Review of perinatal statistics at Denver General Hospital over the past decade shows (1) that perinatal mortality has dropped about 50% but (2) that the incidence of infants born weighing less than 2500 grams is still 14% which is far too high. 1971 data indicate that (1) a substantial number of mothers delivering truly premature or small-for-gestational-age infants are %ormal” and without appa...

— This paper compares the early labor market experience of mature and young cohorts of women in Bogot a and Caracas. The cross-country, cross-cohort comparisons demonstrate the importance of both rising women’s human capital and family regimes to women’s labor market behavior. While divorce was a central stimulus of women’s work in both contexts, the more stable, patriarchal family regime in Bo...

Of the 58 women delivered in the house 30 were primiparse, and 28 were multipara. The numbers were as follows:?30 i.-parse, 16 ii.-parse, 3 iii.-parse, 4 i v.-parse, 1 v.-para, 2 vi.-parse, and 2 x.-parse. The average age of the primiparse was 21'66 years?the oldest being 35, the youngest 15. The average age of the multiparse was 27'25 years?the oldest being 40, and the youngest 20 years of age...

Objectives. Worldwide, over 200 million children are involved in child labor, with another 20 million children subjected to forced labor, leading to acute and chronic exposures resulting in safety and health (S&H) risks, plus removal from formal education and play. This review summarized S&H issues in child labor, including forced or indentured domestic labor as other sectors of child labor. Sp...

Fatal sepsis due to a particular biotype of Streptococcus milleri occurred in two neonates born at 26 weeks' gestation. The clinical importance of this biotype in association with premature labour and neonatal sepsis is discussed.

We amplified bacterial 16S rRNA encoding DNA (rDNA) with the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to detect amniotic fluid infection in 69 women in premature labor whose membranes were intact. Bacterial rDNA was detected by PCR in samples from 15 (94%) of 16 patients with positive amniotic fluid cultures. Bacteria were detected by PCR in samples from 5 (36%) of 14 patients with negative cultures and...

BACKGROUND Transcervical amnioinfusion is a new and relatively safe, simple procedure that can be performed in most modern hospital maternity units. METHODS We reviewed the current medical literature concerning this topic by searching MEDLINE files from 1987 to the present, using key words "amnioinfusion," "fetal distress," "premature rupture of membranes," "meconium aspiration," and "oligohy...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to report preliminary data on pregnancy outcomes after myomectomy with placement of an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene adhesion barrier membrane. METHODS In this retrospective case series, 68 women who underwent myomectomy with expanded polytetrafluoroethylene membrane placement between January 1, 2003, and December 31, 2009, were identifie...

The management of patients with PROM, regardless of gestational age, remains controversial. Generally, when patients are in labor, have infection, or there is irreversible fetal distress, there are few options other than delivery. For those not in labor, especially in premature gestational ages, the complexities of the many combinations of decisions to be made regarding the best methods for eva...