Journal Issue - Volume 119 Issue 8 (July 2012)

Editor's Choice

• Editor’s choice
• Pierre Martin‐Hirsch
• Published online on Jun 17, 2012
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03415.x (p i-ii)

Editorial

• Registration of systematic reviews: PROSPERO
• Patrick FW Chien, Khalid S Khan, Dimitrios Siassakos
• Published online on Jun 17, 2012
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2011.03242.x (p 903-905)

General obstetricsArticle with Commentaries

• Prevention of postpartum haemorrhage with sublingual misoprostol or oxytocin: a double‐blind randomised controlled trial
• MB Bellad, D Tara, MS Ganachari, MD Mallapur, SS Goudar, BS Kodkany, NL Sloan, R Derman
• Published online on Jun 17, 2012
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03341.x (p 975-986)

Basic science

• Glucocorticoid treatment does not alter early cardiac adaptations to growth restriction in preterm sheep fetuses
• M Tare, SL Miller, EM Wallace, AE Sutherland, T Yawno, HA Coleman, G Jenkin, HC Parkington
• Published online on Jun 17, 2012
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03309.x (p 906-914)

Journal Club PaperGeneral obstetrics

• Elective birth at 37 weeks of gestation versus standard care for women with an uncomplicated twin pregnancy at term: the Twins Timing of Birth Randomised Trial
• JM Dodd, CA Crowther, RR Haslam, JS Robinson, 
• Published online on Jun 13, 2012
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03356.x (p 964-974)

Epidemiology

• A clinical prediction model to assess the risk of operative delivery
• E Schuit, A Kwee, MEMH Westerhuis, HJHM Van Dessel, GCM Graziosi, JMM Van Lith, JG Nijhuis, SG Oei, HP Oosterbaan, NWE Schuitemaker, MGAJ Wouters, GHA Visser, BWJ Mol, KGM Moons, RHH Groenwold
• Published online on May 09, 2012
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03334.x (p 915-923)

• Rate of gestational weight gain, pre‐pregnancy body mass index and preterm birth subtypes: a retrospective cohort study from Peru
• AM Carnero, CR Mejía, PJ García
• Published online on May 18, 2012
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03345.x (p 924-935)

• Having a Pap smear, quality of life before and after cervical screening: a questionnaire study
• IJ Korfage, M van Ballegooijen, B Wauben, CWN Looman, JDF Habbema, M‐L Essink‐Bot
• Published online on May 09, 2012
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03344.x (p 936-944)

EpidemiologyEditor's Pick of the Month

• Heavy prenatal alcohol exposure and increased risk of stillbirth
• C O’Leary, P Jacoby, H D’Antoine, A Bartu, C Bower
• Published online on May 09, 2012
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03333.x (p 945-952)

Fertility and assisted reproduction

• The prognostic profile of subfertile couples and treatment outcome after expectant management, intrauterine insemination and in vitro fertilisation: a study protocol for the meta‐analysis of individual patient data
• NM van den Boogaard, PGA Hompes, K Barnhart, S Bhattacharya, IM Custers, C Coutifaris, AJ Goverde, DS Guzick, PF Litvak, PN Steures, F van der Veen, P Bossuyt, BWJ Mol
• Published online on May 18, 2012
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03343.x (p 953-957)

General obstetrics

• Intrauterine temperature during intrapartum amnioinfusion: a prospective observational study
• TM Tomlinson, C Schaecher, Y Sadovsky, G Gross
• Published online on Jun 17, 2012
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03322.x (p 958-963)

• A difficult conversation? The views and experiences of parents and professionals on the consent process for perinatal postmortem after stillbirth
• AEP Heazell, M‐J McLaughlin, EB Schmidt, P Cox, V Flenady, TY Khong, S Downe
• Published online on May 16, 2012
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03357.x (p 987-997)

Gynaecological Surgery

• Impact of stress coping capacity on recovery from abdominal hysterectomy in a fast‐track programme: a prospective longitudinal study
• P Kjølhede, N Borendal Wodlin, L Nilsson, M Fredrikson, K Wijma
• Published online on May 09, 2012
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03342.x (p 998-1007)

Short communication

• Low‐molecular‐weight heparin or warfarin for anticoagulation in pregnant women with mechanical heart valves: what are the risks? A retrospective observational study
• S Basude, C Hein, SL Curtis, A Clark, J Trinder
• Published online on May 09, 2012
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03359.x (p 1008-1013)

Correspondence

• The effects of vault drainage on postoperative morbidity after vaginal hysterectomy for benign gynaecological disease: a randomised controlled trial
• S Ismail
• Published online on Jun 17, 2012
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03364.x (p 1014-1014)