Volume 51, Number 8, August 2006
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Jay Goldberg, M.D., M.S., C.P., Patricia Purfield, R.N.C., M.S.N., Nancy Roberts, M.D., Paul Lupinacci, Ph.D., Matthew Fagan, M.D., and Terry Hyslop, Ph.D.
A significant decrease in the episiotomy rate resulted from physician education and documentation of episiotomy indication.
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Robert D. Langer, M.D., M.P.H., and Andrew J. Friedman, M.D.
Among women with elevated baseline lipids, E2/norgestimate and unopposed E2 provided similar improvements in lipid fractions in a 12-month, randomized clinical trial.
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Christopher P. DeSimone, M.D., Meredith P. Crisp, M.D., Frederick R. Ueland, M.D., Paul D. DePriest, M.D., John R. van Nagell, M.D., Subodh M. Lele, M.D., and Susan C. Modesitt, M.D.
In women with vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia 3 and vulvar cancer, grossly measured vulvar margins were reduced 15% after final fixed pathology.
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William N. Spellacy, M.D., Steven J. Carlan, M.D., Joan M. McCarthy, M.D., and John C. M. Tsibris, Ph.D.
A statistically significant correlation exists between third-year resident CREOG examination scores and ABOG written examination scores.
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Zvi Vaknin, M.D., Reuvit Halperin, M.D., Ph.D., David Schneider, M.D., Jack Teitler, M.D., Peer Dar, M.D., Amir Herman, Arie Herman, M.D., and Matitiahu Berkovitch, M.D.
In pregnant women with HG during the first trimester, the frequency of abnormal EEG findings is significantly higher as compared to that in pregnant women without vomiting in pregnancy.
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Cagatay Taskiran, M.D., Volkan Baltaci, M.D., Ph.D., and Serdar Gunalp, M.D.
Although this study found no Y-chromosome microdeletions in 12 patients with globozoospermia, the exact genetic locus resulting in this pathology requires further study.
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Candace S. Brown, M.S.N., Pharm.D., Howard I. Glazer, Ph.D., Val Vogt, M.D., Daniel Menkes, M.D., and Gloria Bachmann, M.D.
Botulinum toxin type A may be effective in reducing coital pain in vestibulodynia with levator ani tenderness but has little effect on vestibular allodynia.
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Jordan H. Perlow, M.D.
Patients are poorly informed about umbilical cord blood banking, especially ethnic minorities, younger patients and those with lesser degrees of education.
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Byoung Jae Kim, M.D., So Jung An, M.D., Soon-Sup Shim, M.D., Jong Kwan Jun, M.D., Ph.D., Bo Hyun Yoon, M.D., Ph.D., Hee Chul Syn, M.D., Ph.D., and Joong Shin Park, M.D., Ph.D.
In combination warfarin and heparin regimens in pregnant women with mechanical heart valves, warfarin use from the second trimester increased the risk of adverse perinatal outcomes.
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Case Reports | |
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Mei-Shan Jao, M.D., Po-Jen Cheng, M.D., Sheng-Wen Shaw, M.D., and Yung-Kuei Soong, M.D.
Life-threatening anaphylactic reaction can occur at any time during pregnancy, and all staff in a maternal unit should be familiar with the management of perinatal anaphylaxis.
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Paul G. Kratzer, M.D., Ph.D.
A woman had a presumed hydatidiform mole that underwent spontaneous regression and mimicked a miscarriage.
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Petek Balkanli-Kaplan, M.D., Fatih Gucer, M.D., Fulya Oz-Puyan, M.D., M. Ali Yuce, M.D., and Kemal Kutlu, M.D.
Clinicians should consider placenta percreta in patients with a previous uterotomy who present with prolonged metrorrhagia following first-trimester pregnancy termination.
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Susannah Mourton, M.B.Ch.B., and William Rich, M.D.
Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome developed after an endometrial biopsy performed in the setting of resistant vaginitis, requiring intensive care and hysterectomy.
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