Pediatrics

After analyzing the clinical research, the authors present a practical approach to the challenge of caring for pregnant women who weigh 250 lb or more. Guidelines for these patients--who tend to have more C/S, larger babies, and longer hospital stays--aim to minimize morbidity and mortality, thus improving perinatal outcome.

Wireless communication, videoconferencing, and the Internet have made telemedicine a reality.

Cancer research has been given a boost by some exciting research in genetics. Findings presented at the AACR annual meeting have important clinical implications for the practicing ob/gyn.

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Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is the most comnmon muscular dystrophy seen in adults.

April 15, 2001 Updates and Literature News

News Updates

Considering the number of severe maternal and fetal complications that can result from untreated hypertension, ob/gyns must be vigilant about recognizing the chronic form of the disease. Anything less puts your patients and you in harm's way.

The latest NIH consensus development panel has concluded that a single course of therapy can improve clinical outcomes for preterm infants. They also caution that more is not necessarily better.

Since the CDC recommendations have been put into practice, we've seen a dramatic decline in early-onset neonatal GBS infections. But an expert in the field discusses several unresolved issues and emphasizes the need for continued vigilance to keep the disease under control.

The 2001 annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine offered a wide array of important research findings--and new clinical implications--on tocolysis, thrombophilia, cerclage, antenatal steroid therapy, and group B streptocccal infection.

Reducing the frequency of menstruation--or simply eliminating it--is a safe and effective option for many women, argues this author. Controlling when and whether menstruation occurs may even be beneficial to their health.

Reducing the frequency of menstruation--or simply eliminating it--is a safe and effective option for many women, argues this author. Controlling when and whether menstruation occurs may even be beneficial to their health.

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Pregnancies from assisted reproductive technology or ovulation induction are more likely to result in multiple birth than those conceived spontaneously. In this roundtable, a panel of experts discusses practical strategies to increase the likelihood that ART and OI/IUI will result in a singleton pregnancy.

While family planning clinics are hailing the FDA's recent approval of mifepristone (RU-486) as a noninvasive way to terminate an unwanted pregnancy, ob/gyns who decide to administer the drug need to familiarize themselves with the research on its advantages and disadvantages.

Many obstetric malpractice cases focus on fixing the blame for disturbed neurological function in the first days of an infant's life. Results of recent case-control studies, described here by the authors, question the traditional thinking that most of the risk factors are in the intrapartum period.

Gives criteria for evaluating and diagnosing bleeding disorders in newborns and tells how to differentiate such disorders in newborns, children, and adults.

Studies show that for most healthy women with uncomplicated pregnancies exercising at a moderate- to high-intensity level is safe and may provide long- and short-term benefits.

Forceps injuries cases, failed tubal ligation, amniotic fluid embolism.

Bacterial vaginosis is associated with preterm delivery.

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Group B streptoccal infection

How to care for the HIV-infected pregnant patient

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