OBJECTIVE Describe the attitudes, beliefs, and practices of U.S. obstetricians on the topic of prenatal environmental exposures. STUDY DESIGN A national online survey of American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) fellows and 3 focus groups of obstetricians. RESULTS We received 2,514 eligible survey responses, for a response rate of 14%. The majority (78%) of obstetricians a...

OBJECTIVE This study assesses the attitudes of obstetricians about family physicians delivering babies. METHODS We performed a two-stage mail survey of physicians who self-reported their specialty as obstetrics- gynecology in the 2001 South Carolina Directory of Licensed Physicians. After excluding physicians who retired or moved, a response rate of 65% was obtained. RESULTS Fewer than half...

To the Editor:—In their recent obstetric anesthesia workforce survey, Bucklin et al. observed that anesthesiologists provided regional analgesia for labor more often in 2001 than in 1992 or 1981. Obstetricians provided correspondingly less, with the main decrease occurring between 1981 and 1992. In 1981, obstetricians provided 26, 31, and 46% of regional analgesia in the three sizes of institut...

In pregnancies complicated by large myomas, obstetricians may face difficulties during cesarean section if they fail to notice the rotation of the uterus and could make an incorrect uterine incision. This error might cause massive intraoperative hemorrhage. Obstetricians must exercise extreme caution during cesarean sections complicated by large myomas.

OBJECTIVES To determine differences between family physicians and obstetricians in rates of trial of labour (TOL) attempt, vaginal birth after Caesarean section (VBAC) success, and maternal-fetal complications. METHODS We undertook a database evaluation study in an urban Quebec secondary care hospital centre that serves a multiethnic population. Study subjects were pregnant women with at leas...

Michael L. Power1 and Jay Schulkin2 1 Department of Conservation Biology, Nutrition Laboratory, Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park, Washington, DC, USA; Department of Research, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists 2 Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University, School of Medicine; Clinical Neuroendocrinology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health; and D...