OB/GYN Clinical Alert – December 1, 2009
December 1, 2009
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Protecting Pregnant Patients (and Their Babies): The Importance of Influenza Vaccinations
A 2009 influenza a (h1n1) vaccine was evaluated in a large randomized placebo controlled study in China. The immunization schedule consisted of two doses administered 21 days apart. -
What Causes Eight Maternal Deaths per Hour?
The Guttmacher Institute, in collaboration with the World Health Organization, recently published an updated account of abortion rates worldwide. -
To Stitch or Not to Stitch — Cerclage for Preterm Birth
Until recently, the literature has offered little direction on how to manage patients who have short cervices in the second trimester. -
Special Feature: Moving the Bar in Primary Advanced Ovarian Cancer Therapy
It is not a great mystery that primary ovarian cancer, when presenting with metastatic intra-abdominal and/or extra-abdominal disease, represents a formidable therapeutic challenge, as these women are usually highly symptomatic, frequently of poor nutrition, and in need of aggressive dual modality therapy: surgery and chemotherapy. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Pharmacology Watch: Insulin Regimens in Type 2 Diabetes
In this issue: Efficacy of once-daily insulin, aldo-sterone use in heart failure, erectile dysfunction Clinical Practice Guidelines, and FDA Actions.