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Caring for patients with chronic pelvic painThe right combination of medication, physical therapy, and lifestyle changes may help patients with this sometimes stubborn condition.
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PODCAST: Sexual coercion: Moving beyond screeningElizabeth Miller, MD, PhD, discusses her article in the February issue of Contemporary OB/GYN on sexual coercion.
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11 tips for guiding patients considering prenatal testingThese 11 statements to guide decision-making with patients can help patients fully consider their values and preferences in regard to prenatal testing.
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SMFM Clinical Guideline: Nonimmune Hydrops FetalisA summary of the evidence-based SMFM guidelines for the evaluation and management of nonimmune hydrops fetalis (NIHF). The guidelines cover the epidemiology, risk factors, work-up, prognosis, and treatment of pregnancies complicated by NIHF.
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Clinician to Clinician: Reaffirming the role of lung maturity testing in the at-risk pregnancyKnowledge of fetal lung maturity provides useful adjunctive information that is unique and relevant to a patient.
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Uterine fibroids: medical management optionsFor women in whom surgery is not recommended or necessary, treatment with the goal of symptom relief and size reduction can be achieved medically.
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Clinician to Clinician: Reaffirming the role of lung maturity testing in the at-risk pregnancyKnowledge of fetal lung maturity provides useful adjunctive information that is unique and relevant to a patient.
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Breastfeeding myths and mainstays for the obstetricianStrategies to help more of your patients breastfeed longer
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Fetal Fibronectin: The Benefits of a High Negative Predictive Value in Management of Preterm LaborThe clinical diagnosis of preterm labor (PTL) has up to a 50% false-positive rate, often leading to unnecessary hospitalizations and interventions. What objective tools can clinicians use to accurately diagnose true PTL - and reduce the drain on resources and overexposure to treatments?
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The ob/gyn hospitalistA look at the evidence shows that a program using ob/gyn hospitalists makes sense for many facilities and may improve outcomes.
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Home birth: The obstetrician's ethical responseThe professional responsibility model of obstetric ethics provides a powerful antidote to maternal rights-based reductionism.
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Home birth: The obstetrician's ethical responseThe professional responsibility model of obstetric ethics provides a powerful antidote to maternal rights-based reductionism.
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ACOG Guidelines at a glance: Lynch syndromeIdentification and surveillance will help carriers avoid cancer.
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COG Puzzler: What's Gyn got to do with it?A 14-year-old with altered mental status has a seizure in the ER. Find out why a gynecology consult was called for.
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Robotic surgery in the morbidly obese patient: a surgeon’s planning guideCareful preoperative planning and positioning will help to overcome some of the challenges presented by the obese patient's body habitus.
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The Perinatal Episode of Care Model: How will it affect you and your high-risk patients?Limited patient access to care and financial penalties to high-risk providers may be unintended consequences of this payment system.
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The Perinatal Episode of Care Model: How will it affect you and your high-risk patients?Limited patient access to care and financial penalties to high-risk providers may be unintended consequences of this payment system.
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How to manage obstructive sleep apnea in pregnancyManagement of OSA in pregnant women should continue through the postpartum period and should be multidisciplinary.
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Obstetric history and CVD riskHow a woman’s body responds to pregnancy may predict her later cardiovascular health.
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Preterm birth: progress and prospectsSteady declines in preterm birth are good news but there are more newborn lives to save.
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Preterm birth: progress and prospectsSteady declines in preterm birth are good news but there are more newborn lives to save.
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EOC schemes limit options and accessYet another financial penalty imposed upon healthcare providers/systems
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Healthcare reform, EHRs, and adolescent confidentialityRegulations are becoming more complicated and vary by state.
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Healthcare reform, EHRs, and adolescent confidentialityRegulations are becoming more complicated and vary by state.
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The opioid pain reliever epidemicThe aim of this article is to educate ob/gyns about what not to do for acute and chronic pain, in the hope that increased awareness will help us prevent suffering and loss of life from opioid pain relievers.
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Outpatient cervical ripening: Has its time come?Two doctors from the same health system argue the opposite sides of this issue.
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Healthcare reform, EHRs, and adolescent confidentialityRegulations are becoming more complicated and vary by state.
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First Person: Our shoulder dystocia policyThis hospital uses a counseling form to educate their patients about the risk of recurrence of a shoulder dystocia and to choose whether they want to have another vaginal delivery.
