Addressing Health Disparities in Adults with Developmental Disabilities.

Adults with developmental disabilities are a growing population that experiences significant health disparities due to unmet health care and social needs. Few standardized health care guidelines are available or broadly accepted as best practices for this population. The Adult Disability Medical Healthcare (ADMH) is a community-based clinic that provides a unique multidisciplinary team-based approach to addressing the social and health care needs of adults with developmental disabilities within the framework of a Patient Centered Medical Home model.

Co-occurring medical conditions in adults with Down syndrome: A systematic review toward the development of health care guidelines.

Adults with Down syndrome (DS) represent a unique population who are in need of clinical guidelines to address their medical care. The United States Preventive Service Task Force (USPSTF) has developed criteria for prioritizing conditions of public health importance with the potential for providing screening recommendations to improve clinical care. The quality of existing evidence needed to inform clinical guidelines has not been previously reviewed.

Routine vaginal cuff smear testing in post-hysterectomy patients with benign uterine conditions: when is it indicated?

Background: By the age of 60 years, an estimated 33% of women will have undergone a hysterectomy. Approximately 85% of these hysterectomies are performed for benign disease. The object of this study was to evaluate cytologic findings from vaginal cuff smears in patients who have undergone hysterectomy for benign uterine conditions.