OB/GYN Clinical Alert – January 1, 2013
January 1, 2013
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Mammography: Does Early Detection Matter?
To evaluate the effectiveness of mammography as a screening test, the authors used the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database to examine trends from 1976 through 2008 in the incidence of early-stage breast cancer (ductal carcinoma in situ and localized disease) and late-stage breast cancer (regional and distant disease) among women 40 years of age or older in the United States. -
Risk Factors for Endometrial Cancer
The authors performed a nested case-control study using data from the Rochester Epidemiology Project which conducts population-based studies of the residents of Olmsted County, Minnesota. -
Tachysystole
There has been a steady rise of labor inductions in the United States during the last decade, a trend that has gone hand-in-hand with the cesarean section rate. -
Does Caffeine Reduce the Risk of Depression?
Data were accessed from the nurses health study, which enrolled 121,700 U.S. female registered nurses who were 30-55 years old at the outset in 1976. Every 2 years, participants provided information about their lifestyle, medical history, and illnesses via mailed questionnaires. -
Quality of Care in Ovarian Cancer: What are the Metrics?
The association between high surgical volume and improved procedure-based outcome is ubiquitous, yet without clarity as to why the association is so prevalent. One hypothesized mechanism is that high-volume hospitals may be better at rescuing patients with complications, rather than having lower complication rates. -
Pharmacology Watch: Zolpidem and Risk of Falls in Hospitalized Patients
In this issue: Zolpidem and risk of falls; AVR and anticoagulation; statins in cancer patients; and FDA actions. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement