Balancing clinical care that is evidence-based with interventions to improve outcome and avoid harmful interventions is truly challenging when the finding of a shortened cervix on transvaginal ultrasound evaluation is noted (i.e. Defined ≤ 25 mm). It is possible to counsel and treat women using the best data available combined with clinical experience regarding utilization
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Carnegie Physicians Selected by Castle Connolly for NY Magazine’s “New York Best Doctor” Edition
Castle Connolly, America’s most trusted source for identifying the nation’s top physicians, has again named members of the Carnegie Imaging’s Maternal Fetal Medicine staff for New York Magazine’s annual New York Best Doctors edition. To be selected for inclusion in New York Magazine, doctors must rank within the top 10% of the 6,000 New York
What is Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping?
The process of delayed umbilical cord clamping is the act of allowing the cord to stay open and intact for a longer period after delivery before clamping. The common practice for cord clamping is to clamp it within 15 seconds of delivery. When delayed, the cord is often clamped at after a longer period, ranging
Activity Limits in Pregnancy
The following blog is a summary of the Activity Restriction in Pregnancy patient handout brought to you by the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine with the help of Christina Davidson, MD, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. During pregnancy, there are times where activity will be physically limited due to the progression of
Sono BPP: Improving the Patient Experience with Enhanced diagnostic Accuracy in Antenatal Testing
The introduction of the BPP in antenatal testing has provided an improved prognostic tool for the reassurance of fetal well being. A reactive NST provides reassurance for fetal well being, however, when abnormal, has a high false positive rate of 45-75%. FHR is subjective to various dynamic factors including periodic sleep cycles, medications, and antenatal
Newly Published ACOG Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Gestational Diabetes
In July 2017, a new American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists study was released on Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM). This study contains important new information on both the management and treatment for GDM. Gestational diabetes that is adequately controlled without medication is often considered diet-controlled GDM or class A1GDM. Gestational diabetes mellitus that requires medication





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