Ectopic pregnancy in women with previous tubal sterilizations at a Canadian community hospital.

A Canadian community hospital review of women with ectopic pregnancies revealed that 7.6% had had a previous tubal sterilization. This rate was higher than reported previously.

Early hypothyroidism in patients with menorrhagia.

The functional status of the thyroid gland was evaluated in 67 apparently euthyroid menorrhagic women by a thyrotropin-releasing hormone test. Fifteen of 67 showed mild primary hypothyroidism characterized by a small but significant elevation of basal levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone (5.9 +/- 0.