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A study that attracted some attention at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine meeting last year was recently published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. It dealt with the usefulness of fetal fibronectin (fFN) and cervical length (CL) in predicting which patients with preterm contractions (PTC) were truly in preterm labor (PTL).
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Epidemiologists at the National Cancer Institute organized and conducted a retrospective cohort study, recruiting patients treated between 1965 and 1988 from endocrine and infertility practices in 5 academic centers.
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A tracheostomy decreases the ability of the patient to communicate effectively. However, it is possible to restore voice in many patients with tracheostomy who are cognitively intact and free of laryngeal or pharyngeal dysfunction.
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Erectile Dysfunction and Visual Disturbance; Mixed News on Statins; FDA Actions
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During an 8-month period, azoulay and colleagues investigated the prevalence and correlates of post-traumatic stress in family members of critically ill patients in 21 French medical and surgical ICUs.
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This review from a group of investigators with extensive experience in the management of fever in neutropenic patients provides a concise update on recent trends in the etiologies and outcomes of this condition, and discusses methods for risk stratification based on the most recent multicenter studies.
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In this analysis of an administrative dataset, Combes and colleagues wanted to find out the effect of source of admission, especially for patients whose initial care was provided at another hospital, on the outcome.
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