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Oral rofecoxib (Vioxx) may have a role in controlling postoperative pain patients undergoing knee surgery.
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We are frequently reminded that depression is more common in women (2:1 vs men), significantly increases morbidity and mortality, and even affects the development of the patients children.
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Cabergoline can be safely withdrawn in patients with normalized prolactin levels and no evidence of tumor.
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When I was a resident in obstetrics and gynecology in the mid-1970s, and well beyond, the dogma was that any ovarian cyst or mass in a postmenopausal woman was abnormal and required surgical resection.
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The WHI and the WELL-HART clinical trials report that hormone therapy does not reduce the risk of coronary events or slow the progression of atherosclerosis in older women.
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Twelve cycles of single-agent paclitaxel administered to women with advanced ovarian cancer who attain a clinically defined complete response to initial platinum/paclitaxel-based chemotherapy significantly prolongs the duration of progression-free survival.
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Umbilical artery Doppler as a screening test for fetal well-being in a high-risk population was associated with a decreased incidence of cesarean delivery for fetal distress compared to the nonstress testing, with no increase in neonatal morbidity.
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In women with threatened preterm labor, sonographic measurement of cervical length helps distinguish between true and false labor.
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Another study has shown an increase in mortality associated with the use of an oral IIb/IIIa receptor antagonist.
