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Perinatal outcome after preterm premature rupture of membranes with in situ cervical cerclageThomas F McElrath
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 187:1147-52. 2002..This cohort study examines whether the presence of cerclage at the time of pPROM is associated with increased maternal or neonatal inflammatory morbidity...
Cesarean delivery at the limits of neonatal viabilityThomas F McElrath
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 47:342-51. 2004
Maternal antenatal complications and the risk of neonatal cerebral white matter damage and later cerebral palsy in children born at an extremely low gestational ageThomas F McElrath
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Epidemiol 170:819-28. 2009....
Invited commentary: Intrauterine epidemiologyThomas F McElrath
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Am J Epidemiol 170:159-61; discussion 162-3. 2009..However, these authors have taken a large step toward introducing an "intrauterine" perspective into perinatal epidemiology and into our understanding of the underlying etiologies of preterm birth...
Pregnancy disorders that lead to delivery before the 28th week of gestation: an epidemiologic approach to classificationT F McElrath
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Epidemiol 168:980-9. 2008..Disorders leading to preterm delivery may be separated into two groups: those associated with intrauterine inflammation and those associated with aberrations of placentation...
Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome as a function of gestational age and an assay for surfactant-to-albumin ratioThomas F McElrath
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Obstet Gynecol 103:463-8. 2004..This study was designed to investigate the optimal gestational age-specific cutoff value for a surfactant-to-albumin ratio assay for predicting RDS...
Neonatal outcome of infants born at 23 weeks' gestationT F McElrath
Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Obstet Gynecol 97:49-52. 2001..To determine the neonatal outcome in accurately dated 23-week deliveries...
Epidural analgesia and third- or fourth-degree lacerations in nulliparasJ N Robinson
Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Obstet Gynecol 94:259-62. 1999..To determine if epidural analgesia is associated with differences in rates of severe perineal trauma during vaginal deliveries...
Prenatal ultrasonography and the diagnosis of fetal cleft lipJ N Robinson
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Ultrasound Med 20:1165-70; quiz 1172-3. 2001..We recommend that the anatomic survey for fetuses at high risk for this condition be performed after 20 weeks' gestation...
Fertility therapy and the risk of very low birth weightT F McElrath
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, USA
Obstet Gynecol 90:600-5. 1997....
Prolonged latency after preterm premature rupture of membranes: an evaluation of histologic condition and intracranial ultrasonic abnormality in the neonate born at <28 weeks of gestationThomas F McElrath
Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 189:794-8. 2003..The odds of ultrasonically detectable brain abnormalities, however, did not increase with increasing latency...
Contemporary trends in the management of delivery at 23 weeks' gestationThomas F McElrath
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Perinatol 19:9-15. 2002..We find that respondents underestimate the consensus in the most recent literature on survival of infants born at 23 to 24 weeks. This underestimation may lead to a limitation in interventions offered...
Validation of a formula that calculates the estimated risk of respiratory distress syndromeStacy E F Melanson
Division of Clinical Laboratories, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Obstet Gynecol 108:1471-6. 2006..We validate our model using a separate data set, with the goal of providing the clinician with a risk score...
Colonization of second-trimester placenta parenchymaAndrew B Onderdonk
Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 199:52.e1-52.e10. 2008..The overtly healthy, nonpregnant uterus harbors bacteria, Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma. The extent of colonization remains elusive, as are relationships between isolated microorganisms, preterm labor and fetal inflammation...
