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When did the fetal neurologic injury occur?

Don't wait until an accident happens to inform your patients about ECs. Using routine office visits to make them aware of this option will significantly reduce the risk of unwanted pregnancy.

What are the guidelines for screening in postmenopausal women?

Altmed for March

Whether the etiology is androgen excess or something more benign, excess hair growth negatively impacts quality of life for millions of women. A thorough evaluation is required to uncover underlying causes and provide appropriate treatment.

The March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation offers a wealth of resources to ob/gyns to improve birth outcomes by preventing birth defects and infant mortality. Future columns will focus on stress in pregnancy, preterm birth, genetics, and other perinatal topics.

Preparing for a disaster in the health-care setting

Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency

When stomach, liver, or intestines herniate into the chest cavity of a fetus with this anomaly, they compress the fetal lung.

Controversies in OB/GYN

Consideration of benefits and risks of prophylactic oophorectomy suggest that is it appropriate for women at high risk for ovarian cancer but not warranted in the general public. Decisions about hysterectomy need to be made on a case-by-case basis.

News Briefs

The events of September 11 have heightened the need for disaster-planning in the health-care setting. Because women are among those most vulnerable to the health impact of disasters, ob/gyns have a unique responsibility to be prepared for the worst.

When patients present with pelvic pain, the list of diseases to consider is long and includes ectopic pregnancy, acute salpingitis, a variety of sexually transmitted diseases, acute dysmenorrhea, cervicitis, endometriosis, fibroids, and uterine inversion. But in your search for gynecologic causes, dont overlook common neurologic disorders outlined in this article.

Are elevated NRBC counts an indication of acute or chronic hypoxic-ischemic events? Is there an association with CP? With the answers still unclear, the authors review the existing evidence.

Gynecologists are in an ideal position to evaluate patients--particularly teens--for hyperandrogenism and initiate hormonal and nonhormonal treatment of acne. Topical therapy is appropriate first-line therapy and OCs are also an important part of the armamentarium.

Therapeutic successes and a trend toward delaying childbearing now permit survivors of breast, ovarian, endometrial, and cervical cancers to consider future fertility. How should this affect the advice you offer your patients?

News Updates

Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer accounts for about 5% of all colorectal malignancies and is most commonly accompanied by endometrial cancer. Two experts on HNPCC outline the appropriate screening, diagnostic, and management strategies.

Adopting a universal definition of stillbirth and linking the results of a placental autopsy to the fetal death certificate can help us collect the accurate data needed to address this major public health problem. Two experts in maternal-fetal medicine include these recommendations in their list of imperatives.

After nearly a quarter century of research, fetal surgery has emerged as an accepted therapy--but only for a carefully selected few.

New approaches to contraception and hormone replacement therapy, advances in assisted reproduction, and insights on endometriosis were among topics covered at the 57th AMASRM.