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Bacterial infection in pregnancy Pap smears signals a risk for complications.
2003 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bacterial infection in pregnancy Pap smears signals a risk for complications.
According to a study from Sweden, "previous studies on whether signs of infection in Pap smears imply a risk factor for preterm delivery are conflicting. In a large population-based study, we combined information from the Swedish Medical Birth Register and the Swedish Pap Smear Screening Register to investigate whether signs of infection in Pap smears increase the risks of adverse pregnancy outcomes. Logistic regression analyses were used to estimate odds ratios (OR) for antepartum death, preterm or small-for-gestational-age delivery."
"The presence of coccobacilli or Trichomonas vaginalis in Pap smears increased the risk of small-for-gestational-age delivery (OR 1.3 and 1.4, respectively). Signs of infection in Pap smears were generally not associated with an increased risk of antepartum death or preterm birth," wrote S. Buchmayer and colleagues, Karolinska Institute, Department of Medical Epidemiology.
"However, the presence of coccobacilli in Pap smears within 4 ...
- Some GPs 'refusing to do pap smears'.
- News wire article from: Bulletin Wire March 21, 2006 700+ words
...Janelle Miles Some GPs are refusing women pap smears because of concerns over legal liability...that the doctors there did not perform pap smears 'for medico-legal reasons'," Dr...colleagues as to why they did not do pap smears. "I've always performed pap smears...
- Combining Pap smears with human papillomavirus testing for cervical cancer...
- Magazine article from: Reproductive Health Matters November 1, 2006 700+ words
...alternative strategies. The strategies included using Pap smears only or combining Pap smears with testing for HPV, with different strategies...life expectancy and reduce the number of repeat Pap smears for women by up to 86%. However, further...
- Cervical Tissue Changes May Explain False Negative Pap Smears; Study Findings...
- News wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service June 24, 2002 700+ words
...frequent occurrence of false negative Pap smears. Nationwide, physicians perform about...exfoliation are linked to false negative Pap smears." The team conducted the study with...The remaining 13 women had abnormal Pap smears. Researchers were able to analyze E...
- Risk of invasive cervical cancer after three consecutive negative Pap...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Medical Screening Coldman, A. Phillips, N. Kan, L. Matisic, J. Benedet, L. Towers, L. December 22, 2003 700+ words
...cancer after three consecutive negative Pap smears. Methods: A cohort study was conducted...sample of women aged 20-69 years with Pap smears enriched with all invasive cervical cancer...significant. The marginal effectiveness of Pap smears declined with increasing frequency of...
- Psammoma bodies in routine Pap smears not linked to malignancies. (Asymptomatic...
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Bates, Betsy December 1, 2002 700+ words
...Seattle, reviewed 9 years' worth of Pap smears in a computerized cytology registry...including 2 with menorrhagia, although their Pap smears were performed as part of routine screening...Several had remote histories of abnormal Pap smears unrelated to the index smear that contained...
- Psammoma bodies in routine pap smears may not herald malignancy. (Asymptomatic...
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News Bates, Betsy December 1, 2002 700+ words
...Seattle, reviewed 9 years' worth of Pap smears in a computerized cytology registry finding...including 2 with menorrhagia, although their Pap smears were performed as part of routine screening...Several had remote histories of abnormal Pap smears unrelated to the index smear that ...
- Conventional Pap Smears Still Effective, Less Costly.
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News BAKER, BARBARA March 1, 2000 700+ words
...precancerous lesions than conventional Pap smears. But the committee did not deem ThinPrep...about twice as much as conventional Pap smears, Dr. Rubin added. Within the last...an image recognition system and rates Pap smears according to normalcy. It can be set...
- NeoPath Inc. Signs Agreement With UniLab Corp. to Provide AutoPap 300 QC...
- Press release article from: Business Wire March 23, 1998 700+ words
...Corp. to rescreen 100% of all eligible Pap smears using the AutoPap 300(R) QC System...resulting in an expanded volume of UniLab Pap smears rescreened by the AutoPap to over one...their patients regardless of where their pap smears are processed. Together with customers...
- Don't Stop Annual Pap Smears.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News May 1, 2001 700+ words
Women should continue having annual Pap smears even when they have negative results...2 or 3 on biopsy and whose preceding Pap smears had shown high-grade squamous intraepithelial...31 women who had three or more prior Pap smears, 3 (10%) had at least three consecutive...
- Individualized intervention boosts screening rates: mammography, Pap smears....
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Zoler, Mitchel L. May 15, 2003 700+ words
...to an increased use of mammography and Pap smears by a diverse sample of women in a controlled...their attitudes toward mammography and Pap smears. The study group was about 34% African...The 10-month survey also showed that Pap smears had been recently obtained by similar...
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