Clinical Review
Clinical Review
What you can do to optimize blood conservation in ObGyn practice
This institution’s protocol is worth considering for identifying and correcting iron-deficiency anemia before delivery and elective gyn surgery....
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UPDATE: FERTILITY
Think “Octo-Mom” and you’ll understand why, among other reasons, we need to reduce the rate of multiple gestation arising from treatments for...
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Remove the ovaries at hysterectomy? Here’s the lowdown on risks and benefits
Oophorectomy causes more harm than good in many women undergoing hysterectomy for benign disease
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A guide for clinicians: Bariatric surgery and the ObGyn patient
A boom in surgical weight-loss procedures means you will be called on to manage women who have undergone—or are considering—one of these...
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PRENATAL COUNSELING
New approaches to the genetic evaluation, risk assessment, and classification of stillbirth contribute to understanding and management of this...
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Confused about mammography guidelines? 7 questions answered
Breast cancer screening recommendations issued by the US Preventive Services Task Force succeeded—in clouding what’s best, for whom. But the air...
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A guide to lotions and potions for treating vaginal atrophy
Options for relieving the related itching, dryness, burning, and dyspareunia include a variety of hormonal formulations and nonhormonal...
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UPDATE ON: URINARY INCONTINENCE
Recent studies paint a promising picture for 4 treatments: weight loss, surgery with tension-free vaginal tape, botulinum toxin injection, and...
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Should you worry that patients will use the Web to grade you?
With an anonymous mouse-click on a “frowny face,” anyone can tarnish a reputation that it took you decades to build. But some find pluses to being...
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Can progesterone prevent prematurity—dependably?
Here’s what we know, after 30 years of study, about the usefulness of progesterone in 4 settings: recurrent preterm birth, multiple gestation, a...
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OSTEOPOROSIS
New data enhance our understanding of the effects of some contraceptives and key SERMs on the skeletal health of users