Steve N. Caritis

TL;DR: The number of intended pregnancies should be considered during counseling regarding elective repeat cesarean operation versus a trial of labor and when debating the merits of elective primary cESarean delivery.

TL;DR: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial in four groups of pregnant women at high risk for preeclampsia, including 471 women with pregestational insulin-treated diabetes mellitus, 774 women with chronic hypertension, 688 women with multifetal gestations, and 606 women who had had preeClampsia during a previous pregnancy finds aspirin may reduce the incidence of the disease in women athigh risk.

TL;DR: An early prior spontaneous preterm delivery is more predictive of recurrence and is most highly associated with subsequent early spontaneous pre term delivery.

TL;DR: The frequency of preeclampsia was not affected by the presence of proteinuria at base line, but it was greater in women who had had hypertension for at least four years (31 percent vs. 2...

TL;DR: Treatment of pregnant women with asymptomatic trichomoniasis does not prevent preterm delivery and routine screening and treatment of asymPTomatic pregnant women for this condition cannot be recommended.