Identification of educational objectives for obstetrics and gynecology residents in the ambulatory setting.

Objective: The primary objective of this study was to identify specific educational goals for obstetrics and gynecology residents in the ambulatory setting.

Study Design: A cross-sectional study of current practice patterns in primary care, benign gynecology, and office procedures was performed with mailings to local private practice obstetrician-gynecologists. Questions for the anonymous written survey were generated using the Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology educational objectives.

Testing for hematologic disorders and complications.

This review summarizes state-of-the-art and emerging techniques in the antenatal diagnosis of fetal anemia and hemoglobinopathies. Fetal anemia may result from hemolytic disease, hemorrhage, suppression of erythropoiesis, infection (eg, parvovirus B19), or trauma. The clinical laboratory plays an essential role in the evaluation of these disorders by way of the use of various hematologic, biochemical, serologic, cytometric, and molecular genetics methods.

Mechanical stretch promotes alveolar epithelial type II cell differentiation.

Functional maturation of pulmonary alveolar epithelial cells is crucial for extrauterine survival. Mechanical distension and mesenchymal-epithelial interactions play important roles in this process. We hypothesized that mechanical stretch simulating fetal breathing movements is an important regulator of pulmonary epithelial cell differentiation.