Group A streptococcal peritonitis and ruptured tubo-ovarian abscess three years after Essure® insertion: a case reportIdo Solt
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 20:781-3. 2011
..Gross pathological examination of the uterus showed appropriate Essure insert placement. Based on this case, tubal occlusion by induced fibrosis may not be a sufficient obstacle in preventing ascending pelvic infections...
- [Childhood vaccines and autism--much ado about nothing?]
Ido Solt
Obstetrics and Gynecology Wing, Western Galilee Hospital, Nahariya, Israel Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel
Harefuah 149:251-5, 260. 2010
..The extensive research conducted so far indicates that childhood vaccination is not a cause of the sharp increase in autism diagnoses in recent decades...
- [Malformed pygopagus conjoined twins in a spontaneous triplet pregnancy]
Ido Solt
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Western Galilee Hospital, Naharia, Israel
Harefuah 144:590-2, 596. 2005
..Conjoined twin in a triplet pregnancy may be diagnosed by ultrasound as early as the first trimester. Failure in diagnosis of the condition resulted in early delivery of three premature infants. All three infants died after delivery...
- [Cystic degeneration of placental subchorionic intervillous thrombi]
Ido Solt
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Western Galilee Hospital, Naharia, Israel
Harefuah 144:317-8, 384. 2005
..The patient delivered spontaneously at term giving birth to a 3300 grams healthy newborn. The pathologic diagnosis was cystic degeneration of subchorionic intervillous thrombi...
- Abnormal placental invasion--a novel approach to treatment case report and review
Ella Ophir
Maternal and Fetal Medicine Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Western Galilee Hospital Nahariya, Israel
Obstet Gynecol Surv 64:811-22. 2009
..We review incidence, methods of prenatal diagnosis, risk factors, and management of abnormally invasive placenta...
- Recurrent ascites due to oral contraceptives and pregnancy
Ari Reiss
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
Obstet Gynecol 107:499-501. 2006
..Ascites during pregnancy is a rare disorder with wide differential diagnosis...
- [Is there an association between PUPPP and preeclampsia, abruptio placentae and fetal death?]
Lior Lowenstein
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rambam Medical Center, Israel
Harefuah 143:861-2, 911. 2004
..The patient fully recovered one week postpartum. This case report discusses a possible association between pruritic urticarial papules, plaques of pregnancy and severe preeclampsia with fetal death...
- [Spontaneous umbilical cord hematoma]
Imad R Makhoul
Department of Neonatology, Meyer Childrens Hospital and Rambam Medical Center, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Harefuah 144:237-8, 304. 2005
..Spontaneous umbilical cord hematoma is rare and might be associated with fetal death...
- [Prenatal imaging of the Meckel-Gruber syndrome]
Lior Lowenstein
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
Harefuah 143:182-3, 247. 2004
..The Meckel-Gruber syndrome was diagnosed, but termination of pregnancy was declined. Three weeks later, the patient spontaneously delivered an 1890 grams live-born female. The newborn died 2 days later in the neonate intensive care unit...
- [The treatment of post partum pain: survey of 26 maternity departments in Israel]
Ido Solt
Maternity Department, Western Galilee Hospital Naharia, Israel Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
Harefuah 148:427-431, 477, 476. 2009
..In most cases, pain management is needed during the post-partum hospitalization period. In Israel there is no national protocol of post-partum pain management...
- A life-threatening event: uterine cervical arteriovenous malformation
Lior Lowenstein
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rambam Medical Center and the Faculty of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Obstet Gynecol 103:1073-5. 2004
..Uterine cervical arteriovenous malformation is a rare cause of vaginal bleeding...
- Teaching forceps: the impact of proactive faculty
Ido Solt
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 204:448.e1-4. 2011
..The objective of the study was to evaluate the impact on resident forceps experience by a single proactive teacher...
- First-trimester visualization of the fourth ventricle in fetuses with and without spina bifida
Ido Solt
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
J Ultrasound Med 30:1643-7. 2011
..The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of nonvisualization of the fourth ventricle for first-trimester detection of spina bifida...
- Discordance of first-trimester crown-rump length is a predictor of adverse outcomes in structurally normal euploid dichorionic twins
Rizwana Fareeduddin
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
J Ultrasound Med 29:1439-43. 2010
..The purpose of this study was to determine the association between discordant crown-rump length (CRL) measurements in structurally normal euploid dichorionic twins and adverse pregnancy outcomes...
- Methamphetamine use during pregnancy: maternal and neonatal implications
Meadow M Good
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics Gynecology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
Obstet Gynecol 116:330-4. 2010
..To report the demographic characteristics and clinical morbidity of methamphetamine-exposed pregnancies compared with control patients in a tertiary care, urban, academic medical center...
- Teaching 3-dimensional fetal ultrasound: a randomized study
Ido Solt
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 24:837-41. 2011
..We hypothesized that the cognitive processing of medical professionals dealing with medical imaging is less structure-based and more intuitive...
- Fetal Ebstein's anomaly: early and late appearance
Etan Z Zimmer
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rambam Medical Center, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Prenat Diagn 32:228-33. 2012
..To present sonographic findings in early and late appearance of fetal Ebstein's anomaly...
- Water intoxication-a dangerous condition in labor and delivery rooms
Ella Ophir
Maternal and Fetal Medicine Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Western Galilee Hospital, Nahariya, Israel
Obstet Gynecol Surv 62:731-8. 2007
..We review the epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical features, and treatment of this hazardous disorder. We emphasize the need for awareness of this condition, and call attention to the risk of fluid overload during labor...
- Bartholin's cyst marsupialization
Lior Lowenstein
Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
J Sex Med 5:1053-6. 2008
- [Prenatal diagnosis of chorioangioma]
Lior Lowenstein
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
Harefuah 145:95-7, 167. 2006
..A solid mass was removed during the procedure. The mass was sent to pathology and was diagnosed as placental chorioangioma. Large chorioangioma require careful follow-up due to the possibility of rapid deterioration in fetal condition...
- [Prenatal diagnosis of fetal neoplasms]
Ido Solt
Ultrasound Unit, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Rambam Medical Center, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
Harefuah 143:131-5, 165. 2004
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- Hypoglycemia during the 100-g oral glucose tolerance test: incidence and perinatal significance
Amir Weissman
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
Obstet Gynecol 105:1424-8. 2005
..To estimate and report the incidence and perinatal significance of hypoglycemia during the 100-g oral glucose tolerance test in pregnant women...
- Spinal tuberculosis with paraplegia in pregnancy
Lior Lowenstein
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
Isr Med Assoc J 6:436-7. 2004
- Clinical trial of multiplanar real-time 4- versus 2-dimensional sonographic guidance for transcervical chorionic villus sampling
Beni Adeniji
Maternal Fetal Center, Children s Hospital of Central California, Madera, California, USA Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Ultrasound Med 30:309-12. 2011
..We determined the utility of 4D versus 2-dimensional (2D) sonographic guidance for transcervical CVS...
- [The human microbiome]
Ido Solt
Maternal Fetal Medicine Division, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Harefuah 150:484-8. 2011
..Defining the complexity of the human microbiome in health and disease will enhance the understanding of multiple pathological mechanisms and facilitate the development of novel diagnostic tools and therapeutic interventions...
- The esophageal 'pouch sign': a benign transient finding
Ido Solt
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
Prenat Diagn 30:845-8. 2010
..Sonographic finding of an esophageal pouch is considered pathognomonic for fetal esophageal atresia (EA). We investigated the clinical significance of this finding...
- [A surprise in the bladder: the case of the misplaced gortex]
Lior Lowenstein
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rambam Medical Center, Tehnion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel
Harefuah 148:435, 476, 475. 2009
..Intravesical surgical materials may contribute to persistent urinary symptoms or recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) in selected women. Detection and removal of these materials is recommended...
- Delivery mode and maternal rehospitalization
Ella Ophir
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Western Galilee Hospital, Nahariya, Israel
Arch Gynecol Obstet 277:401-4. 2008
..The rates of rehospitalization after cesarean section (1.41%) are significantly higher than those following spontaneous vaginal delivery (0.33%), mainly due to infection following cesarean section and late bleeding after vaginal delivery...
- [Parathyroid cyst associated with acute respiratory failure and jugular vein thrombosis]
Nasser Gattas
Internal Medicine B Department, Western Galilee Hospital, Nahariya, Israel Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
Harefuah 146:599-601, 646. 2007
..This is a case history of a 43 year-old woman, who presented with dyspnea. A 9 + 8 + 6cm cervical-mediastinal parathyroid cyst causing dyspnea, dysphagia, respiratory failure and jugular vein thrombosis was found...
- Nonintrusive diagnosis of premature ruptured amniotic membranes using a novel polymer
Jacob Bornstein
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Western Galilee Hospital, Nahariya, Israel
Am J Perinatol 23:351-4. 2006
..35% between the AL-SENSE test result and the clinical diagnosis. AL-SENSE may be used as a reliable test to rule out PROM and as an effective device to diagnose PROM and differentiate it from urine leak and vulvovaginal candidiasis...
- Psychological distress symptoms in women undergoing medical vs. surgical termination of pregnancy
Lior Lowenstein
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Rappaport Technion Faculty of Medicine, Rambam Medical Center, POB 9602, Haifa 31096, Israel
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 28:43-7. 2006
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- Ulcerative vulvitis circumscripta plasmacellularis
Ido Solt
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rambam Medical Center, Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel
Isr Med Assoc J 6:117-8. 2004
- In utero diagnosis of bladder perforation with urinary ascites. A case report
Lior Lowenstein
Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
Fetal Diagn Ther 18:179-82. 2003
..This case report describes an unusual case of congenital bladder perforation and urinary ascites diagnosed in utero. The pertinent literature is reviewed...
