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Safety of Withholding Heparin in Pregnant Women With a History of Venous Thromboembolism
Brill-Edwards P, Ginsberg J, et al.
Safety of Withholding Heparin in Pregnant Women With a History of Venous Thromboembolism. New England Journal of Medicine
New England Journal of Medicine Nov 16;343(20):1439-1443.
Review written by Lucia Larson, MD of Providence, RI

Witholding Heparin... (pdf)

Thyroid Function and Intellectual
Development of Infants Nursed
by Mothers Taking Methimazole

Azizi F, Khosniat M, Bahrainian M, Hedayati M.
A descriptive trial which examined the anti-thyroid effect of varying doses of maternal Methimazole therapy on breastfeeding infants.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000;85:3233-8.
Review written by Linda Barbour, MD of Denver Colorado
 

Thyroid function... (pdf)

Secular Trends in Birth Weight, BMI,
and Diabetes in the Offspring of Diabetic Mothers

Lindsay RS, Hanson RL, Bennett PH, Knowler WC.
An epidemiological survey of the Pima Indian community of the trend over a 40 year time span in the development of childhood diabetes in infants born to mothers with diabetes during pregnancy compared to infants born to mothers who developed diabetes after pregnancy or who had not developed diabetes.
Diabetes Care 2000;23:1249-54.
Review written by Linda Barbour, MD of Denver Colorado

Secular trends... (pdf)

Factor V Leiden and Risk for Pregnancy Loss
Meinardi JF et al.,
Factor V Leiden mutation, causing resistance to activated protein C, is the most common inherited predisposition to thrombosis known. It is associated with increased risks for venous thromboembolism and there is evidence associating it with obstetric morbidity including placental thrombosis.
Ann Intern Med. 1999;130:736-739.
Review written by Michael Carson, MD of New Brunswick, New Jersey

Factor V... (pdf)

Antenatal Detection of Abnormal
Liver Function Tests - A Marker
for Poor Perinatal Outcome.

O’Donoghue K, Byrne, BM.
Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2000; 20:475-478.
Review written by Richard Lee, MD of Buffalo, New York

Antenatal Detection... (pdf)

Management of Women Who Are Circumcised
Especially During Pregnancy and Childbirth.

Ahmed, B.
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2000; 20:280-281
Review written by Richard Lee, MD of Buffalo, New York

Management of Women... (pdf)

A Selection of Obstetric Medicine Articles and Commentary That Appeared in the British Medical Journal from 1999 to 2000
Dr. Peter R. Garner, MD., F.R.C.P., F.A.C.P.,
British Medical Journal 1999 to 2000; various
Review written by Peter Garner, MD, FRCP, FACP, of Ottawa, Ontario

Selection of Obstetric... (pdf)

Pulmonary Embolism and Hypertension
Remain the Leading Causes of Maternal
Mortality in the United Kingdom

De Swiet, Michael.
Maternal mortality: Confidential Enquiries into maternal deaths in the United Kingdom.
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2000;182:760-6.
Review written by Erin Keeley, MD of Ottawa, Ontario

Pulmonary Embolism... (pdf)

Women with Recurrent Fetal Loss and
Antiphospholipid Antibodies Had High Rates
of Live Births When Treated With
Low Dose Aspirin or Placebo

Neil S. Pattison, Lawrence W. Chamley, Mary Birdsall et al.
Does aspirin have a role in improving pregnancy outcome for women with the antiphospholipid syndrome? A randomized controlled trial.
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2000 Oct; 183:1008-12.
Review written by Alan Karovitch, MD of Ottawa, Ontario

Women with Recurrent... (pdf)

Review: Are Obstetrical Personnel
Required for Intraoperative Fetal
Monitoring During Nonobstetric Surgery?

Horrigan, TJ, Villarreal, R, Weinstein L.
Are Obstetrical Personnel Required for Intraoperative Fetal Monitoring during Nonobstetric Surgery?
Journal of Perinatology 1999 19(2)124-126
Review written by H. Keels S. Jorn, MD of Jacksonville, Florida

Review: Are Obstetrical... (pdf)

Snoring in Pregnancy Was Associated With Pregnancy-induced Hypertension and Growth Retardation of the Fetus
Franklin KA, Holmgren PA, Jönsson F et al.
Snoring, pregnancy-induced hypertension, and growth retardation of the fetus.
Chest 2000; 117:137-141.
Review written by Rshmi Khurana, MD of Edmonton, Alberta 

Snoring in Pregnancy... (pdf)

Women With Cystic Fibrosis
Can Have Successful Pregnancies

Gilljam M, Antoniou M, Shin J et al.
Pregnancy in cystic fibrosis.
Chest 2000; 118:85-91.
Review written by Rshmi Khurana, MD of Edmonton, Alberta


Women With Cystic... (pdf)
 
Birth weight and childhood onset Type I Diabetes: Population based cohort study
Stene L.C. Magnus P. Liert, et al.
A study to assess the association between birth weight or gestational age and the risk of Type I Diabetes.
BMJ 2001;322:889-892(14th April) 2000; 118:85-91.
Reviewed by Dr. Peter Garner, Ottawa Canada Alberta


Birth weight and... (pdf)


Fetal and early life growth and body mass index from birth to early adulthood in a 1958 British cohort.
Parsons TJ, Power C. Manor O
BMJ 2001;323:1331-1335. 2000; 118:85-91.
Reviewed by Dr. Peter Garner of Ottawa, Canada Alberta


Fetal and early... (pdf)


The prevalence of factor V Leiden or prothrombin gene mutations was not higher in women with severe preeclampsia compared to matched controls.
J.C. Livingston, J.R. Barton, V. Park, B. Haddad, O. Phillips and B.M. Sibai
Maternal and fetal inherited thrombnophias are not related to the development of severe preeclampsia.
Am. J Obstet Gynecol. 2001 July;185(1):153-157 2000; 118:85-91.
Review written by Alan Karovitch MD from Ottawa, Canada Alberta


The prevalence of... (pdf)







 

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