Dr. Eleanor Lacava Capeless M.D.
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist) | Maternal & Fetal Medicine
111 Colchester Ave Fahc, Acc 4th Floor Burlington VT, 05401Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Eleanor Capeless is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Burlington, VT. Dr. Capeless specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Capeless can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Capeless can also treat women during pregnancy, labor, childbirth and the postpartum period. In this specialty, doctors focus on reproductive care from puberty through adulthood.
Education and Training
Georgetown Univ Sch of Med, Washington Dc 1976
Georgetown Medical School, Washington, Dc
Georgetown University School of Medicine 1976
Board Certification
Obstetrics and GynecologyAmerican Board of Obstetrics and GynecologyABOG
Obstetrics and GynecologyAmerican Board of Obstetrics and GynecologyABOG- Maternal and Fetal Medicine- 2007
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Proactive telephone peer support to help pregnant women stop smoking.
- Hepatitis B surface antigen screening in a nonindigent population.
- Elevated maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein: association with placental sonolucencies, fetomaternal hemorrhage, vaginal bleeding, and pregnancy outcome in the absence of fetal anomalies.
- Prenatal diagnosis of autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease: variable outcome within one family.
- Operative vaginal delivery: a comparison of forceps and vacuum for success rate and risk of rectal sphincter injury.
- The changing glycemic response to exercise during pregnancy.
- When do cardiovascular parameters return to their preconception values?
- Fetomaternal bleeding as a cause of recurrent fetal morbidity and mortality.
- Successful pregnancy outcome in association with lipoatrophic diabetes mellitus.
- Neonatal morphometrics after endurance exercise during pregnancy.
- Elevated maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein and hydrops fetalis in association with fetal parvovirus B-19 infection.
- Cardiovascular changes in early phase of pregnancy.
- Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy and its relationship to maternal-fetal weight gain and twin pregnancy.
- Management of preterm premature rupture of membranes: lack of a national consensus.
- A vaginal delivery protocol for the term breech infant utilizing ball pelvimetry.
Treatments
- Diabetes
- High Risk Pregnancy
- Pregnancy
Fellowships
- University of Vermont - Maternal Fetal Medicine
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