Perinatal outcomes following abdominoplasty: a retrospective study and review of current literature.

Background: Abdominoplasty surgery is a common body contouring surgery to remove excess fat and skin and restore weakened or separated abdominal muscles caused by aging, pregnancy, or weight fluctuations. There is limited literature regarding patient and pregnancy outcomes after abdominoplasty.

Objective: This study aimed to determine whether there was a correlation between adverse pregnancy outcomes and history of abdominoplasty.

Racial differences in neonatal hypoglycemia among very early preterm births.

Objective: To determine whether the prevalence of neonatal hypoglycemia differs by race/ethnicity.

Study Design: A retrospective cohort study using prospectively collected data from 515 neonates born very preterm (<32 weeks) to normoglycemic women and admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at a major tertiary hospital in Boston, MA, between 2008 and 2012.

Results: A total of 61%, 12%, 7%, 7%, and 13% were White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, and Other, respectively.

Adverse maternal and fetal outcomes and deaths related to preeclampsia and eclampsia in Haiti.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to define the prevalence and clinical characteristics of preeclampsia and eclampsia at a hospital in rural Haiti.

Methods: This is a retrospective review of women presenting to Hôpital Albert Schweitzer (HAS) in Deschapelles, Haiti with singleton pregnancy and diagnosis of preeclampsia or eclampsia from January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2012. Hospital charts were reviewed to obtain medical and prenatal history, hospital course, delivery information, and fetal/neonatal outcomes.

The effect of adopting the IADPSG screening guidelines on the risk profile and outcomes of the gestational diabetes population.

Objective: To compare characteristics and outcomes of women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) by the newer one-step glucose tolerance test and those diagnosed with the traditional two-step method.

Research Design And Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of women with GDM who delivered in 2010-2011. Data are reported as proportion or median (interquartile range) and were compared using a Chi-square, Fisher's exact or Wilcoxon rank sum test based on data type.

Maternal risk factors for neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between maternal hypertensive disease and other risk factors and the neonatal development of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).

Methods: This was a retrospective case-control study of infants with NEC from 2008 to 2012. The primary exposure of interest was maternal hypertensive disease, which has been hypothesized to put infants at risk for NEC.

Fetal biometry: relevance in obstetrical practice.

Fetal biometry is the measurement of the fetus and various segments of the fetal anatomy. Every part of the fetal anatomy may be imaged, but fetal head, abdomen, and femur measurements are the most commonly used, as well as the crown-rump length in early gestation. These biometric measurements can be used to estimate gestational age and fetal weight, evaluate interval fetal growth, and identify fetuses who are either growth restricted or macrosomic.