In this chapter, Dr. Owen reviews the diagnosis or cervical insufficiency; patient selection for history-indicated (prophylactic), physical examination-indicated (Emergent), and ultrasound-indicated (urgent) cerclage; placement and removal of cerclagel and adjunctive therapies.
Simulation training can prepare an obstetrical team for emergencies and provide a way to effectively review performance.
Simulation training can prepare an obstetrical team for emergencies and provide a way to effectively review performance.
Simulation training can prepare an obstetrical team for emergencies and provide a way to effectively review performance.
Simulation training can prepare an obstetrical team for emergencies and provide a way to effectively review performance.
Three esteemed surgeons discuss technology, weighing the pros and cons of existing and newly developed platforms.
Traditionally, transvaginal cerclage placed during the first or early second trimester has been a common treatment for cervical incompetence. Unfortunately, in about 13% of women with cervical incompetence, the transvagincal approach to cerclage will not work.
Asthma during pregnancy can be life-threatening. So counsel patients not to stop taking asthma drugs; most are not harmful to a fetus.
Epidural anesthesia can elevate a woman's temperature, but what effect does it have on maternal health or pregnancy outcomes?
True precocious puberty differs from premature adrenarche and premature thelarche. Understanding normal sexual development and these common variants will help ob/gyns make the correct diagnosis and appropriate referrals.
This summary of SMFM Consult Series #46 reviews major considerations in evaluation and management of polyhydramnios.
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This key staff member could help improve your bottom line or throw a monkey wrench into your operations. Here's how to make the right choice.
There are several features in a woman’s personal or family history that should raise suspicion for potential involvement of an underlying genetic mutation and prompt genetic counseling/testing.
It's imperative to identify more HIV-infected women earlier in pregnancy through HIV testing and to reduce mother-to-child transmission of the virus that causes AIDS.
It's imperative to identify more HIV-infected women earlier in pregnancy through HIV testing and to reduce mother-to-child transmission of the virus that causes AIDS.
Ob/gyns should ensure that women have the information they need to make an informed decision about breastfeeding. This article addresses the two key concerns that new mothers most express about contraception and breastfeeding.
While most ob/gyns can recite a long list of risk factors for this lethal complication, mounting evidence suggests that maternal hypotension should be taken into account as well.
Exacerbation of hyperthyroidism in pregnancy is an obstetric emergency. It demands accurate diagnosis and a prompt therapeutic response in order to minimize risk to mother and fetus.
Ob/gyns should ensure that women have the information they need to make an informed decision about breastfeeding. This article addresses the two key concerns that new mothers most express about contraception and breastfeeding.
Ob/gyns should ensure that women have the information they need to make an informed decision about breastfeeding. This article addresses the two key concerns that new mothers most express about contraception and breastfeeding.
Ob/gyns should ensure that women have the information they need to make an informed decision about breastfeeding. This article addresses the two key concerns that new mothers most express about contraception and breastfeeding.
Ob/gyns should ensure that women have the information they need to make an informed decision about breastfeeding. This article addresses the two key concerns that new mothers most express about contraception and breastfeeding.
Urinary incontinence can often be successfully treated without referral, but first ob/gyns need to broach the subject! Two experts tell how to evaluate this widespread condition.
The use of “pregnant woman” or “pregnant person” and their respective plurals is being debated within many levels of the medical world, including major journals, societies, and associations. When it comes to pregnancy, what noun should prevail, or should any?
Although officially approved as a contraceptive, the device is also finding a role in several benign gynecologic disorders. One expert examines the evidence for its use in menorrhagia, fibroids, endometriosis, adenomyosis, and endometrial hyperplasia.