OB/GYN Clinical Alert – July 1, 2005
July 1, 2005
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Does Cervicovaginal Fetal Fibronectin Really Play a Role in the Diagnosis of Preterm Labor?
A study that attracted some attention at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine meeting last year was recently published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. It dealt with the usefulness of fetal fibronectin (fFN) and cervical length (CL) in predicting which patients with preterm contractions (PTC) were truly in preterm labor (PTL). -
Routine Surgical Staging in Grade 1 Endometrial Cancer Appears Beneficial
Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecologic malignancy and is usually characterized by limited disease at presentation. Among the number of known prognostic factors, grade of disease is one frequently used to triage patients for formal surgical staging. -
Increased Nuchal Translucency with Normal Karyotype
Souka and colleagues have recently published a review that should be very helpful to the clinician confronted with the dilemma of counseling patients whose fetuses have increased nuchal translucencies (NTs) in the first trimester. -
Endometrial Cancer: Surprising Reports
Epidemiologists at the National Cancer Institute organized and conducted a retrospective cohort study, recruiting patients treated between 1965 and 1988 from endocrine and infertility practices in 5 academic centers. -
Pharmacology Watch: Rifamixin for the Prevention of Traveler’s Diarrhea?
Erectile Dysfunction and Visual Disturbance; Mixed News on Statins; FDA Actions -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement