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Results of the national study of vaginal birth after cesarean in birth centersEllice Lieberman
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Obstet Gynecol 104:933-42. 2004..We conducted a study to obtain the data necessary to formulate an evidence-based policy on this practice...- Changes in fetal position during labor and their association with epidural analgesiaEllice Lieberman
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Obstet Gynecol 105:974-82. 2005..To evaluate whether epidural analgesia is associated with a higher rate of abnormal fetal head position at delivery... - Intrapartum fever and unexplained seizures in term infantsE Lieberman
Center for Perinatal Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Pediatrics 106:983-8. 2000..We therefore conducted a case control study to investigate this association further... - Epidemiology of epidural analgesia and cesarean deliveryEllice Lieberman
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School, and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Clin Obstet Gynecol 47:317-31. 2004 - Trial of labor after 40 weeks' gestation in women with prior cesareanC M Zelop
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York 10021 19883, USA
Obstet Gynecol 97:391-3. 2001..To compare outcomes in women with prior cesareans delivering at or before 40 weeks' gestation with those delivering after 40 weeks... - Outcomes of trial of labor following previous cesarean delivery among women with fetuses weighing >4000 gC M Zelop
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 185:903-5. 2001..In these women with infants weighing > 4000 g, the likelihood of successful vaginal delivery, although lower than for neonates weighing < or = 4000 g, is still 60%... - Maternal intrapartum temperature elevation as a risk factor for cesarean delivery and assisted vaginal deliveryE Lieberman
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass 02115, USA
Am J Public Health 89:506-10. 1999..This study investigated the association of intrapartum temperature elevation with cesarean delivery and assisted vaginal delivery... - Interdelivery interval and risk of symptomatic uterine ruptureT D Shipp
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachussetts, USA
Obstet Gynecol 97:175-7. 2001..To relate interdelivery interval to risk of uterine rupture during a trial of labor after prior cesarean delivery... - Labor after previous cesarean: influence of prior indication and parityT D Shipp
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Obstet Gynecol 95:913-6. 2000..To determine whether the risk of cesarean for women who had trials of labor after one prior cesarean differs from that of nulliparas overall and by indications for those cesareans... - Oxytocin dose and the risk of uterine rupture in trial of labor after cesareanL Goetzl
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
Obstet Gynecol 97:381-4. 2001..To examine the association between uterine rupture and oxytocin use in trial of labor after cesarean... - Predictors of episiotomy use at first spontaneous vaginal deliveryJ N Robinson
Harvard Medical School, Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Obstet Gynecol 96:214-8. 2000..To identify factors associated with the use of episiotomy at spontaneous vaginal delivery... - Relationship of race and severity of neonatal illnessS Berman
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hutzel Hospital, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 184:668-72. 2001..Our goal was to determine whether there are racial differences in the severity of illness on admission for premature newborn infants independent of gestational age... - Maternal epidural use and neonatal sepsis evaluation in afebrile mothersL Goetzl
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77098, USA
Pediatrics 108:1099-102. 2001..Epidural use has been associated with a higher rate of neonatal sepsis evaluation. Epidural-related fever explains some of the increase but not the excess of neonatal sepsis evaluations in afebrile women.. - Intrapartum maternal fever and neonatal outcomeE Lieberman
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA vard edu
Pediatrics 105:8-13. 2000..Therefore, we investigated the association of elevated maternal intrapartum temperature with neonatal outcome when the infant does not develop an infection... - Expectant management in spontaneous preterm premature rupture of membranes between 14 and 24 weeks' gestationSandy J Falk
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Perinatol 24:611-6. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Neonatal survival in spontaneous PPROM before 20 weeks is rare, irrespective of latency from ROM to delivery. When PPROM occurs from 20 to 24 weeks, survival improves with increasing gestational age at ROM and at delivery... - Relationship of twin zygosity and risk of preeclampsiaC V Maxwell
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 185:819-21. 2001..Larger studies are needed to evaluate this finding... - No increase in rates of early-onset neonatal sepsis by non-group B Streptococcus or ampicillin-resistant organismsK T Chen
Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 185:854-8. 2001..CONCLUSIONS: A risk-based approach to GBS prophylaxis reduced the incidence of GBS-EONS at a tertiary-care hospital. This decrease was not accompanied by an increase in the incidence of EONS by non-GBS or ampicillin-resistant organisms... - Low risk of relapse after achieving undetectable HCG levels in women with complete molar pregnancyAdam J Wolfberg
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, New England Trophoblastic Disease Center, Donald P Goldstein M D Trophoblastic Tumor Registry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Obstet Gynecol 104:551-4. 2004..Our objective was to determine the risk of disease recurrence after hCG spontaneously declines to undetectable levels... - Randomized comparison of chromic versus fast-absorbing polyglactin 910 for postpartum perineal repairJames A Greenberg
Department of Obstetrics, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Obstet Gynecol 103:1308-13. 2004..We conducted a randomized trial to evaluate the healing characteristics of chromic versus fast-absorbing polyglactin 910... - Postevacuation hCG levels and risk of gestational trophoblastic neoplasia in women with complete molar pregnancyAdam J Wolfberg
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Obstet Gynecol 106:548-52. 2005..Our objective was to develop human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) criteria that establish a patient's risk of developing persistent GTN or achieving remission from their baseline risk within a few weeks of molar evacuation... - Neonatal outcome after trial of labor compared with elective repeat cesarean sectionRita E Fisler
Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Birth 30:83-8. 2003..The higher rate of intervention could relate to the well-documented increase in intrapartum fever that occurs with epidural use... - Quantitative microbiologic models for preterm deliveryAndrew B Onderdonk
Channing Laboratory, Departments of Pathology and Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Clin Microbiol 41:1073-9. 2003..91 (CI, 0.79 to 1). It may be possible to predict PTD by using microbiologic risk factors measured once the gestation period has reached the 20-week time point... - Post-cesarean delivery fever and uterine rupture in a subsequent trial of laborThomas D Shipp
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Obstet Gynecol 101:136-9. 2003..To evaluate the association of uterine rupture during a trial of labor after cesarean with postpartum fever after the prior cesarean delivery... - The association of maternal age and symptomatic uterine rupture during a trial of labor after prior cesarean deliveryThomas D Shipp
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Obstet Gynecol 99:585-8. 2002..To estimate whether maternal age is associated with a symptomatic uterine rupture during a trial of labor after prior cesarean delivery... - Persistent fetal occiput posterior position: obstetric outcomesSusan E Ponkey
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Obstet Gynecol 101:915-20. 2003..In our population, the chances that a laboring woman with persistent occiput posterior position will have a spontaneous vaginal delivery are only 26% for nulliparas and 57% for multiparas... - Assessment of the rate of uterine rupture at the first prenatal visit: a preliminary evaluationThomas D Shipp
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 21:129-33. 2008..To quantify the risk for symptomatic uterine rupture during a trial of labor after prior cesarean delivery based on factors that can be ascertained during early pregnancy... - Risk factors for uterine rupture during a trial of labor after cesareanE Lieberman
Center for Perinatal Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 75 Francis Street, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Clin Obstet Gynecol 44:609-21. 2001..Further delineation of the factors that increase the risk of uterine rupture will permit better prediction of individualized risk and identification of women for whom attempting a vaginal delivery after cesarean represents a safe option... - Maternal experiences of racism and violence as predictors of preterm birth: rationale and study designJ Rich-Edwards
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, 133 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 15:124-35. 2001..We have begun to examine these questions among women enrolled in Project Viva, a Boston-based longitudinal study of 6000 pregnant women and their children... - Outcome of pregnancy after prenatal diagnosis of umbilical vein varixA Rahemtullah
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Ultrasound Med 20:135-9. 2001..Isoimmunization should be ruled out, and consideration of karyotyping should be discussed if other anomalies are present... - No increase in rates of early-onset neonatal sepsis by antibiotic-resistant group B Streptococcus in the era of intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxisKatherine T Chen
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 192:1167-71. 2005..The aim of this study was to assess the rate of early-onset neonatal sepsis by antibiotic-resistant group B Streptococcus... - Maternal epidural analgesia and rates of maternal antibiotic treatment in a low-risk nulliparous populationLaura Goetzl
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, 6550 Fannin Street, Suite 901, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Perinatol 23:457-61. 2003..0 vs 0.4%) in the epidural analgesia group. CONCLUSION: Epidural-related fever results in excess maternal antibiotic treatment for presumed chorioamnionitis... - Unintended effects of epidural analgesia during labor: a systematic reviewEllice Lieberman
Center for Perinatal Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 186:S31-68. 2002..Further research is needed to advance our understanding of the unintended effects of epidural. Improved information would permit women to make truly informed decisions about the use of pain relief during labor... - The genetic sonogram: a method of risk assessment for Down syndrome in the second trimesterBryann Bromley
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
J Ultrasound Med 21:1087-96; quiz 1097-8. 2002..Clusters of markers appear to confer a higher risk... - Fetal nose bone length: a marker for Down syndrome in the second trimesterBryann Bromley
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Ultrasound Med 21:1387-94. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: The absence of a nasal bone is a powerful marker for Down syndrome. A short nasal bone is associated with an increased likelihood for fetal Down syndrome in a high-risk population... - Prophylactic acetaminophen does not prevent epidural fever in nulliparous women: a double-blind placebo-controlled trialLaura Goetzl
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Perinatol 24:471-5. 2004.... - Narrowing of sex differences in infant mortality in MassachusettsUrmi Bhaumik
Department of Maternal and Child Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Perinatol 24:94-9. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: The narrowing of the sex difference in mortality between 1989 and 1995 suggests that newer treatments like antenatal steroids, and surfactants may have differentially benefited male infants... - "Real World" compliance with strategies to prevent early-onset group B streptococcal diseaseLaura Riley
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Perinatol 23:272-7. 2003..However, there were more cultures not done and cultures done at inappropriate gestations at the community hospital practice... - The role of intrapartum fever in identifying asymptomatic term neonates with early-onset neonatal sepsisKatherine T Chen
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Perinatol 22:653-7. 2002..CONCLUSION: Over half of term neonates with sepsis were asymptomatic at delivery. Intrapartum fever was helpful in identifying over a quarter of asymptomatic term neonates with sepsis... - Elevated maternal and fetal serum interleukin-6 levels are associated with epidural feverLaura Goetzl
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, 6550 Fannin Street, Suite 901, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 187:834-8. 2002..The study was performed to explore the evidence for a noninfectious inflammatory cause for epidural fever... - What factors are associated with parents' desire to know the sex of their unborn child?Thomas D Shipp
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Birth 31:272-9. 2004..Further study is needed to understand parents' motivations underlying the desire to know or not know fetal sex before delivery... - The nature and management of labor pain: executive summaryDonald Caton
Maternity Center Association, New York City, NY 10010, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 186:S1-15. 2002..The results have implications for policy, practice, research, and the education of both health professionals and childbearing women... - Postevacuation hCG levels and risk of gestational trophoblastic neoplasia in women with complete molar pregnancyAdam J Wolfberg
Obstet Gynecol 107:743. 2006 - Impact of single- or double-layer closure on uterine ruptureThomas D Shipp
Am J Obstet Gynecol 188:601; author reply 601-2. 2003