Background Rates of cesarean section have risen around the world in recent years.
Accordingly, much effort is being made worldwide to understand this trend and to counteract …

A comprehensive classification system for preterm birth requires expanded gestational
boundaries that recognize the early origins of preterm parturition and emphasize fetal …

DHHS publication; no.(PHS) 2013-1120 Objectives: This report presents 2010 data on US
births according to a wide variety of characteristics. Data are presented for maternal …

Background Macrosomic fetuses are at increased risk of shoulder dystocia. We aimed to
compare induction of labour with expectant management for large-for-date fetuses for …

BACKGROUND: Early environmental risk factors associated with attention-
deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have been increasingly suggested. Our study …

Objectives—This report presents final 2006 data on US deaths, death rates, life expectancy,
infant and maternal mortality, and trends by selected characteristics such as age, sex …

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 …

Objectives To test whether ursodeoxycholic acid reduces pruritus in women with intrahepatic
cholestasis of pregnancy, whether early term delivery does not increase the incidence of …

Nos últimos 20 anos, houve uma melhoria de praticamente todos os indicadores da saúde
materna no Brasil, assim como grande ampliação do acesso aos serviços de saúde …

OBJECTIVE: We sought to compare the different mortality risks between delivery and
expectant management in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). STUDY …