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Fourth Annual Controversies and Advances in Perinatal Medicine conference

• Friday, Oct. 16, 2009
• Please click on presentation titles to download
  • Advances in the Management of Pre-term Birth and Unexpected Breech Delivery by Dr. Andrei Rebarber
  • European Approach to Perinatal Medicine by Dr. Francesco DeSeta
  • Cesarean Delivery on Demand—Too Posh to Push? by Dr. Robert Bonebrake
  • The Diagnosis and Management of Thrombophilias in Pregnancy by Dr. Mark Santillan
  • Steroids to the Rescue by Dr. Neil Mandsager
  • Non-invasive Prenatal Diagnosis by Dr. Jerome Yankowitz
  • Fetal Growth Restriction: Pathogenesis to Practice by Dr. Joseph Hwang

Dr. Neil Mandsager served as principal investigator in study regarding rescue dose of antental steroids lowering morbidity

• According to Ob.Gyn. News, babies born before 34 weeks' gestation to mothers who received one rescue course of antenatal coricosteroids had a 31 percent reduction in composite neonatal morbidity, compared with their counterparts whose mothers did not receive the drugs, results of a 5-year multicenter study showed.

Perinatal Center of Iowa newsletter

• Summer 2007 Perinatal Center of Iowa newsletter (PDF)*
• Winter 2006 Perinatal Center of Iowa newsletter (PDF)*