Fruit of the Womb
Kenneth F. Trofatter, Jr., MD, PhD
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In Fruit of the Womb - Posted 4 weeks ago
As we have written about on several occasions, pregnancy loss is a very traumatic experience for many couples and their families especially when t...
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In Fruit of the Womb - Posted 7 weeks ago
Within the past year, we had the pleasure of seeing a young woman who was referred to us in early pregnancy with a strong family history of X-linke...
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In Fruit of the Womb - Posted 9 weeks ago
A 17 year old primigravida was sent on referral when she was found to have significant ballooning of the membranes into the cervical canal at 20...
In Fruit of the Womb - Posted 16 weeks ago
In our last post, we described the two earliest tests that were introduced in the 1970 s to assess fetal lung maturity the lecithin/sphingomyeli...
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In Fruit of the Womb - Posted 17 weeks ago
In our last two posts we explained the rationale for assessing fetal lung maturity minimizing the risks for fetal complications related to respira...
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In Fruit of the Womb - Posted 18 weeks ago
Many thanks to Edwin Leap, MD for putting the huge effort into compiling this week's Grand Rounds! I submitted a more obscure offering that was writte...
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In Fruit of the Womb - Posted 18 weeks ago
The fetal lungs are the last organ system to mature so that survival outside the womb is possible. Maturity involves several components. First...
In Fruit of the Womb - Posted 18 weeks ago
On this site we have been firm advocates of preventing complications related to iatrogenic prematurity and, particularly, late preterm births. I...
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In Fruit of the Womb - Posted 21 weeks ago
Below is a series of excellent questions and my responses related to first trimester screening from a woman who has an IVF pregnany and twins... At...
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In Fruit of the Womb - Posted 22 weeks ago
The reader whose comments are featured below has had two miscarriages associated with chromosomally abnormal babies. She also has several medical pro...
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