BACKGROUND Gestational diabetes mellitus, defined as diabetes diagnosed during
pregnancy that is not clearly overt diabetes, is becoming more common as the epidemic of …

Moderate preterm, late preterm, and early term deliveries represent a major public health
concern. Moderate preterm and late preterm deliveries—defined, respectively, as delivery …

THE NATIONAL EMPHASIS ON REDUCING PRETERM BIRTH, and the increase in
scheduled deliveries, has cre-ated confusion around the definition of term gestation. The …

Importance Full-term neonates born between 37 and 41 weeks' gestational age have been
considered a homogeneous, low-risk group. However, recent evidence from studies based …

Objective To compare maternal complications and infant outcomes for women undergoing
elective caesarean sections based on a maternal request and without recorded medical …

Objectives To determine whether antenatal betamethasone prior to elective term caesarean
section (CS) affects long term behavioural, cognitive or developmental outcome, and …

Evidence accumulated in recent years shows that moderately preterm, late preterm, and
early term births lead to significant acuity and expense. Twenty-four studies published …

OBJECTIVE: The evidence for delivering small-for-gestational-age (SGA) fetuses at 37
weeks remains conflicting. We examined the risk of stillbirth per week of gestation beyond …

This study was undertaken to examine the impact that prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart
disease (CHD) has on birth and early neonatal outcomes. The prevalence of prenatally …

OBJECTIVE: To compare the maternal and neonatal risks of elective repeat cesarean
delivery compared with pregnancy continuation at different gestational ages, starting from 37 …