Is the Relationship between Short Interpregnancy Interval and Preterm Birth Related to a Short Cervix?
Govindappagari S, Zork N, Merriam A, Gyamfi-Bannerman C. Is the Relationship between Short Interpregnancy Interval and Preterm Birth Related to a Short Cervix? American Journal Of Perinatology 2017, 34: 922-926. PMID: 28320033, DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1601310.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShort interpregnancy intervalInterpregnancy intervalShort cervixPreterm birthCervical lengthPreterm deliveryGroup 2Group 1Complete pregnancy outcome dataTransvaginal cervical lengthIndependent risk factorProspective cohort studyPregnancy outcome dataLogistic regression modelsCervical shorteningMultiparous patientsCohort studySecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeRegression modelsRisk factorsOutcome dataCervixSecondary analysisBirthTrends in operative vaginal delivery, 2005–2013: a population‐based study
Merriam A, Ananth C, Wright J, Siddiq Z, D'Alton M, Friedman A. Trends in operative vaginal delivery, 2005–2013: a population‐based study. BJOG An International Journal Of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2017, 124: 1365-1372. PMID: 28236337, DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.14553.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOperative vaginal deliveryPopulation-based studyVaginal deliveryVacuum deliveryOperative deliveryForceps deliveryOdds ratioNon-anomalous singleton gestationsMultivariable logistic regression modelStudy periodUS birth recordsWeeks of gestationLogistic regression modelsCaesarean deliveryRetrospective cohortSingleton gestationsPrimary outcomeUS birthsBirth recordsVacuum extractionForcepsDemographic characteristicsGestationLower ratesResident education