OB/GYN Clinical Alert – February 1, 2006
February 1, 2006
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Toxic Shock Syndrome After Medical Abortion
Patient 1: A healthy 18-year-old woman underwent medical abortion at 47 days gestation and 4 days later was seen in an emergency ward with abdominal cramping. She was afebrile and there was no tenderness on physical examination. -
Umbilical Cord Stem Cells
In the December Green Journal there was an excellent review by Ken Moise on the current status of umbilical cord blood stem cells. Since this is a topic patients frequently ask about, this month I will depart from the usual alert format to abstract this informative article. -
Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy: Coming of Age?
The standard approach to adjuvant therapy in women with advanced ovarian cancer is intravenous platinum-based chemotherapy, usually in combination with a taxane. Since the disease is largely characterized by a disseminated intraperitoneal spread pattern, investigators have been interested as whether the disease may respond to therapy administered in the same route. -
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Contraception
In a clinical trial conducted in Mexico City, 162 women with systemic lupus erythematosus were randomized to treatment with 1 of 3 contraceptive methods: estrogen-progestin oral contraceptives, oral progestin-only, or a copper IUD. Disease activity remained equally mild and stable over 1 year in all 3 groups. -
Pharmacology Watch: Letrozole for Postmenopausal Women with Breast Cancer
Do Antidepressants Increase Risk of Suicide?; Can Viagra Improve Heart Function?; A Dramatic Increase of Clostridium difficile; FDA Actions -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement