Health care provision is increasingly focused on the prediction of patients' individual risk for
developing a particular health outcome in planning further tests and treatments. There has …

Introduction The aims of this study were to assess racial/ethnic disparities for neuraxial labor
analgesia utilization and to determine if preferred spoken language mediates the …

Aim: Labor is one of the most painful experiences a woman may face during her lifetime.
One of the most effective methods used for eliminating this pain is epidural analgesia. The …

Objective: To investigate the value of adding second-trimester uterine artery Doppler
ultrasound to patient characteristics in the identification of nulliparous women at risk for pre …

Approximately 80 percent of American women will eventually have at least one child, 1 and
the majority of these women will undergo labor.“Labor dystocia”—difficult or obstructed labor …

This thesis aims to undertake health technology assessments in high risk pregnancies
through the following objectives: 1. In women with pre-eclampsia, a) To evaluate the …

Background: Medicine, including obstetrics, is increasingly focused on risk-based or
personalized medicine. Consequently, there has been a steady increase in the development …