Abstract of the Month
USPSTF recommends that clinicians screen all pregnant women for HIV
From your colleagues
Katherine Palatianos: Brachial plexus injury: Permanent
in 1 of every 10,000 deliveries
Terry Cullen: Native Peoples of North America
HIV/AIDS Conference
Kat Franklin: Simple Patient Education Handouts
Sandy Haldane: Science and Leadership:
Women With Heart Disease
Steve Holve: July 2005 Indian Child Health Notes
Harvey Huddleston: Interested
in part-time or locums tenens
Phil Smith: Encouraging Onsite Mammography: New
mammography standards for HSP
Roy Teramoto: HPV and Cervical Cancer: An Update
on Prevention Strategies
Judy Thierry:
-Useful atlas for injury causes of AIAN morbidity and mortality
when citing stats
-Ribavirin pregnancy registry - seeking enrollment Hepatitis
C
-Rural/Frontier Women's Health Coordinating Centers (RFCCs) RFP is Out
-RFP for
SIDS Training and Outreach in the AI/AN Communities
-Mean length stay for delivery
hospitalization among AI/AN
Hot Topics
Obstetrics
-Treatment of GDM reduces perinatal morbidity, may improve
health-related quality of life
-Elective Repeat Cesarean Delivery May Negatively
Affect Neonatal Outcomes
-Indomethacin tocolysis not associated with increased
risk of adverse neonatal outcomes
-Diabetic Retinopathy Occurs in Pre-Diabetes
: Implications in GDM
-No benefit to hospitalization in women with arrested preterm
labor and intact membranes
…and more
Gynecology
-High Intake of Calcium, Vitamin D May Reduce the Risk
of Premenstrual Syndrome
-Pediatric Torsed Ovaries May Be More Salvageable Than
Previously Reported
-Benzocaine spray does not offer effective pain control during
per endometrial biopsy
- US exam of the perineum after childbirth improves diagnosis
of anal sphincter tears
-Short-term results of the TVT procedure encouraging,
but long-term is disappointing
…and more
Child Health
-OCPs more effective than placebo treatment for relieving
dysmenorrhea in adolescents
-How to get your child off the couch? Evidence based
physical activity for youth
-Children’s adaptation to a fat reduced diet
-Adolescent Pregnancy: Current
Trends and Issues: American Academy of Pediatrics
-Suicide Prevention among AI/AN
Adolescents Evaluated: Public Health Approach
…and more
Chronic Illness and Disease
-Death rates for CVD are higher among
AI/AN than other U.S. groups (AHRQ)
-Each Pound of Weight Lost May Reduce Knee
Load per Step Fourfold
-Most parents want to quit smoking but they need assistance.
Learn how to help
-European study confirms red meat link with bowel cancer
-Self-Monitoring in
Type 2 Diabetes Not on Insulin: A waste of money?
…and more
Features
American Family Physician
-Three Days of Ciprofloxacin Better for Uncomplicated
UTI
-Gonorrhea
-Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin for Initial Treatment of Venous
Thromboembolism
-Follow-up After Surgically Treated Breast Cancer
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
-Hemoglobinopathies in
Pregnancy
-Pregnancy and Depression: What Women Need
to Know
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
-Breast cancer risk and
the effects of tamoxifen prophylaxis among women in primary care
-Acupuncture appears promising for the treatment of depression
during pregnancy
Ask a Librarian
A new quick and easy way to find best clinical articles:
PubMed Clinical Queries
Breastfeeding
-1st week of life critical window for ingestion of
maternal "diabetic" breast
milk
-Medication Use During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
-Breastfeeding may be associated
with a reduced risk of atherosclerosis
Case Manager’s Corner
What is an RN Case Manager?
CCC Corner Digest
-Have you had your ‘morning after’ antiretroviral
cocktail yet?
-Why Prozac is okay during pregnancy and not for breastfeeding…. and
why Zoloft is
-Slight delay in umbilical cord clamping better for preterm infants
-Transdermal
contraceptive promising for reducing bleeding and delaying menses
-Risk of Autism:
Parent, Pregnancy, and Birth Factors Found Possible Associations
-Women with
pregnancy induced HTN: Increased risk for metabolic syndrome later
-Urinary Incontinence
in Women: Practice Bulletin NUMBER 63, JUNE 2005
-AskUs Live! Available to all
Indian Health Staff
-Being overweight may increase the risk of becoming pregnant
while using OCs
-Follow-up: Answer to the May Mystery Question
-Screening for Genital Herpes:
USPSTF
-West Nile Virus in Women
-Appropriate use of narcotics for chronic non-malignant
(non-cancer) pain
-Screening for Gonorrhea: USPSTF Recommendation Statement
-Any new solutions
to Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy?
-New Perinatology Corner Free CEU / CME Module
Domestic Violence
-Women who declined survey regarding DV at risk
for adverse pregnancy outcome
-
Juvenile Justice Issues - Coordinating Council
- Key Programs Advancing Youth
Elder Care News
-2nd Annual Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Update
Conference
-Secondary
Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease in Elderly Patients
-Nursing Guide to Prevention
/ Management of Falls in Patients in Long-term Care Settings
-2005 ASCP Foundation
Interdisciplinary GeroPsych/Behavioral Disorders Traineeship
-Prevention of Falls
in Older Patients
Family Planning
Low-dose oral contraceptives increase cardiovascular
disease risk
Frequently asked questions
-Do you know of any good links to simple
patient education?
-What are some
good paper based women’s resources for Advanced Practice
Nurses?
Information Technology
Computer-assisted cognitive therapy effectively
treats depression: RCT
International Health
Medical Investigations of Homicides of Prisoners of War in Iraq and Afghanistan
Association
between subsidized housing and children’s nutritional status
MCH Alert
Health Care Insurance (SCHIP) Improves racial / ethnic health
disparities
Medical Mystery Tour
2 positive blood cultures found in a postpartum patient with a fever
Medscape
Mammography: Is Early Detection Really the Best Form of Prevention?
Menopause Management
-Benefits of low-fat dairy products on weight
loss
-Testosterone Patch Helps
Surgically Menopausal With Hypoactive Sexual Desire: RCT
-SSRIs Ineffective for
the Management of Hot Flashes
-Hormone replacement therapy plummeted after findings
from the WHI trial (AHRQ)
Midwives Corner
-USPSTF Issues Revised Guidelines for Routing Gonorrhea
Screening
-What Makes
a Drug Over the Counter (OTC)? The case of Plan B
-The Nursing Mothers Herbal
-Current Resources for Evidence-Based Practice
-National Indian Health Board
Conference - Oct. 16-19, 2005, Phoenix
Navajo News
-Active management of the third stage of labor among
American Indian women
-Annual Navajo Area Women’s Health Provider Meeting
-Upcoming ALSO Course
in Shiprock
Office of Women’s Health, CDC
Racial / Ethnic Disparities in Infant
Mortality: No significant improvement in AI / AN
Oklahoma Perspective
Patient should be capable of talking or singing
during exercise during pregnancy
Osteoporosis
-Here is a good web based calcium screening tool
-Benefits and limitations
of quantitative heel ultrasound in screening for osteoporosis
Patient Education
-Simple Patient Education Handouts
-Endometriosis, from WebMD Health
-Guide to Endometriosis - More
Printable Patient FAQ's
Primary Care Discussion Forum
August 1, 2005 Appropriate use of
narcotics for chronic non-malignant (non-cancer) pain
STD Corner
-Can chlamydia be stopped?
-Chlamydia trachomatis infection in a colposcopy
unit
Barbara Stillwater, Alaska Diabetes Prevention and Control
Waist Circumference
Can Exclude Insulin Resistance and Identify Those At Greatest Risk
Save the Dates: Upcoming events of interest
What’s new on the ITU
MCH web pages
-Simple Patient Education Handouts
-Active management of the third stage
of labor among American Indian women
-Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke in AI/AN
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