Bath and gray from the division of stroke Medicine in the Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, performed a meta-analysis of the published literature regarding the association between postmenopausal hormone therapy and risk of stroke.
Choudhry and colleagues sought to establish the relationship between quality of care with clinical experience by reviewing 62 articles that measured physician knowledge or quality of care as well as time since medical school graduation or age.
A rigorous operative and pathologic protocol for RRSO increases the detection rate of occult ovarian malignancy in BRCA mutation carriers nearly seven-fold. If confirmed, this finding will alter postoperative management because additional staging, chemotherapy, and follow-up may be necessary in affected women.
Conjugated equine estrogen alone and CEE + MPA increased the risk of urinary incontinence among continent women and worsened the characteristics of urinary incontinence among symptomatic women after 1 year.
The accuracy of frozen section diagnosis for the assessment of the ovarian mass is good, with acceptable sensitivities for almost perfect specificities. Future studies on patient preferences for the different outcomes, as well as economic analysis, are needed for definite position of this diagnostic technique.
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate vs Ciprofloxacin; AD Therapy and Cognitive Function; LDL Lowering in CHD Patients; FDA Actions
Non-invasive prenatal diagnostic screening has become a hot topic of late. Large studies from England, Europe, and now 2 from the United States have borne out the efficacy of first trimester ultrasound determined nuchal translucency (NT) testing, with or without additional information provided by first trimester biochemical analysis (beta-hCG and PAPP-A).
A third stage of labor longer than 18 minutes is associated with a significant risk of postpartum hemorrhage. After 30 minutes the odds of having postpartum hemorrhage are 6 times higher than before 30 minutes.
