Influence of maternal age in mode of delivery after term induction of labor.

Objective: To determine the impact of maternal age on the rate of cesarean delivery in women undergoing induction at term.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study of term singleton gestations in nulliparous women induced for any indication at Lehigh Valley Health Network from July 2010 to July 2013. Exposure of interest was maternal age.

Transabdominal cerclage after comprehensive evaluation of women with previous unsuccessful transvaginal cerclage.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the outcome after transabdominal-cerclage placement during pregnancy in women with previous unsuccessful transvaginal cerclage.

Study Design: We conducted a retrospective case series that described pregnancy outcome in women who were treated with transabdominal cerclage between 1994 and 2006.

Results: Seventy-five women with negative evaluation for recurrent pregnancy loss and > or = 1 previous unsuccessful transvaginal cerclage procedures were treated with transabdominal cerclage.

Compliance with a fetal movement chart by high-risk obstetric patients in a Peruvian hospital.

We sought to determine the degree of compliance with a novel fetal movement chart (FMC) by high-risk patients versus the standard so-called count-to-10 method. This prospective trial included 1400 high-risk patients. Women with singleton gestations were randomly assigned to use either the count-to-10 chart or a FMC proposed by the Latin American Center for Perinatology (CLAP).

Treatment of early cervical pregnancy with cerclage, carboprost, curettage, and balloon tamponade.

Background: Cervical pregnancy, an uncommon variety of ectopic gestation is associated with high morbidity and adverse consequences for future fertility. Currently there are no specific recommendations for the best treatment of this entity.

Case: A 35-year-old nullipara presented with 8 weeks of amenorrhea and painless brown discharge.