Publications by authors named "Man-Ho Lam"

Background: Severe and persistent hyperemesis gravidarum is a disabling condition. Women may request termination of pregnancy because of the intolerable symptoms and stress.

Case: A woman requested termination of pregnancy because of severe hyperemesis gravidarum.

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Objective: To examine the role of fetal size in neonatal clavicular fracture.

Study Design: A retrospective, case-control study was performed on infants diagnosed with neonatal clavicular fractures and born vaginally between July 1997 and June 2000. For each index case, a control matched for gestational age (within one week) and birth weight (within 250 g) and delivered within the same 24-hour period was selected at random from the delivery suite registry.

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Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess the use of transvaginal sonography to detect retained products of conception after first-trimester spontaneous abortion.

Methods: All women who arrived at our hospital with spontaneous first-trimester abortions were included in this study and underwent transvaginal sonography. A sonographic diagnosis of "incomplete abortion" was based on a bilayer endometrial thickness of more than 8 mm.

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Objective: To examine the extent of neonatal morbidity and its relation with infant size in newborns diagnosed with clavicular fracture after vaginal birth.

Methods: A retrospective case-control study was performed on all the infants diagnosed with clavicular fractures and born vaginally between July 1997 and June 2000. For each index case, a control matched for gestational age (within l week), birth weight (within 100 g), and delivered within the same 24-hour period (8 AM to 8 AM), was selected at random from the delivery suite registry.

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