OBJECTIVE To describe postpartum maternal morbidity associated with mode of delivery in term, singleton pregnancies. METHODS The Magee Obstetric Medical and Infant database was examined for the years 1995 to 2000. Patients were grouped into 6 types of delivery mode: spontaneous vaginal delivery, operative vaginal delivery, primary cesarean delivery without trial of labor, primary cesarean del...

Preterm delivery (PTD) is a complex trait with a significant familial component. However, no specific inheritance patterns have been established. The authors examined the contribution of PTDs in both the woman's family and her partner's family to her risk of PTD. The authors linked birth information from Danish national registers with pedigree information from the Danish Family Relations Databa...

Controllers for processes which frequently return to a number of modes of operation should be adapted through mode recognition. Al~tmd-Many processes operate only around a limited number of operation points. In order to have adequate control around each operation point, an adaptive controller could be used. When the operation point changes often, a large number of parameters would have to be ad...

Pharmacogenomics aims to identify the inherited basis for interindividual differences in drug response, and translate this to molecular diagnostics that can be used to individualise drug therapy. This review uses a number of published examples of inherited differences in drug metabolising enzymes, drug transporters, and drug targets (for example, receptors) to illustrate the potential importanc...