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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
The CCC Corner is good way to inform ITU providers about recent updates, while decreasing the number of e-mail messages.
Let me know if you want to add something to next month's CCC Corner at nmurphy@SouthCentralFoundation.com
or (907) 729-3154 (with voicemail)
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OB/GYN
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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