Managing Your Practice
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Four pillars of a successful practice: 1. Keep your current patients happy
The cost of maintaining an existing customer is one-fifth the cost of acquiring a new one. Here are a few easy, inexpensive strategies to ensure...
Commentary
From the Editor
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From the Editor
Mother-, baby-, and family- centered cesarean delivery: It is possible
The clinical processes at cesarean delivery can be refocused to enhance early maternal–infant bonding and improve the mother’s experience of the...
Expert Commentary
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Expert Commentary
Can a single progesterone test distinguish viable and nonviable pregnancies accurately in women with pain or bleeding?
Yes, according to this meta-analysis of 26 cohort studies involving 9,436 pregnant women. Among women who had pain or bleeding or both, as well as...
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Expert Commentary
STOP all activities that may lead to further shoulder impaction when you suspect possible shoulder dystocia
Clinical Review
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Clinical Review
When is her pelvic pressure and bulge due to Pouch of Douglas hernia?
Your patient reports symptoms similar to pelvic organ prolapse, but prolapse is not the problem. These authors offer how to make an accurate...
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Clinical Review
UPDATE ON BREAST HEALTH
A look at findings from the estrogen-alone arm of the WHI, chemoprophylaxis for high-risk women, and fertility preservation for young breast...
Medical Verdicts
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Medical Verdicts
Obese mother gains another 60 lb before delivery … and more
Medicolegal Issues
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Medicolegal Issues
EHRs and medicolegal risk: How they help, when they could hurt
The widespread use of electronic health records has been hailed as panacea and derided as anathema to quality medical care and medicolegal...
News for Your Practice
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News for Your Practice
Maternal folic acid use linked to reduced autism risk
Lower adjusted risk of autistic disorder but not other autism spectrum disorders
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News for Your Practice
Support for biennial over annual mammography in older women
Study reports similar rates of advanced disease, and lower cumulative probability of false-positive results
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News for Your Practice
Use of emergency contraception has more than doubled
Approximately 11% of women have ever used emergency contraception, an increase up from 4.2% in 2002
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News for Your Practice
Robotically assisted hysterectomy is on the rise for benign gynecologic disorders
Use of the robot in hysterectomy increased from 0.5% of all hysterectomies to 9.5% over 3 years, a new study finds
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News for Your Practice
Robotic surgery not the best for hysterectomy, ACOG says
ACOG’s president James T. Breeden, MD, says direct-to-consumer marketing may lead women to believe robotics is best choice
Surgical Techniques
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Surgical Techniques
Elective laparoscopic appendectomy in gynecologic surgery: When, why, and how
This operation may be beneficial in certain populations of women, provided the surgeon has the necessary expertise and counsels the patient...