Painless Aortic Syndrome in a Patient with Syncope and Globus Sensation: A Case Report.

Introduction: Aortic dissection is a devastating clinical entity with a variety of presentations and requires prompt recognition and management. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of a patient who presented with a globus sensation and was diagnosed with an aortic dissection prior to clinical deterioration.

Case Report: The patient presented with an episode of near-syncope and globus sensation.

A Pain in the Butt: A Case Series of Gluteal Compartment Syndrome.

Introduction: Gluteal compartment syndrome is a rare and difficult-to-diagnose form of compartment syndrome.

Case Series: We present three patients with gluteal compartment syndrome and review the clinical presentation, imaging, and laboratory findings that assist in diagnosis. Suggestions for more readily diagnosing gluteal compartment syndrome are provided.

Updates on the Recognition, Prevention and Management of Hypertension in Pregnancy.

Systematic reviews with meta-analysis represent the highest level of evidence used to guide clinical practice. The defining criteria used to diagnose preeclampsia have evolved, and will likely continue to evolve. Proteinuria is sufficient but not necessary when defining preeclampsia.

Interconception Care Opportunities for Mom and Baby.

Importance: Interconception care provides an irreplaceable opportunity to address existing chronic disease and correct maladaptive health behaviors.

Objective: Utilizing the postpartum visit as an opportunity to improve interconception health and provide education to patients will not only improve the patient's life, but also impact any future offspring.

Evidence Acquisition/results: Optimization of interconception health has the potential to improve population wellbeing and reduce the societal burden poor birth outcomes.

Multidisciplinary OBGYN morbidity and mortality conference.

Background And Purpose: Obstetrics and gynecology (OB-GYN) morbidity and mortality conferences allow for review of cases with poor or avoidable outcomes. Little data exist on standardized formats for presentation and evaluation. We designed a multidisciplinary morbidity and mortality conference.

Centering Pregnancy: practical tips for your practice.

Importance: With increased access to care, current health delivery systems will need expansion to meet higher demands and needs.

Purpose: To define Centering Pregnancy and practical tips for implementation into both private and academic practices.

Methods/evidence Acquisition: Evidence was gathered through literature reviews.

Intra-amniotic fluconazole therapy for Candida albicans intra-amniotic infection.

Background: The consequences of intra-amniotic Candida infection can be devastating. Currently, standard management includes delivery. We identified only one previous case reporting intrauterine antifungal therapy, which used transcervical amphotericin B.

Neurologic and psychiatric manifestations of celiac disease and gluten sensitivity.

Celiac Disease (CD) is an immune-mediated disease dependent on gluten (a protein present in wheat, rye or barley) that occurs in about 1% of the population and is generally characterized by gastrointestinal complaints. More recently the understanding and knowledge of gluten sensitivity (GS), has emerged as an illness distinct from celiac disease with an estimated prevalence 6 times that of CD. Gluten sensitive people do not have villous atrophy or antibodies that are present in celiac disease, but rather they can test positive for antibodies to gliadin.