November 17th 2023
Review some of the top stories from the Contemporary OB/GYN website over the last week, and catch up on anything you may have missed.
Early HPV vaccination in children
July 13th 2023Jonathan Miller, MD, pediatrician and chief of primary care, pediatrics at Nemours Children’s Health in the Delaware Valley, spoke about the latest data regarding early human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in children as young as 9 years old at the 2023 Pediatric Academic Societies meeting. He also provided some clinical pearls for opening the conversation with patients’ caretakers regarding earlier HPV vaccination.
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Risks of cervical excisional treatment and PPROM
June 30th 2023In a recent study, pregnancies with preterm prelabor rupture of membranes were associated with greater risks of intraamniotic infection, microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity without inflammation, and early-onset neonatal sepsis development in women with a history of cervical excisional treatment.
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The value of HPV self-sampling kits
May 31st 2023Jeff Andrews, MD, FRCSC, Vice President of Medical Affairs for Integrated Diagnostic Solutions at BD, discusses the link between human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer, and how HPV self-sampling kits may increase rates of cervical cancer screening.
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