2017
Trends 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
2015
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 considerationsInfantsDisorders