Obstetrics and gynecology
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Obstetrics and gynecology · Dec 2003
ReviewComplications associated with global endometrial ablation: the utility of the MAUDE database.
To investigate the number and type of complications associated with global endometrial ablation using public-access governmental databanks. ⋯ Use of the US Food and Drug Administration MAUDE database is helpful in identifying serious complications associated with global endometrial ablation not yet reported in the medical literature.
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Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome is characterized by paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, a short PR interval, and normal QRS. ⋯ Lown-Ganong-Levine Syndrome is a rare complication most commonly seen in young to middle-aged women. This syndrome can be treated and controlled medically with a good outcome.
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Obstetrics and gynecology · Dec 2003
Pregnancy-related mortality due to cardiomyopathy: United States, 1991-1997.
To describe characteristics and risk factors for pregnancy-related deaths due to cardiomyopathy during 1991-1997 and to assess reasons for the increasing trend in reporting of pregnancy-related deaths due to cardiomyopathy from 1979 through 1997. ⋯ Cardiomyopathy accounts for an increasing proportion of reported pregnancy-related deaths, and the more than six-fold excess risk of death from cardiomyopathy among black women is larger than that for any other cause of death. The increased reporting of these deaths might be largely due to improved case ascertainment. Further studies are required to estimate the prevalence of cardiomyopathy and identify modifiable risk factors associated with these deaths and the reasons for this racial disparity.
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Obstetrics and gynecology · Nov 2003
Obstetric admissions to the intensive care unit: outcomes and severity of illness.
To determine whether mortality prediction based on a current model of outcome prediction is accurate in obstetric patients. ⋯ The Simplified Acute Physiologic Score accurately predicts hospital mortality in obstetric patients admitted to the intensive care unit for medical reasons but not for indications related to pregnancy and delivery. An alternate model that predicts outcomes in obstetric patients admitted for obstetric indications should be developed.
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Obstetrics and gynecology · Nov 2003
Practice Guideline GuidelineACOG Committee Opinion. Primary and preventive care: periodic assessments.
Periodic assessments provide an excellent opportunity for obstetricians and gynecologists to provide preventive screening, evaluation, and counseling. This Committee Opinion provides the recommendations of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' Committee on Gynecologic Practice for routine assessments in primary and preventive care for women based on age and risk factors.