Antenatal exposure to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and risk of neonatal hypertension.

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are used as tocolytics, which are medications that suppress uterine contractions for preterm birth prevention. Their effect on cerebral/systemic vascular beds poses the question of whether antenatal NSAID exposure is associated with neonatal hypertension. We performed a retrospective case-control study in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit, including 40 hypertension cases (hospitalized neonates ≥ 35 weeks with systolic BP > 100 mm Hg on three consecutive days) compared to 134 controls matched by gestational age at delivery, plurality, and delivery date.

The Impact of Robotic-Assisted Surgery on Training Gynecology Residents.

Introduction: To investigate the changes in surgical route of hysterectomy after implementation of robotics and to assess the impact on the surgical training of gynecology residents.

Methods: This was an institutional review board-approved retrospective analysis at 2 large academic community hospitals. Subjects undergoing hysterectomy during 2005 and 2011 were identified.

Sonographic markers associated with adverse neonatal outcomes among fetuses with gastroschisis: an 11-year, single-center review.

Background: Gastroschisis complicates 1 in 2000 births and is readily identifiable during prenatal ultrasound scans. Outcomes in fetuses that are affected by gastroschisis vary widely from stillbirth or neonatal death to uncomplicated surgical correction, which makes prenatal counseling challenging.

Objective: The goal of our study was to identify sonographic markers that are associated with perinatal death and morbidity that include significant bowel injury, necrotizing enterocolitis, and the need for bowel resection in fetuses with gastroschisis.

The GoMo study: a randomized clinical trial assessing neonatal pain with Gomco vs Mogen clamp circumcision.

Objective: Our objective was to compare the pain/stress levels of newborns among the 2 most common circumcision techniques after resident-wide education.

Study Design: The study period of this randomized control trial was October 2012 through March 2014. Following informed consent, full-term males from uncomplicated singleton pregnancies were randomized to Gomco (n=137) or Mogen (n=137) devices.

Associations between body mass index, post-traumatic stress disorder, and child maltreatment in young women.

The objective of this study was to examine interrelationships between child maltreatment, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and body mass index (BMI) in young women. We used multinomial logistic regression models to explore the possibility that PTSD statistically mediates or moderates the association between BMI category and self-reported childhood sexual abuse (CSA), physical abuse (CPA), or neglect among 3,699 young women participating in a population-based twin study. Obese women had the highest prevalence of CSA, CPA, neglect, and PTSD (p<.

Genetic and environmental risk for major depression in African-American and European-American women.

It is unknown whether there are racial differences in the heritability of major depressive disorder (MDD) because most psychiatric genetic studies have been conducted in samples comprised largely of white non-Hispanics. To examine potential differences between African-American (AA) and European-American (EA) young adult women in (1) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM-IV) MDD prevalence, symptomatology, and risk factors, and (2) genetic and/or environmental liability to MDD, we analyzed data from a large population-representative sample of twins ascertained from birth records (n = 550 AA and n = 3226 EA female twins) aged 18-28 years at the time of MDD assessment by semi-structured psychiatric interview. AA women were more likely to have MDD risk factors; however, there were no significant differences in lifetime MDD prevalence between AA and EA women after adjusting for covariates (odds ratio = 0.

Pain and embarrassment associated with urodynamic testing in women.

Introduction: Multichannel urodynamics is a series of interactive tests used to evaluate lower urinary tract dysfunction. We sought to describe symptoms and satisfaction in a cohort of women undergoing these procedures.

Methods: Females undergoing urodynamics completed questionnaires immediately (Q1) and 1 week (Q2) after their testing.