Supine versus Prone Position during Delayed Cord Clamping in Infants ≥36 Weeks: A Randomized Trial.

Objective: There is no recommendation in the literature on optimal positioning of the newborn immediately at birth during delayed cord clamping. To evaluate if prone positioning on the mother's chest at birth during delayed cord clamping leads to a higher hematocrit at 30 hours of life compared to supine positioning.

Study Design: A randomized unblinded trial comparing prone and supine position of the newborn before umbilical cord clamping.

Evaluation of a clinical protocol for the management of fever in labor among pregnant women at term: A quality-improvement study.

Objective: To assess the impact of a quality-improvement initiative designed to increase diagnostic accuracy and adequate management of clinical chorioamnionitis (CC) at a tertiary center. Chorioamnionitis occurs in 1%-13% of term pregnancies and increases maternal and neonatal peripartum complications; often over-diagnosed, it leads to unnecessary investigations and treatments.

Methods: This was an interrupted time-series study.

Uterine Exteriorization Compared With In Situ Repair of Hysterotomy After Cesarean Delivery: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: To compare the effect of exteriorized with in situ uterine repair on intraoperative nausea and vomiting during elective cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia using a phenylephrine infusion.

Methods: This study was a randomized double-blinded controlled trial of 180 women undergoing elective cesarean delivery using a standardized anesthetic protocol. Patients were randomized to exteriorization (n=90) or in situ uterine repair (n=90).