Operative vaginal delivery: a cause of birth injury or is it?

Operative vaginal delivery has been maligned since the days of W.J. Little with the word "forceps" becoming nearly synonymous with "Birth Injury" and "Cerebral Palsy.

Increased incidence of cardiac anomalies in pregnancies complicated by gastroschisis.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of congenital heart defects (CHD) in infants with gastroschisis.

Study Design: Infants with gastroschisis repair were identified from California hospital discharge data during the years 1992 to 1997. The frequency of concomitant diagnosis of CHD and other demographic, neonatal, and pregnancy outcomes were examined.

The timing of demise in fetuses with trisomy 21 and trisomy 18.

Objective: Women with chromosomally abnormal fetuses often choose to continue their pregnancy. However, though they may search for specific details whether their fetus will survive, not much information is available. We sought to determine if there was a pattern for timing of demise and to determine if demise was more likely to occur before viability in fetuses with amniocentesis confirmed trisomy 18 or 21.