October 15, 2009
The risk of adverse obstetric outcomes is elevated in women who conceive while using an intrauterine device (IUD), especially in women who retain the device throughout pregnancy, according to a study in the October issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
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October 1, 2009
The new classification system provides three categories of risk: FHR tracings normal, indeterminate, and abnormal. The Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine provides insights on how to use these guidelines.
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September 15, 2009
Women in normal labor can safely drink modest amounts of clear liquids, and those undergoing cesarean delivery can do so for up to 2 hours before they are given anesthesia, according to a new opinion released by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists? Committee on Obstetric Practice and published in the September issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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September 1, 2009
By:Dawn Collins, JD
A woman at 36 weeks' gestation had an external fetal monitor placed about 2 hours after her arrival at the hospital.
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September 1, 2009
By:Dawn Collins, JD
A Wisconsin woman filed a lawsuit against the US for prenatal care provided by a community health center funded by the federal government.
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August 1, 2009
By:Vincenzo Berghella, MD
If a patient with a prior spontaneous preterm birth presents at 24 weeks, should you test fibronectin levels to determine her risk of another preterm delivery?
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August 1, 2009
By:Norbert Gleicher, MD, Steven T. Nakajima, MD
If choosing gender is okay before fertilization, why shouldn't it be with PGD after fertilization, is the thrust of the "pro" argument. The other side calls PGD gender discrimination.
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 | August 1, 2009
By:Charles J. Lockwood, MD
It's time to challenge our patients to achieve their ideal body weight in the preconceptional period, encourage them to exercise regularly, and to take a more restrained approach to maternal weight gain if they are obese. Of course it helps if the counselor heeds his or her own advice!
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August 1, 2009
By:Andrew I. Kaplan, Esq.
When the plaintiff claimed a botched episiotomy caused her rectovaginal fistula, expert witnesses testified that the complication may have occurred in part because she ignored the ob/gyn's advice. So why was the case settled?
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