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Reversion rate not improved with gel in study. (Minimal Abnormalities).
SAN FRANCISCO -- Empiric use of 0.75% metronidazole vaginal gel does not increase the reversion rate of minimally abnormal Pap smears, said Dr. Jeanne Ferrante at the annual spring conference of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine.
There is a lack of consensus about the best way to manage mildly abnormal Pap smears, said Dr. Ferrante, who conducted the study while in the department of family practice at the University of South Florida, Tampa. Recent guidelines address management of patients with atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance and low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions but do not deal with inflammation, benign cellular changes, or reactive cellular changes (JAMA 287[16]:2120-29, 2002).
She studied 114 women who were seen for a routine Pap smear at the university's family practice clinic. Inflammation and reactive cellular changes were the most frequent abnormalities, affecting 34% and 37% ...
- Treatment of Inflammatory Cytologic Abnormalities Detected By Pap Smears.
- Magazine article from: OB/GYN Clinical Alert September 1, 2001 700+ words
...Abnormalities Detected By Pap Smears Abstract & Commentary...inflammatory changes on Pap smears is not clinically indicated...inflammatory cells on Pap smears with antibiotics came...whole category of benign cellular changes is probably going to...
- Inadequate Pap smears may be associated with increased risk.
- Magazine article from: Women's Health Weekly August 28, 2003 700+ words
...figure that is within the national range. Excluding almost 200 women, the rest were monitored for 5 years to detect any cellular changes on subsequent smears. Their average age was 37. In all, 256 women (13%) developed abnormalities during the 5 years...
- Doublechecking Pap smears. (screening of Pap smears by the Autopap 300 QC...
- Magazine article from: FDA Consumer March 1, 1996 700+ words
...doublecheck all or a selected portion of Pap smears initially found to be normal. Pap smears, samples of cervical cells quickly pressed...changes in the cervix. About 50 million Pap smears are done annually in the United States...
- Regular Pap smears urged for HIV-positive women.
- Newspaper article from: AIDS Alert October 1, 1994 700+ words
...abnormalities in the two procedures -- 59% for Pap smears compared with 63% for colposcopy. The...well-trained clinician obtaining the Pap smears, we didn't find a significant difference...the American Cancer Society recommends Pap smears only every three years for women who...
- Cervical Cancer and Pap Smears.
- Magazine article from: The Network News Pearson, Cindy September 1, 1999 700+ words
...intercourse. Women should continue getting Pap smears every year until they have had at least three "good" Pap smears in a row and have no other risk factors...another ten years. Finally, even though Pap smears have been available for decades, there...
- Bacterial infection in pregnancy Pap smears signals a risk for complications.
- Magazine article from: Women's Health Weekly December 4, 2003 700+ words
...Bacterial infection in pregnancy Pap smears signals a risk for complications. According...studies on whether signs of infection in Pap smears imply a risk factor for preterm delivery...investigate whether signs of infection in Pap smears increase the risks of adverse pregnancy...
- PAP SMEARS UNNECESSARY IN SOME HYSTERECTOMIES
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Susan Okie December 3, 1996 700+ words
...reasons other than cancer do not need Pap smears afterward, according to the conclusions...Nevertheless, gynecologists routinely perform Pap smears in women who've had the operation...condition, Nolan's findings indicate that Pap smears are worse than useless: cancer of the...
- Panel Approves 2nd Computer For Pap Smears
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post August 9, 1995 700+ words
...let doctors double-check women's Pap smears for deadly cervical cancer got a nod...changes in cells in some of the 50 million Pap smears performed each year. The same panel...missed by the laboratories that screen Pap smears, said Steve Gutman, FDA laboratory...