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To-do list for gynecologic exams in HIV+ patients. (Cervical, Anal Pap Smears).
SAN FRANCISCO--Dr. Meg Dana Newman offered the following tips on conducting gynecologic exams of women who are HIV positive at a meeting on HIV management sponsored by the University of California, San Francisco:
* Conduct a full pelvic examination with cervical and anal Pap smears, said Dr. Newman, director of aids education in the Positive Health Program at San Francisco General Hospital.
* Rule out acute disease, including chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis.
* Include careful inspection of the vulva, the cervix, and the anus for interstitial neoplasms. The human papillomavirus thrives in patients who are immunosuppressed.
* If normal, repeat Pap smears and inspection every 6 months. After two negative Pap smears in a woman with reasonable immune restoration, which she ...
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- Magazine article from: Family Practice News ZOLER, MITCHEL L. March 15, 2001 700+ words
...at the University of California, San Francisco, said in an interview. Dr. Sawaya...C., told this newspaper. Annual Pap smears remain the rule for postmenopausal women...period is the best interval between Pap smears for postmenopausal women. "It could...
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...at the University of California, San Francisco, said in an interview. Dr. Sawaya...C., told this newspaper. Annual Pap smears remain the rule for postmenopausal women...period is the best interval between Pap smears for postmenopausal women. "It could...
- Pap smears urged for Vietnamese-American women.(The Orange County Register)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Hong, Binh Ha December 25, 2000 700+ words
...Vietnamese-American women from getting Pap smears, the only way to test for cervical...researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, who have studied Vietnamese-Americans...Orange County research, which match the San Francisco findings, were that women were too...
- Few Data Guide When to Begin, End Pap Smears.
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News BOSCHERT, SHERRY April 1, 2000 700+ words
SAN FRANCISCO -- There are not enough...University of California, San Francisco. In populations of women...the colposcopy clinic at San Francisco General Hospital. Adolescents...three consecutive normal Pap smears with no previous abnormal...
- Debate Continues on Best Age to Begin, End Pap Smears.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News BOSCHERT, SHERRY March 15, 2000 700+ words
SAN FRANCISCO -- There are not enough...University of California, San Francisco. In populations of women...the colposcopy clinic at San Francisco General Hospital. Adolescents...three consecutive normal Pap smears with no previous abnormal...
- Pap smears needed only every 3 years.(News)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Lasalandra, Michael October 16, 2003 700+ words
...31,000 women, ages 30 to 65, all of whom had negative Pap smears three years in a row before the study, found that annual...The study by researchers at the University of California at San Francisco and others calculated that extending the screening interval...
