OB/GYN Clinical Alert – September 1, 2008
September 1, 2008
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Improving Appropriate Use of Prophylactic Antibiotics
Between March, 2005 and June 2007, 1622 consecutive patient charts at Temple University Hospital were reviewed to determine whether prophylactic antibiotics were used appropriately with regard to antibiotic choice, timing of administration, and postoperative cessation of antibiotics. -
Surgical Assessment of Lymphatic Spread in Endometrial Cancer: A New Paradigm
The current classification for endometrial cancer incorporates the histological assessment of the regional lymph node to assign stage. -
Drug Therapy Appears To Work Better Than Rehabilitation for Urinary Incontinence
These Israeli researchers assigned 44 women with overactive bladder alternately into 2 groups: one group receiving 3 months of pelvic floor rehabilitation, and the other receiving oxybutynin. -
Noncontraceptive Benefits of The Levonorgestrel-releasing Intrauterine Device
Cho and colleagues studied 47 women with ultrasound-proven adenomyosis over a 3-year time period. -
Small Fetal Abdominal Circumference Associated with Delivery of Small-for-Gestational Age Neonates
Often there are articles in the ultrasound literature that have diagnostic implications extending far past the ultrasound findings that were the centerpieces of these papers. -
Better VTE Prophylaxis
Two clinical trials compared rivaroxaban vs enoxaparin prophylactic treatment to prevent venous thromboembolism (VTE) after total hip or knee arthroplasty. -
Pharmacology Watch: Defining Diagnosis and Management of Prediabetes
In This Issue: Guidelines for prediabetes from The American College of Endocrinology; statins for the prevention of dementia? Possible help for women suffering from sexual side effects while on antidepressants; government incentives for electronic prescribing; FDA Actions. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement