OB/GYN Clinical Alert – August 1, 2005
August 1, 2005
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Improving Fetal Oxygen Status
Despite the paucity of information and the discrepancies in the few studies that have addressed the concept, oxygen administration has been utilized in almost every labor floor in the United States to supposedly improve delivery of oxygen to the fetus when an abnormal fetal heart rate pattern is noted. -
Randomized Trial First to Demonstrate a Survival Benefit in Patients with Recurrent Cervical Cancer
Cisplatin has long been considered the standard first-line chemotherapy of choice for cervical cancer patients demonstrating disease recurrence. -
Circulating Androgen Levels and Self-Reported Sexual Function in Women
The aim of this study was to explore the hypothesis that androgen levels gated sexual function in women. To diminish the biases inherent in the study of women seeking medical attention, Davis and colleagues surveyed a community population. -
Achieving Extended Amenorrhea with the Contraceptive Patch
Healthy, regularly menstruating subjects received either 12 consecutive active patches followed by patch-free week, then 3 more weeks of patches or 4 consecutive cycles of standard patch therapy, which includes 3 patches, then 1 patch-free week. -
Technique of Laparoscopic Appendectomy
Cases of laparoscopic appendectomies at Walter Reed Army Medical Center were retrospectively reviewed. Emergency cases and ruptured appendixes were excluded. -
Pharmacology Watch: Antibiotic Treatment of Acute Lower Respiratory Infection
What to do with the Cox-2s; Can Mucomyst Prevent CIN?; Benzodiazepines and Medicare Coverage; FDA Actions -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement