Preterm Birth
Clinical Review
Progesterone for preterm delivery prevention
Three cases explore the questions of yay or nay and appropriate administration routes
Researchers have been studying the...
Clinical Review
COVID-19 during pregnancy: How would you proceed in this case of a novel and ominous emerging pathogen?
News from the FDA/CDC
Infant deaths from birth defects decline, but some disparities widen
Gap between infants born to Hispanic and white mothers increased from 2003 to 2017.
From the Journals
Cognitive problems after extremely preterm birth persist
Findings among 19-year-olds born extremely premature suggest cognitive and neuropsychological problems persist into early adulthood.
Clinical Review
2020 Update on obstetrics
Dr. Pauli is Associate Professor and Attending Perinatologist, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Penn...
Article
US rates of preterm birth
Expert Commentary
Progesterone supplementation does not PROLONG pregnancy in women at risk for preterm birth: What do we do now?
Expert Commentary
Does planned early delivery make sense in women with preterm preeclampsia?
Maybe. The choice of early delivery reduces the risk of adverse outcomes in the mother, with an increased chance...
Conference Coverage
Data build on cardiovascular disease risk after GDM, HDP
WASHINGTON – “The metabolic stress of pregnancy can uncover underlying susceptibilities.” – Deborah B. Ehrenthal, MD...
From the Editor
Subclinical hypothyroidism and pregnancy: Public health problem or lab finding with minimal clinical significance?
There is no clear evidence that thyroxine can improve pregnancy outcomes in women with subclinical hypothyroidism
In a US...
News from the FDA/CDC
U.S. infant mortality continued slow decline in 2017
Massachusetts had the nation’s lowest rate; Mississippi had the highest.