Gynecology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Risks of complications by attending physicians after performing nighttime procedures.

12 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: Few data exist on the relationships between experienced physicians' work hours and sleep, and patient safety. OBJECTIVE: To determine if sleep opportunities for attending surgeons and obstetricians/gynecologists are associated with the risk ... Read more...

Evaluating obstetrical residency programs using patient outcomes.

21 Sep 2009 CONTEXT: Patient outcomes have been used to assess the performance of hospitals and physicians; in contrast, residency programs have been compared based on nonclinical measures. OBJECTIVE: To assess whether obstetrics and gynecology residency ... Read more...

Eating disorders and obstetric-gynecologic care.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: Disordered eating can have consequences for gynecologic and obstetric patients and fetuses. Amenorrhea, infertility, hyperemesis gravidarum, and preterm birth have been linked to eating disorders (EDs). This study aimed to evaluate ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Gynecology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Risks of complications by attending physicians after performing nighttime procedures. 12 Oct 2009
• Evaluating obstetrical residency programs using patient outcomes. 21 Sep 2009
• Eating disorders and obstetric-gynecologic care. 30 Aug 2009
• Interdisciplinary curriculum to train internal medicine and obstetrics-gynecology residents in ambulatory women's health: adapting problem-based learning to residency education. 30 Aug 2009
• Caffeine's implications for women's health and survey of obstetrician-gynecologists' caffeine knowledge and assessment practices. 30 Aug 2009
• In memoriam: Dr Fredrick P. Zuspan, January 20, 1922-June 2, 2009. 30 Aug 2009
• Articles in Spanish in Obstetrics & Gynecology. 30 Aug 2009
• Abstracts of 19th World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. September 13-17, 2009. Hamburg, Germany. 30 Aug 2009
• The worsening of ED on-call coverage in California: 6-year trend. 30 Aug 2009
• The dynamics of obstetricians and gynecologists in Japan: a retrospective cohort model using the nationwide survey of physicians data. 30 Jul 2009
• Obstetrician/gynecologists' knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding prevention of infections in pregnancy. 30 Jul 2009
• Colorectal cancer screening practices among obstetrician/gynecologists and nurse practitioners. 30 Jul 2009
• Who are the providers of gynaecologic cancer surgical care in Ontario? 30 Jul 2009
• Obstetrician-gynecologists and the HPV vaccine: practice patterns, beliefs, and knowledge. 30 Jul 2009
• Bibliography: Current world literature. 30 Jul 2009
• Factors associated with physicians' reliance on pharmaceutical sales representatives. 30 Jul 2009
• In defense of case reports. 30 Jul 2009
• Associations of physician supplies with breast cancer stage at diagnosis and survival in Ontario, 1988 to 2006. 30 Jul 2009
• Surgical education and training in gynecologic oncology I: European perspective. 30 Jul 2009
• Surgical education and training program development for gynecologic oncology: American perspective. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Gynecology'

Definition: A medical-surgical specialty concerned with the physiology and disorders primarily of the female genital tract, as well as female endocrinology and reproductive physiology.

Descriptor UI: D006176

Alternative terms: Gynecology;

Related Mesh Headings: Genital Diseases, Female; Gynecologic Surgical Procedures; Reproductive Medicine;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H02.403.810.310;

Technical Notes: SPEC: SPEC qualif; corresponding organ term is GENITALIA, FEMALE; DF: GYNECOL