5 results match your criteria: "Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of New Mexico[Affiliation]"

The goals of this study were to compare whether emergency department (ED) patients' pain intensity (PI) is measured differently by male and female nurses and to determine whether PI, heart rate (HR), and respiratory rate (RR) were used to prioritize patient urgency differently by male and female nurses. The associations between patients' PI|HR|RR and the Emergency Severity Index (ESI) scores they were assigned by attending nurses were analyzed using a national database of electronic medical records of US Veterans Affairs ED patients from 2008 to 2012. A total of 129,991 patients presenting for emergency care (Mage = 59.

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Objectives: Sexual abuse rates in the general female population range between 15% and 25%, and sexual abuse is known to have a long-term impact on a woman's health. The aim of this study was to report the prevalence of sexual abuse history in women presenting to clinicians for pelvic floor disorders (PFD) and to determine whether a history of sexual abuse is associated with a specific type of PFD.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective chart review of new urogynecology patients seen at the University of New Mexico Hospital.

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Prenatal nutrition: special considerations.

Minerva Ginecol

October 2009

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of New Mexico, School of Medicine Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.

Awareness of the importance of nutrition during pregnancy has increased in recent years.Pregnancy outcomes vary by prepregnant weight as well as gestational weight gain. Inappropriate gain may have both short- and long-term consequences for mother and infant.

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Pediatric and adolescent gynecology. Foreword.

Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am

March 2009

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of New Mexico School of Medicine, MSC10 5580; 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA.

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Background: Disseminated coccidiomycosis during pregnancy can lead to both maternal and neonatal mortality. Placentitis is an uncommon sequelae and its effect on placental function remains speculative. The present report describes our management of such a case and describes serial umbilical artery velocimetry of an affected placenta.

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