantly alter the placental microbiome in chorioamnionitis affected pregnancies
• Amanda Prince,
• Jun Ma,
• Paranthaman Kannan,
• ...
• Claire Chougnet,
• Suhas Kallapur,
• Kjersti Aagaard
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24: Twin birth study: 2-year follow-up of the randomized trial comparing planned cesarean vs planned vaginal delivery for twin pregnancy
• Elizabeth Asztalos,
• Mary Hannah,
• Eileen Hutton,
• ...
• Arne Ohlsson,
• Susan Ross,
• Jon Barrett
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25: Optimal evaluation for stillbirth: Stillbirth Collaborative Research Network
• Jessica M. Page
• for the SCRN of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD
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26: Quantifying maternal morbidity associated with placenta previa
• Karen J. Gibbins,
• Michael W. Varner,
• Robert M. Silver
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27: Evaluation of failed induction of labor
• Tetsuya Kawakita,
• Sara N. Iqbal,
• Uma M. Reddy,
• ...
• Matthew Hoffman,
• Anthony C. Sciscione,
• Katherine L. Grantz
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28: Variation in primary cesarean delivery rates by individual physicians within a single hospital laborist model
• Torri Metz,
• Amanda A. Allshouse,
• Sara Babcock,
• Reina Doyle,
• Angie Tong,
• J. Christopher Carey
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29: Predicting acidemia with intrapartum electronic fetal monitoring (EFM)
• Alison G. Cahill,
• Methodius G. Tuuli,
• Molly J. Stout,
• Elena Deych,
• William Shannon,
• George A. Macones
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30: Enlargement of fetal zone of the fetal adrenal gland predicts the success of labor induction
• Garrett Fitzgerald,
• Joshua Rosenbloom,
• Dana Block-Abraham,
• ...
• Jerome Kopelman,
• Harman Christopher,
• Ozhan Turan
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Oral Concurrent Session 3
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31: Maternal treatment with sildenafil in a non-severe hypertensive murine model lowers maternal blood pressure without reducing fetal growth
• Robyn P. Roberts,
• Jerrie S. Refuerzo,
• Francesca Ferrari,
• ...
• Baha M. Sibai,
• Sean C. Blackwell,
• Monica Longo
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32: High-flavanol chocolate to improve placental function and to decrease the risk of preeclampsia: a double blind randomized clinical trial
• Emmanuel Bujold,
• Asma Babar,
• Elise Lavoie,
• ...
• Isabelle Marc,
• Belkacem Abdous,
• Sylvie Dodin
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33: Short and long sleep durations in pregnancy are associated with extremes of gestational weight gain
• Francesca Facco,
• Kathryn Reid,
• William Grobman,
• ...
• Shannon Hunter,
• Matthew Koch,
• Phyllis Zee
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34: Point-of-care congo red dot (CRD) test for antenatal triage and rapid identification of preeclampsia (PE)
• Kara Rood,
• Catalin S. Buhimschi,
• Theresa Dible,
• ...
• Guomao Zhao,
• Philip Samuels,
• Irina A. Buhimschi
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