Compressive suture of the lower uterine segment for the treatment of postpartum hemorrhage due to complete placenta previa: a preliminary study.

Aim: To assess the efficacy of a uterine compression suture technique in controlling hemorrhage after removal of complete placenta previa during cesarean section.

Methods: This prospective study was performed in a tertiary referral hospital and included 18 patients with postpartum hemorrhage following removal of complete placenta previa during elective cesarean section. All 18 patients underwent bilateral anteroposterior compression suture of the lower uterine segment.

Randomized dose-ranging trial of tamoxifen at low doses in hormone replacement therapy users.

Purpose: The combination of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and low-dose tamoxifen may retain the benefits while reducing the risks of either agent. We assessed the optimal biologic dose and schedule of tamoxifen in HRT users using surrogate end point biomarkers and menopausal symptoms.

Subjects And Methods: Two hundred ten current or de novo HRT users were randomly assigned to one of the following four arms: tamoxifen 1 mg/day and placebo/week, placebo/day and tamoxifen 10 mg/week, tamoxifen 5 mg/day and placebo/week, or both placebos for 12 months.

Risk factors for type 2 diabetes in women attending menopause clinics in Italy: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: To analyze risk factors for type 2 diabetes among women attending menopause clinics in Italy for counselling about the menopause.

Subjects: Women attending a network of first-level outpatient menopause clinics in Italy for general counselling about menopause or treatment of menopausal symptoms.

Methods: Cross-sectional study with no exclusion criteria.

Factors associated with climacteric symptoms in women around menopause attending menopause clinics in Italy.

Objective: To obtain data on correlates of climacteric symptoms in women around menopause attending menopause clinics in Italy.

Methods: Since 1997 a large cross sectional study has been conducted on the characteristics of women around menopause attending a network of first level menopause outpatient's clinics in Italy. A total of 66,501 (mean age 54.

Effect of soy-derived isoflavones on hot flushes, endometrial thickness, and the pulsatility index of the uterine and cerebral arteries.

Objective: To determine the effect of soy-derived isoflavones on hot flushes, endometrial thickness, and the vascular reactivity of uterine and cerebral arteries.

Design: Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

Setting: Healthy volunteers in an academic research environment.