Key points • Technological developments in hysteroscopy and laparoscopy favor a smaller footprint to facilitate ambulatory procedures, with a trend toward smaller-caliber endoscopes and instruments and creative specimen removal with…
Key points • Depression, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder are treatable with medications or psychotherapy. • A history of manic or hypomanic symptoms increases the risk for…
Key points • Long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) methods are safe, effective, and have minimal risk of user error; thus they have become the recommended option for most women with complicated…
Key points • Strive to become a culturally sensitive and aware physician with a nonjudgmental approach to women regardless of race or ethnicity, age, faith, disabilities, profession, sexual orientation/identity, or…
Key points • Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogs are synthesized by substitution of amino acids in the parent molecule at the 6 and 10 positions for GnRH agonists and at the…
Key points • Malpractice is patient injury secondary to failure to exercise that degree of care used by reasonably careful physician of like qualifications • Negligence is failure to extend…
Key points • Evidence-based medicine (EBM) seeks to improve the care of patients and the delivery of care to patients. • Descriptive-observational studies, including cross-sectional studies and case series, help…
Key points • The labia majora are homologous to the scrotum in the man. The labia minora are homologous to the penile urethra and a portion of the skin of…
Key points • Oocyte meiosis is arrested in prophase I from the fetal period until a luteinizing surge (LH) preceding ovulation. With the LH surge, the oocyte completes meiosis I…
Key points • Virtually all human diseases have an underlying genetic component. All health care professionals need a basic level of familiarity with genetics and genomics because it is an…
