OB/GYN Clinical Alert – October 1, 2014
October 1, 2014
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The Complexity of Health Care Disparity: The Geographic Effect
Barriers to guideline-adherent care for advanced ovarian cancer are impacted by geographic proximity to a high-volume hospital and travel distance. However, these geographic barriers disproportionately affect racial minorities and women of lower socioeconomic status. -
Predicting Painful IUD Insertion
In this prospective cohort study of 161 nulligravid women, there was no reliable threshold of uterine length or flexion angle measurements that were predictive of painful or difficult insertions. History of severe dysmenorrhea was the only predictor of insertion pain. -
News from the KEEPS Study: HRT Does Not Decrease Progression of Atherosclerosis Over 4 Years of Treatment
News from the KEEPS Study: HRT Does Not Decrease Progression of Atherosclerosis Over 4 Years of Treatment -
When Prolapse Become Symptomatic
Prolapse occurs along a spectrum from early and asymptomatic to advanced and symptomatic. The authors define anatomic cutoffs that are likely to result in symptomatic and clinically significant prolapse.