Fetal disorders affecting labor and delivery
Merriam A, Sciscione A. Fetal disorders affecting labor and delivery. 2015, 348-361. DOI: 10.1002/9781118327241.ch14.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntrauterine growth restrictionFetal disordersClosure of myelomeningoceleMyelomeningocele Study (MOMS) trialMonths of ageFetal scalp electrodeDegree of severityCommon skeletal dysplasiaGestational ageVentricular shuntVacuum deliveryGrowth restrictionPeripartum periodChiari malformationFetal conditionForms of dwarfismCardiac defectsMaternal conditionSkeletal dysplasiaScalp electrodesMore childrenStudy trialDelivery considerationsInfantsDisordersDo Doppler Studies Enhance Surveillance of Uncomplicated Monochorionic Diamniotic Twins?
Pessel C, Merriam A, Vani K, Brubaker SG, Zork N, Zhang Y, Simpson LL, Gyamfi-Bannerman C, Miller R. Do Doppler Studies Enhance Surveillance of Uncomplicated Monochorionic Diamniotic Twins? Journal Of Ultrasound In Medicine 2015, 34: 569-575. PMID: 25792571, DOI: 10.7863/ultra.34.4.569.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUncomplicated monochorionic diamniotic twinsIntrauterine growth restrictionMonochorionic diamniotic twinsDoppler abnormalitiesGrowth discordancePrimary outcomeDoppler indicesDiamniotic twinsGrowth restrictionSonographic surveillanceTwin-twin transfusion syndromeAbnormal Doppler groupAbnormal Doppler indicesMCDA twin pregnanciesNormal Doppler indicesTwin growth discordanceTwin-specific complicationsUncomplicated MCDA pregnanciesAdverse pregnancy outcomesRetrospective cohort studyMiddle cerebral arteryPhysician practice patternsAntenatal admissionsAntenatal hospitalizationFetal concerns