OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY Committee on Practice Bulletins—Obstetrics. This Practice Bulletin was developed by the Committee on Practice Bulletins—Obstetrics with the assistance of Brian M. Casey, 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 tre...

Objective. This paper reports the findings comparing the obstetrical health, antenatal care, and psychosocial characteristics of pregnant women with a known history of substance dependence (n = 41) and a comparison group of pregnant women attending a general antenatal clinic (n = 47). Method. Face-to-face interviews were used to assess obstetrical health, antenatal care, physical and mental fun...

OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY Committee on Practice Bulletins—Obstetrics. This Practice Bulletin was developed by the Committee on Practice Bulletins—Obstetrics with the assistance of Dwight J. Rouse, 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 tr...

1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki, Finland 2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland 3 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, South-Karelia Central Hospital, Lappeenranta, Finland 4 Satakunta Central Hospital, Pori, Finland 5 University of Turku, Finland 6 Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, Uni...

1 Department of Genes and Environment, Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway 2 Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway 3 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway 4 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute for the Health of Women and Children, Sahlgrens...

1Department of Obstetrics and Gyenceology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel 2Ruth and Baruch Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel 3Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Surgery, Mount Auburn Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA 4Department of Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery and Urogynaecology, Sydney Medical School Ne...