2020
ISUOG Interim Guidance on 2019 novel coronavirus infection during pregnancy and puerperium: information for healthcare professionals
Poon LC, Yang H, Lee JCS, Copel JA, Leung TY, Zhang Y, Chen D, Prefumo F. ISUOG Interim Guidance on 2019 novel coronavirus infection during pregnancy and puerperium: information for healthcare professionals. Ultrasound In Obstetrics And Gynecology 2020, 55: 700-708. PMID: 32160345, PMCID: PMC7228229, DOI: 10.1002/uog.22013.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersMeSH KeywordsCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19FemaleHealth PersonnelHumansPandemicsPneumonia, ViralPostpartum PeriodPractice Guidelines as TopicPregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousProfessional RoleSocieties, MedicalUltrasonography
2001
Can Risk Factor Assessment Replace Universal Screening for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia in the Third Trimester?
Magriples U, Copel J. Can Risk Factor Assessment Replace Universal Screening for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia in the Third Trimester? American Journal Of Perinatology 2001, 18: 465-468. PMID: 11733863, DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-18790.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultChlamydia InfectionsChlamydia trachomatisFemaleGonorrheaHumansPregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousPregnancy Trimester, ThirdProspective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSensitivity and SpecificityConceptsThird trimesterPrenatal careInitial negative testNegative initial screenRisk factor screeningThird-trimester testingUrban clinic populationFirst prenatal visitHistory of STDNegative predictive valueAbsence of RFRF screeningPrenatal visitChlamydia screeningGestational agePositive RFStudy criteriaClinic populationClinic settingUniversal screeningLower riskProspective analysisNegative testPredictive valueDrug use
1999
Nitric Oxide: A Clinically Important Amniotic Fluid Markerto Distinguish Between Intra-Amniotic Mycoplasma and Non-Mycoplasma Infections
Hsu C, Aversa K, Lu L, Meaddough E, Jones D, Bahado-Singh R, Copel J, Lee I. Nitric Oxide: A Clinically Important Amniotic Fluid Markerto Distinguish Between Intra-Amniotic Mycoplasma and Non-Mycoplasma Infections. American Journal Of Perinatology 1999, 16: 161-166. PMID: 10458527, DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-993851.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAmniocentesisAmniotic FluidBiomarkersDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansInterleukin-6MycoplasmaMycoplasma InfectionsNitratesNitric OxideNitritesPregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousConceptsAmniotic fluid testsIntra-amniotic infectionInterleukin-6Mycoplasma infectionLeukocyte countFluid testsAmniotic fluid creatinine levelsAmniotic fluid glucose levelNitric oxide metabolite concentrationsPositive amniotic fluid cultureInterleukin-6 concentrationsManagement of patientsAmniotic fluid concentrationsAmniotic fluid leukocyte countsAmniotic fluid cultureClinical characteristicsCreatinine levelsPregnant womenClinical managementFluid cultureGlucose levelsClinical importanceUseful markerGriess reagentInfection
1998
Immunohistochemical localization of inducible nitric oxide synthase on human fetal amnion in intra-amniotic infection
Hsu C, Meaddough E, Lu L, Chelouche A, Liang R, Copel J, Parkash V. Immunohistochemical localization of inducible nitric oxide synthase on human fetal amnion in intra-amniotic infection. American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology 1998, 179: 1271-1274. PMID: 9822514, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9378(98)70145-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmnionAnimalsFemaleFetusHumansImmunohistochemistryInfectionsNitric Oxide SynthaseNitric Oxide Synthase Type IIPregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousRabbitsTissue DistributionConceptsInducible nitric oxide synthaseIntra-amniotic infectionNitric oxide synthaseFetal amniotic membranesOxide synthaseFetal amnionNitric oxideAmniotic membranePositive amniotic fluid culturePlacental pathologic featuresAmniotic fluid levelsNitric oxide metabolitesAnti-inducible nitric oxide synthaseAmniotic fluid cultureNormal rabbit serumOvarian carcinoma cellsHuman inducible nitric oxide synthaseInfectious productsPathologic featuresOxide metabolitesFluid culturePositive immunostainingRabbit polyclonal antibodyImmunohistochemical localizationFluid levelsElevated amniotic fluid nitric oxide metabolites and interleukin-6 in intra-amniotic infection.
Hsu C, Meaddough E, Hong S, Aversa K, Lu L, Copel J. Elevated amniotic fluid nitric oxide metabolites and interleukin-6 in intra-amniotic infection. Reproductive Sciences 1998, 5: 21-4. PMID: 9501294, DOI: 10.1016/s1071-5576(97)00099-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAmniotic FluidChorioamnionitisCohort StudiesFemaleHumansInterleukin-6Leukocyte CountNitric OxidePregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousConceptsAmniotic fluid nitric oxide metabolitesIntra-amniotic infectionNitric oxide metabolitesLeukocyte esterase activityIL-6Oxide metabolitesLeukocyte countInterleukin-6Glucose levelsRank correlation testAmniotic fluid creatinine levelsAmniotic fluid glucose levelAmniotic fluid IL-6Positive amniotic fluid cultureGram stainIL-6 levelsInterleukin-6 concentrationsIL-6 concentrationsAmniotic fluid leukocyte countsUseful clinical markerMann-Whitney U testEnzyme-linked immunosorbentAmniotic fluid cultureCreatinine levelsGestational age
1997
Elevated amniotic fluid nitric oxide metabolites and cyclic guanosine 3′,5′-monophosphate in pregnant women with intraamniotic infection
Hsu C, Aversa K, Meaddough E, Lee I, Copel J. Elevated amniotic fluid nitric oxide metabolites and cyclic guanosine 3′,5′-monophosphate in pregnant women with intraamniotic infection. American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology 1997, 177: 793-796. PMID: 9369821, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9378(97)70270-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAmniotic FluidBacterial InfectionsCarboxylic Ester HydrolasesCyclic GMPFemaleHumansLeukocyte CountNitratesNitric OxideNitritesPregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousUterine DiseasesConceptsAmniotic fluid nitric oxide metabolitesNitric oxide metabolitesCyclic guanosine monophosphateIntraamniotic infectionOxide metabolitesPregnant womenLeukocyte esterase activityGuanosine monophosphateLeukocyte countAmniotic fluid nitric oxidePositive amniotic fluid cultureAmniotic fluid glucose concentrationCyclic guanosineCyclic guanosine monophosphate levelsAmniotic fluid levelsRupture of membranesAmniotic fluid Gram stainAmniotic fluid leukocyte countsGuanosine monophosphate levelsAmniotic fluid culturePanel of testsPreterm contractionsEndogenous nitriteFluid cultureFluid levels