Current Diagnosis & Treatment Obstetrics & Gynecology Quotes

“The vast majority of women infected with HPV do not develop CIN or cervical cancer. This suggests that infection with HPV alone is insufficient for the development of CIN or cervical cancer and underscores the importance of other cofactors, such as cigarette smoking or immunosuppression.”
― Alan H. DeCherney, Current Diagnosis & Treatment Obstetrics & Gynecology

“Hirsutism is however, more than a cosmetic problem because it usually represents a hormonal imbalance, resulting from a subtle excess of androgens that may be of ovarian origin, adrenal origin, or both. The”
― T. Murphy Goodwin, Current Diagnosis & Treatment Obstetrics & Gynecology

“Increased morbidity and mortality may be associated with a macrosomic infant or a large for gestational age (LGA) fetus. This is defined as a fetus with an estimated fetal weight at or beyond the 90th percentile at any gestational age. At term, approximately 10% of newborn infants weigh more than 4000 g, and the weight of 1.5% of newborns is in excess of 4500 g. Excessive”
― T. Murphy Goodwin, Current Diagnosis & Treatment Obstetrics & Gynecology

“Fetal lung maturity is assumed after 39 weeks’ gestation but can be verified at an earlier gestational age by analysis of amniotic fluid by amniocentesis.”
― T. Murphy Goodwin, Current Diagnosis & Treatment Obstetrics & Gynecology

“The period of gestation can be divided into units consisting of 3 calendar months each or 3 trimesters. The first trimester can be subdivided into the embryonic and fetal periods. The embryonic period starts at the time of fertilization (developmental age) or at 2 through 10 weeks’ gestational age. The”
― T. Murphy Goodwin, Current Diagnosis & Treatment Obstetrics & Gynecology

“uterus is palpable just at the pubic symphysis at 8 weeks. At 12 weeks, the uterus becomes an abdominal organ, and at 16 weeks, it is usually at the midpoint between the pubic symphysis and the umbilicus. Between 18 and 34 weeks’ gestation, the uterus size or fundal height is measured in centimeters from the pubic symphysis to the upper edge of the uterine corpus, and the measurement correlates well with the gestational age in weeks (Fig. 6–1). The uterus is palpable at 20 weeks at the umbilicus. After 36 weeks, the fundal height may”
― T. Murphy Goodwin, Current Diagnosis & Treatment Obstetrics & Gynecology

“Women who gain more weight than the recommended range during the pregnancy tend to be heavier at 3 years postpartum than women who gained weight within recommended range during pregnancy, and this applies to both obese and nonobese patients.”
― T. Murphy Goodwin, Current Diagnosis & Treatment Obstetrics & Gynecology

“The first stage of labor is evaluated by the rate of change of cervical effacement, cervical dilatation, and descent of the fetal head.”
― T. Murphy Goodwin, Current Diagnosis & Treatment Obstetrics & Gynecology