Outcomes of Pregnancy in Resident Physicians

Creator(s)

Maureen C. Hatch, Columbia University in the City of New York
Zena Stein, Columbia University in the City of New York
Diane Mclean, Columbia University in the City of New York
David J. Shulkin, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Merle M. Bari
Heidi D. Nelson, San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
Nancy H. Miller, Baystate Medical Center
Vern L. Katz, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
jo Ann Rosenfeld, East Tennessee State University
Mark A. Klebanoff, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Patricia H. Shiono, Center for the Future of Children
George G. Rhoads, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences

Document Type

Letter

Publication Date

2-28-1991

Description

To the Editor: The carefully designed and analyzed study of outcomes of pregnancy among female resident physicians by Dr. Klebanoff and colleagues at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (Oct. 11 issue)1 provides important data about the effects on the reproductive system of working long hours during pregnancy in a physically demanding, stressful occupation. On the basis of their data, the authors conclude that such work has “little effect on the outcome of pregnancy in an otherwise healthy population of high socioeconomic status.” Strictly speaking, their interpretation is correct: compared with the wives of male residents, the.

Citation Information

Hatch, Maureen C.; Stein, Zena; Mclean, Diane; Shulkin, David J.; Bari, Merle M.; Nelson, Heidi D.; Miller, Nancy H.; Katz, Vern L.; Rosenfeld, jo Ann; Klebanoff, Mark A.; Shiono, Patricia H.; and Rhoads, George G.. 1991. Outcomes of Pregnancy in Resident Physicians. New England Journal of Medicine. Vol.324(9). 629-631. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199102283240911 PMID: 1992324 ISSN: 0028-4793