This Practice Bulletin was developed by the ACOG Committee on Practice Bulletins—Gynecology with the assistance of Alan Waxman, MD. The information is designed to aid practitioners in making decisions about appropriate obstetric and gynecologic care. These guidelines should not be construed as dictating an exclusive course of treatment or procedure. Variations in practice may be warranted based...

This Practice Bulletin was developed by the ACOG Committee on Practice Bulletins—Obstetrics, the ACOG Committee on Genetics, and the Society for Maternal–Fetal Medicine Publications Committee with the assistance of Ray Bahado-Singh, MD, and Deborah Driscoll, MD. The information is designed to aid practitioners in making decisions about appropriate obstetric and gynecologic care. These guideline...

For pregnant women, exercise offers numerous benefits with little risk. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) endorses aerobic exercise for all pregnant women without medical or obstetric complications. Nonetheless, only a small percentage of pregnant women meet exercise guidelines. We investigated the extent to which obstetricians (Obs) in private or small group practi...

BACKGROUND Response rates to postal questionnaires are falling and this threatens the external validity of survey findings. We wanted to establish whether the incentive of being entered into a prize draw to win a personal digital assistant (PDA) would increase the response rate for a national survey of consultant obstetricians and gynaecologists. METHODS A randomised controlled trial was cond...

background: over the last 10 years, the evidential practice has been developing in kazakhstan. the clinical protocols of diagnostics and treatment were implemented in the country since 2007. we analyzed the normal birth practice in kazakhstan. materials and methods: obstetricians and midwives were subject to the questionnaire survey in four large maternity hospitals of almaty. results: totally,...