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Echogenic intracardiac focus: What does it mean?
June 1, 2009
While EIF is often a benign ultrasound finding, it may signal aneuploidy. An expert in maternal-fetal medicine explains how to interpret this "soft marker" and how to explain its significance to patients.
Clinician to Clinician: When pancreatitis strikes postpartum
June 1, 2009
Detecting acute postpartum pancreatitis requires acute diagnostic skills. Three experts explain the best approach.
MFM Consult: Progesterone for prevention of preterm birth
June 1, 2009
ACOG and SMFM only recommend progesterone for women with prior spontaneous singleton preterm delivery. This update discusses the research supporting their recommendation.
Editorial
Opinion: Competitive approaches to health-care reform
Finding the best way to fix our broken health-care system remains one of our major challenges. Dr. Charles J. Lockwood summarizes two competing approaches, one championed by Michael Porter, which revolves around integrated practice units (IPU), and one recommended by Alain Enthoven, which hinges on the use of large integrated health-care delivery systems (IHS).

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Clinical Insights
News: Benefits of universal prenatal syphilis screening outweigh risks
June 1, 2009
Universal screening for syphilis during pregnancy reduces the rate of congenital syphilis, supporting screening recommendations.
News: Transdermal E2 gel offers efficacy, flexibility to women with vasomotor symptoms
June 1, 2009
Compared with placebo, all three doses of transdermal E2 gel significantly reduced from baseline the frequency and severity of vasomotor symptoms in postmenopausal women.
News: Curing the medical mistakes epidemic
June 1, 2009
Patient safety was one of the most important topics at this year's Annual Clinical Meeting at ACOG.
News: Vitamin D deficiency linked to outcomes in early breast cancer
June 1, 2009
Women with early breast cancer who are deficient in Vitamin D have a higher risk of distant recurrences and death.
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Professional Update
News: Physicians respond to online ratings
June 1, 2009
A small but growing number of physicians are asking patients to sign agreements pledging not to post negative remarks about them on Web sites that allow the public to rate medical encounters.
News: Court rejects hospital's attempt to limit admitting privileges
June 1, 2009
Court in Arkansas ruled that hospital acted improperly when it used a credentialing policy that denied admitting privileges to doctors with interest in competing hospitals.
News: ACOG endorses equitable treatment for lesbian couples
May 1, 2009
ACOG fully supports same federal and state legal protection for lesbian couples as for heterosexual couples.
News: Pay for out-of-network care—the battle continues
May 1, 2009
Lawsuits were filed in NJ against Aetna and Cigna, alleging flawed database to intentionally shortchange out-of-network physicians.
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Departments
Legal: Was C/S in twins with spontaneous ROM delayed?
May 1, 2009
A woman was admitted to the hospital with a twin pregnancy and spontaneous rupture of membranes.
New Products: PJs help fight night sweats by 'wicking away' moisture
May 1, 2009
Patients suffering from night sweats may be interested in wicking sleepwear to help keep them cool and dry.
Legal: Failed episiotomy repair
May 1, 2009
After woman delivers and is discharged from hospital, she is found to have rectal-vaginal fistula.
Legal: Failed vacuum and forceps results in CP
May 1, 2009
Pregnant teenager goes into labor and family practitioner attempts delivery using vacuum extractor.

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Tubal sterilization: A closer look at risk of pregnancy (CME)
Finding the right words after a pregnancy loss (CME)
Keeping a pregnant patient's asthma under control (CME)
Pregnancy in obese women: What you need to know (CME)
Recurrent early pregnancy loss: Is miscarriage evaluation the missing link? (CME)
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