Plenary Session II

Friday, February 3, 2006 8:00AM to 10:00AM

Plenary Session II

Fontainebleau Ballroom

8:00

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THE VALUE OF PLACENTAL MICROBIAL STUDIES TO PREDICT THE RESULTS OF AMNIOTIC FLUID (AF) CULTURES

CHRISTIAN M. PETTKER (F)1, LISSA K. MAGLOIRE1, ANNA K. SFAKIANAKI1, BENJAMIN D. HAMAR1, IRINA A. BUHIMSCHI1, CATALIN S. BUHIMSCHI1, 1Yale University, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, New Haven, Connecticut

8:15

37

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION FOR PRETERM PROM: RESULTS OF A LARGE CANDIDATE-GENE ASSOCIATION STUDY OF MOTHERS AND THEIR OFFSPRING

LARA FRIEL (F)1, HELENA KUIVANIEMI2, RICARDO GOMEZ3, KATRINA GODDARD4, JYH KAE NIEN1, GERARD TROMP2, QING LU4, ZHIYING XU4, ERNESTO BEHNKE3, MARGARITA SOLARI3, JIMMY ESPINOZA5, CHONG JAI KIM6, TINNAKORN CHAIWORAPONGSA5, YEON MEE KIM6, GUY LENK2, KIMBERLY VOLKENANT2, ROBERTO ROMERO1, 1Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland, 2Wayne State University School of Medicine, Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Detroit, Michigan, 3Sotero del Rio Hospital, Center for Perinatal Diagnosis and Research, Santiago, Chile, 4Case Western Reserve University, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Cleveland, Ohio, 5Wayne State University School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Detroit, Michigan, 6Wayne State University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Detroit, Michigan

8:30

38

INDUCING RESISTANCE TO THE EFFECTS OF ENDOTOXIN (LPS) IN MURINE PREGNANCY

MICHEL MAKHLOUF (F)1, MONICA LONGO1, FANGXIAN LU1, GARY HANKINS1, GARLAND ANDERSON1, GEORGE R. SAADE1, 1 University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Galveston, Texas

8:45

39

PROGESTERONE THERAPY ATTENUATES FETAL BRAIN CYTOKINE LEVELS AND DECREASES INFECTION-MEDIATED WHITE MATTER INJURY

CHRISTIAN BRIERY (F)1, CARL ROSE1, KEDRA WALLACE1, JOSEPHINE WYATT-ASHMEAD2, JOHN MORRISON1, WILLIAM BENNETT1, 1University of Mississippi Medical Center, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jackson, Mississippi, 2University of Mississippi Medical Center, Pathology, Jackson, Mississippi

9:00

40

IDENTIFICATION AND CLONING OF NOVEL GENES INVOLVED IN EPIGENETIC MODIFICATIONS IN A NON-HUMAN PRIMATE MODEL OF OBESITY

KJERSTI AAGAARD-TILLERY (F)1, XINGRAO KE2, ROBERT MCKNIGHT2, WARE BRANCH1, ROBERT SILVER1, KEVIN GROVE3, ROBERT LANE2, 1University of Utah, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2University of Utah, Division of Neonatology, Salt Lake City, Utah, 3Oregon Health & Science University, ONPRC Research Neuro, Portland, Oregon

9:15

41

IN UTERO HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN CANINES: THE GESTATIONAL WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY TO MAXIMIZE ENGRAFTMENT

SCOTT PETERSEN (F)1, MARIYA GENDELMAN1, KATHLEEN MURPHY2, CHRIS BIRD1, DAVID HUMMEL3, MICHAEL TORBENSON2, GAIL STETTEN1, RICHARD JONES4, KARIN BLAKEMORE1, 1Johns Hopkins University, OB/GYN, Baltimore, Maryland, 2Johns Hopkins University, Pathology, Baltimore, Maryland, 3 Johns Hopkins University, Comparative Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 4 Johns Hopkins University, Oncology Center, Baltimore, Maryland

9:30

42

EFFECTS OF INTRAUMBILICAL VEIN INJECTION OF SALINE VERSUS OXYTOCIN PLUS SALINE ON DURATION OF THE THIRD STAGE OF LABOR: A RANDOMIZED DOUBLE-BLIND PLACEBO TRIAL

LABIB M. GHULMIYYAH (F)1, SALIM A WEHBE2, STEVEN L. SALTZMAN2, CAROL EHLEBAN2, BAHA M. SIBAI1, 1University of Cincinnati, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2Atlanta Medical Center, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Atlanta, Georgia

9:45

43

MAGNESIUM SULFATE VERSUS NIFEDIPINE FOR ACUTE TOCOLYSIS OF PRETERM LABOR

DEIRDRE LYELL (F)1, KRISTIN PULLEN1, LAURA CAMPBELL2, SUZANNE CHING2, DEMETRA BURRS2, USHA CHITKARA1, MAURICE DRUZIN1, AARON CAUGHEY3, YASSER EL-SAYED1, 1 Stanford University, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford, California, 2 Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Obstetrics and Gynecology, San Jose, California, 3University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California

XLIV December 2005