Volume 5, No. 10, November 2007
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Abstract of the Month
Hospital brought rapid cesarean delivery times into range of 10.9 minutes: Can you?
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From Your Colleagues
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Kelly Acton
Michael Berryhill
Scott Giberson
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Amy Groom
Elaine Locke
Alan Waxman
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Hot Topics
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Features
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American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Barbara Stillwater, Alaska Dibaetes Prevention and Control
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What’s new on the ITU MCH web pages
How can we best manage Jehovah’s Witnesses during pregnancy?
There are several upcoming Conferences
and Online CME/CEU resources, etc . . .
and the latest Perinatology Corners (free online CME from IHS)
. . . or just take a look at the What’s New page
Save the Dates: Upcoming events of interest
2007 National HIV Prevention Conference
- December 2-5, 2007
- Atlanta , Georgia
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- http://www.2007nhpc.org/conferenceinfo.asp
23nd Annual Midwinter Indian Health OB/PEDS Conference
- February 8 - 10, 2008
- For providers caring for Native women and children
- Telluride, CO
- Contact AWaxman@salud.unm.edu
26th Annual “Protecting Our Children”
- April 20-23, 2008
- Minneapolis , MN
- National American Indian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect
- http://www.nicwa.org/
Did you miss something in the last OB/GYN Chief Clinical Consultant Corner?
October 2007 OB/GYN CCC Corner
Volume 5, No. 10, October 2007
Abstract of the Month
- Group Prenatal Care Improves Pregnancy Outcomes at No Additional Cost
From Your Colleagues
Michael Berryhill
- Interested in a subinternship / externship / observership
Scott Giberson
- New items on IHS HIV website
Amy Groom
- 2007-2008 Influenza Vaccine
Craig Vanderwagen
- Rebuilding Iraq one step at a time: You can be part of the solution
Roberta Ward
- First trimester screening for Down Syndrome
Hot Topics
- How to improve psychosocial problems at well child care visits?
- Is Ibuprofen Appropriate for Pain Control in Children?
- School based intervention to lower incidence of disordered weight control behavior
- Management of Type 2 Diabetes in Youth: An Update
- Are babies born to short, primiparous, or thin mothers "normally" or "abnormally" small?
- Why Hasn't This Patient Been Screened for Colon Cancer?
- Migraine With Aura Increases Risk for Ischemic Stroke
- US Dietary Guidelines Effectively Limit Insulin Resistance in Women
- The Choice of a Metabolic Syndrome Generation: Soft Drinks
- ACIP Recommends the Use of Tdap in Adults
- Do Unsutured Second-Degree Perineal Lacerations Affect Postpartum Outcomes?
- Treating Gestational Diabetes May Reduce Childhood Obesity
- Increased still birth among obese mothers
- Neonatal sepsis increases linearly with membrane rupture up to 36 hours
- Extraabdominal uterine repair at cesarean: Increased patient discomfort, nausea, vomiting
- Cervical cancer differences disappear in rural women after controling for poverty and race
- Improvements in outcome with subtotal hysterectomy not confirmed
- Cost effectiveness of home based population screening for Chlamydia trachomatis
Features
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- Pelvic Organ Prolapse
- Management of Delivery of a Newborn With Meconium-Stained Amniotic Fluid
- ACOG Advises Against Cosmetic Vaginal Procedures: Safety and Efficacy Data
- Research Involving Women
- Counseling Women About Mammography: Benefits vs. Harms
- Guidelines on Screening for Fetal Chromosomal Abnormalities
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Maternal and fetal labor and delivery complications increase beyond 39 weeks
- Midwife practices vary greatly in compensation and employment structures
- Pediatricians recognize most overweight or obese children without using weight curves
- Gender of both the child and parent affect a child's participation during visits to the doctor
- Pertussis vaccination in adults can be cost-effective depending on incidence rates
- In Search of a Research Article?
- A pacifier by any other name . . . *
- Medications: Information for Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women
- Breastfeeding Trends and National Health Objectives for Exclusive Breastfeeding
- Women's greater risk of dying after surgery: Transfusion-related immunosuppression
- Ann Bullock is the new Chief Clinical Consultant for Family Medicine
- Low-dose aspirin has benefits when used for prevention of pre-eclampsia
- Human papillomavirus, vaccines and women's health: questions and cautions
- Educate parents about new pre-adolescent vaccine recommendations
- Exposing the Great Bottled Water Scam
- Prevention of Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Practice Bulletin
- Prevent Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: A Toolkit
- Various Implantable Contraceptives Equally Effective in Preventing Pregnancy
- Moderate morning sickness only partially responding to doxylamine and pyridoxine
- Don’t use Google, use Blackle instead and save 750 mega watts/hour per year
- Sex, Soap & Social Change - The Sabido Methodology
- Motor vehicle restraint use in American Indian children: Meaningful interventions
- Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy
- Study Supports HRT Use for Short Term, but Little Benefit in Older Women
- Group prenatal care reduces preterm births and increases breastfeeding initiation: RCT
- Evaluation of the pregnant patient for non-obstetric surgery
- Nursing education scholarship opportunities
- Decision Rules Useful for Selecting Women for Bone Mineral Density Testing
- Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy
- Chronic Renal Disease is Part of Primary Care
- Culture, context, and sexual risk among Northern Plains American Indian Youth
- Within eight years, 75% of adults will be obese or overweight
- APN scope of practice: colonoscopy?
- Domestic Violence Awareness Month: October
- Health Cares About Domestic Violence Day: October 10, 2007
- Victim Advocates And Tribal Law Enforcement: October 17-18, 2007
- Location of shelters impacts the incidence of violence against homeless women
- Daily Back Pain May Have Adverse Health Effects in Elderly Women
- Estrogens May Modify Course of Parkinson's Disease in Women
- Advance Provision for Emergency Oral Contraception
- State trends on uninsured children
- What's the first course of action for this couple that's trying to conceive?
Indian Child Health Notes - July 2006 Highlights
- Superhero related injuries in pediatrics
- Unpublicized nuclear releases in American Indian communities
- Removable brace versus casting in children with low-risk ankle fractures.
- Influenza Vaccination for 2007-8
- The tail end of guinea worm – global eradication without a drug or a vaccine
- Changes in workflow and tasks with bar code medication administration into nurses' work
- Commonwealth Fund/Harvard University Fellowship in Minority Health Policy
- Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission: An Innovative Program in Cameroon
- Infant Mortality Awareness Month Toolkit
- New Edition of Child Health USA Released
- MCH Library expands availability and access to historical documents
- AIAN researchers on perinatal depression requesting names of interested individuals
- Protecting America’s Future
- Alliance for a Healthier Generation Webinar
- Endometriosis: Where is the real truth?
- Hereditary Link to PMDD Identified
- The Reproductive Phenotype in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Passive Smoking Increases Risk for Sleep Disturbance During Pregnancy
- Management of Valvular Heart Disease in Pregnancy
- Estrogen Protects Women’s Brains Prior to Menopause
- Atrophic Vaginitis and Estrogen Treatment - Medscape CME
- Cholesterol-Related Compound Can Block Estrogen To Prevent Heart Disease
- Nurse Midwife Week October 7-13, 2007
- Piercing the veil: the marginalization of midwives in the United States
- Impact of written information on women's use of postpartum services
- Evaluation of the pregnant patient for non-obstetric surgery: Part Two
- Memories, As a Public Health Nurse on the Navajo
- Common Questions about HPV and Cervical Cancer: For Women Who Have HPV -Prevalence of HPV Infection Among Sexually Active Females
- Pre-Teen Vaccine Campaign
- Preconception Health of Women Delivering Live-Born Infants — Oklahoma, 2000–2003
- Fracture Outcomes in Women Discontinuing Alendronate
- Childhood, Teen Restriction of Dairy Foods Lowers Spinal Bone Mineral Content
- Pharmacologic Treatment of Osteopenia Not Usually Indicated
- Type 2 Diabetes in Youth: What You Should Know
- Procedure-related complications of amniocentesis and CVS are small
- Positive association between hyperemesis gravidarum and Helicobacter pylori infection
- HgbA1C and GHb for risk of congenital anomaly in women with diabetes
- Crohn's disease: Preterm birth etc greater with azathioprine /6-mercaptopurine
- Magnesium sulphate for women at risk of preterm birth for neuroprotection of the fetus
- Chronic Kidney Disease: CKD is Part of Primary Care!
- Culture, context, and sexual risk among Northern Plains American Indian Youth
- Sexual Assertiveness among Adolescent Girls: Initiation, Refusal, and Protective Behaviors
- Sexually Transmitted Infections in Preadolescent Children
- Screening for Chlamydial Infection: USPSTF Recommendation Statements
- Home screening for sexually transmitted diseases in high-risk young women: RCT
Barbara Stillwater, Alaska Dibaetes Prevention and Control
- HAPO: Call for re-evaluation of gestational diabetes diagnosis and treatment criteria
- Children whose mothers are overweight: Higher levels of body fat themselves at age nine
- Women less likely than men to change habits that increase heart-disease risk
- Maternal Diabetes Depletes Fetal Iron Stores
- Gestational diabetes mellitus may increase risk of developing pancreatic cancer
- Ovarian Cancer: Pinn Point on Women’s Health
Save the Dates: Upcoming events of interest
What’s new on the ITU MCH web pages
Past CCC Corners
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Dr. Neil Murphy is the Obstetrics and Gynecology Chief Clinical Consultant (OB/GYN C.C.C.). Dr. Murphy is very interested in establishing a dialogue and/or networking with anyone involved in women's health or maternal child health, especially as it applies to Native or indigenous peoples around the world. Please don't hesitate to contact him by e-mail or phone at 907-729-3154.
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