NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Analysis of the ST segment on the fetal electrocardiogram combined with conventional cardiotocography during intrapartum monitoring reduces the rate of operative vaginal deliveries…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The optimum timing for planned delivery of uncomplicated monochorionic and dichorionic twin pregnancies is unclear. New research suggests that, with close fetal surveillance,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In pregnant HIV-infected women treated with a single intrapartum dose of nevirapine (NVP) to prevent vertical HIV transmission, the subsequent selection of nevirapine-resistant…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Moxifloxacin is as effective as amoxicillin/clavulanic acid in the treatment of exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the outpatient setting, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – At 5 years, bipolar radiofrequency (RF) endometrial ablation is more effective than hydrothermablation for controlling menorrhagia, according to a Dutch study reported in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Antibiotic prophylaxis with cefazolin during elective cesarean delivery, administered either before skin incision or after umbilical cord clamping, reduced postoperative maternal infections by…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Vaginal progesterone given to pregnant women with mid-trimester sonographic evidence of short cervix reduces the risk of preterm birth and neonatal complications and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The incidence of tuberculosis diagnosis is significantly higher than normal in the 6 months following pregnancy, according to the findings of a national…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In recurrent ovarian cancer, combination docetaxel and carboplatin may provide an advantage in terms of progression-free survival (PFS) over sequential docetaxel-carboplatin, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Infants born as early as 23 weeks’ gestation are more likely to survive and have less impairments if their mothers are given corticosteroids…