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Common criteria prompting genetic referral for hereditary cancer syndromesThere are several features in a woman’s personal or family history that should raise suspicion for potential involvement of an underlying genetic mutation and prompt genetic counseling/testing.
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Update on managing HIV in pregnancyIt's imperative to identify more HIV-infected women earlier in pregnancy through HIV testing and to reduce mother-to-child transmission of the virus that causes AIDS.
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Update on managing HIV in pregnancyIt's imperative to identify more HIV-infected women earlier in pregnancy through HIV testing and to reduce mother-to-child transmission of the virus that causes AIDS.
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Offering breastfeeding mothers advice on contraceptionOb/gyns should ensure that women have the information they need to make an informed decision about breastfeeding. This article addresses the two key concerns that new mothers most express about contraception and breastfeeding.
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Does low blood pressure increase the risk of stillbirth?While most ob/gyns can recite a long list of risk factors for this lethal complication, mounting evidence suggests that maternal hypotension should be taken into account as well.
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Grand Rounds: Critical Care in OB: Part 4, Navigating a thyroid stormExacerbation of hyperthyroidism in pregnancy is an obstetric emergency. It demands accurate diagnosis and a prompt therapeutic response in order to minimize risk to mother and fetus.
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Offering breastfeeding mothers advice on contraceptionOb/gyns should ensure that women have the information they need to make an informed decision about breastfeeding. This article addresses the two key concerns that new mothers most express about contraception and breastfeeding.
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Offering breastfeeding mothers advice on contraceptionOb/gyns should ensure that women have the information they need to make an informed decision about breastfeeding. This article addresses the two key concerns that new mothers most express about contraception and breastfeeding.
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Offering breastfeeding mothers advice on contraceptionOb/gyns should ensure that women have the information they need to make an informed decision about breastfeeding. This article addresses the two key concerns that new mothers most express about contraception and breastfeeding.
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Offering breastfeeding mothers advice on contraceptionOb/gyns should ensure that women have the information they need to make an informed decision about breastfeeding. This article addresses the two key concerns that new mothers most express about contraception and breastfeeding.
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Grand Rounds: Office assessment of urinary incontinenceUrinary incontinence can often be successfully treated without referral, but first ob/gyns need to broach the subject! Two experts tell how to evaluate this widespread condition.
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The meaning of a nounThe use of “pregnant woman” or “pregnant person” and their respective plurals is being debated within many levels of the medical world, including major journals, societies, and associations. When it comes to pregnancy, what noun should prevail, or should any?
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Grand Rounds: Don't forget the other benefits of the levonorgestrel IUSAlthough officially approved as a contraceptive, the device is also finding a role in several benign gynecologic disorders. One expert examines the evidence for its use in menorrhagia, fibroids, endometriosis, adenomyosis, and endometrial hyperplasia.
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Roundtable: The ob/gyn and legal liability: condition critical, Part 1It's hard to imagine a more serious crisis than the current legal liability debacle facing American ob/gyns. Dr. Charles Lockwood has gathered the profession's thought leaders to help analyze its complexities and discuss possible solutions.
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Roundtable: The ob/gyn and legal liability: condition critical, Part 1It's hard to imagine a more serious crisis than the current legal liability debacle facing American ob/gyns. Dr. Charles Lockwood has gathered the profession's thought leaders to help analyze its complexities and discuss possible solutions.
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Roundtable: The ob/gyn and legal liability: condition critical, Part 1It's hard to imagine a more serious crisis than the current legal liability debacle facing American ob/gyns. Dr. Charles Lockwood has gathered the profession's thought leaders to help analyze its complexities and discuss possible solutions.
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Was this prolapse properly managed?In a case with multiple defendants, coordinating defenses should be the primary objective for trial.
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Improving survival in twin-twin transfusion syndromeAlthough serial amnioreduction is still widely used to treat this dangerous condition, a recent randomized trial found that when compared to amnioreduction at 15 to 26 weeks, overall perinatal survival is higher with laser ablation, which tries to reverse the disease process.
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Ob/gyn complications of celiac diseaseHalf of all adults with this autoimmune disorder don't have the classic GI symptoms, which include bloating and diarrhea. So should you screen women with otherwise unexplained infertility for it? Other ob/gyn complications in women with celiac disease include miscarriage, iron deficiency anemia, and IUGR.
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Meet the Board: Sarah J. Kilpatrick, MD, PhDIntroducing Contemporary OB/GYN® Editorial Advisory Board member, Sarah J. Kilpatrick, MD, PhD.
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Podcast: Discussing the ARRIVE trial resultsDr. Charles J. Lockwood sits down with Linda Marie Wetzel, Executive Editor for Contemporary OB/GYN, to discuss the results of the ARRIVE study and what these findings mean for ob/gyns and their patients.
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What’s new in biomarker testing for ovarian cancerThree tests are now FDA-approved for triaging pelvic masses in asymptomatic women.
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Informed consent and the mentally challenged patientTrue consent requires an understanding of decisions-and their consequences. With sensitivity, it's possible to respect a patient's autonomy while acknowledging limitations in her mental state.
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NASPAG 2021: Hillard’s HighlightsContemporary OB/GYN® Editorial Board Member Paula J. Adams Hillard, MD, reports on the Annual Clinical & Research Meeting (ACRM) of the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (NASPAG), which was held virtually on March 18 to 21. The meeting drew gynecologists who specialize in pediatric and adolescent gynecology (PAG) and pediatricians who practice adolescent medicine, nursing and advanced practice nursing professionals, and various other clinicians who take care of girls and adolescents with gynecologic problems.
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Point-of-care diagnosis of STIs in womenBypassing the lab and rapidly diagnosing patients right then and there has its limitations, but benefits of POC testing go beyond delivering timelier STI treatment. Complications should be fewer-and you'll no longer be treating noninfected women.
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Aromatase inhibitors: The next wave in treatment of endometriosis?Blocking the activity of aromatase may be the key to controlling the often-intractable pain of endometriosis. Here, pioneers in the use of aromatase inhibitors review use of the drugs in premenopausal and postmenopausal patients.
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Aromatase inhibitors: The next wave in treatment of endometriosis?Blocking the activity of aromatase may be the key to controlling the often-intractable pain of endometriosis. Here, pioneers in the use of aromatase inhibitors review use of the drugs in premenopausal and postmenopausal patients.
