Ruth C Fretts

Summary

Affiliation: Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Should older women have antepartum testing to prevent unexplained stillbirth?
    Ruth C Fretts
    Harvard Medical Associates, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 104:56-64. 2004
  2. ncbi Impact of labor induction, gestational age, and maternal age on cesarean delivery rates
    Linda J Heffner
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 102:287-93. 2003
  3. ncbi Etiology and prevention of stillbirth
    Ruth C Fretts
    Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Wellesley, MA 02481, USA
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 193:1923-35. 2005
  4. ncbi New indications for antepartum testing: making the case for antepartum surveillance or timed delivery for women of advanced maternal age
    Ruth C Fretts
    Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Newton Wellesley Hospital, Wellesley, MA 02481, USA
    Semin Perinatol 32:312-7. 2008

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Publications4

  1. ncbi Should older women have antepartum testing to prevent unexplained stillbirth?
    Ruth C Fretts
    Harvard Medical Associates, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 104:56-64. 2004
    ..We compared usual care (no antepartum testing or induction before 41 weeks), weekly testing at 37 weeks with induction after a positive test, and no testing with induction at 41 weeks...
  2. ncbi Impact of labor induction, gestational age, and maternal age on cesarean delivery rates
    Linda J Heffner
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 102:287-93. 2003
    ..To quantify the impact of labor induction and maternal age on cesarean delivery rates in nulliparous and multiparous women between 36 and 42 weeks' gestation...
  3. ncbi Etiology and prevention of stillbirth
    Ruth C Fretts
    Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Wellesley, MA 02481, USA
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 193:1923-35. 2005
    ..This is a systematic review of the literature on the causes of stillbirth and clinical opinion regarding strategies for its prevention...
  4. ncbi New indications for antepartum testing: making the case for antepartum surveillance or timed delivery for women of advanced maternal age
    Ruth C Fretts
    Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Newton Wellesley Hospital, Wellesley, MA 02481, USA
    Semin Perinatol 32:312-7. 2008
    ..This article reviews the risks and benefits of the strategy of antepartum testing and timed delivery and discusses the limitations of the available data in this field...