Abstract：
BACKGROUND:To reorganize reusable laparoscopic instrumentation to promote instrument accessibility, minimize instrument breakage, eliminate infrequently used instruments on permanent trays, and help control maintenance costs. TECHNIQUE:The Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Gynecologic Steering Committee evaluated during a 5-month period the storage, use, and maintenance of gynecologic laparoscopic instrument sets used in the surgical suite. Acting on this data, the committee oversaw the following changes. Infrequently used instruments were removed from permanent trays and separately packaged. Two types of gynecologic laparoscopy trays were prepared: one for laparoscopic bilateral tubal ligations and one for both diagnostic and operative laparoscopy. A double-decker compartmentalized tray in which instruments were sterilized and stored replaced the extant single-layer ones in which instruments were stacked on each other. To facilitate instrument identification and function, a surgical manual was compiled with photographs of each instrument and a description of its use. EXPERIENCE:After implementation of these changes, maintenance and sterilization costs for a 10-month period were compared with those for the previous 10 months. There was a savings of $13,889. The ratio of total costs divided by number of cases performed during the two study periods was also compared. There was a savings of $31 per case. CONCLUSION:Savings were achieved by reorganizing this operating room's handling of reusable gynecologic laparoscopy equipment. By eliminating infrequently used instruments from the permanent trays and by using a double decker compartmentalized tray that was used during surgery, sterilization, and storage, both sterilization costs and maintenance costs were reduced.
journal_name
Obstet Gynecoljournal_title
Obstetrics and gynecologyauthors
Bachmann GA,Trattler B,Ko T,Tweddel Gsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1998-07-01 00:00:00pages
142-4issue
1eissn
0029-7844issn
1873-233Xpii
S0029784498001483journal_volume
92pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:To address the question of when to perform an appendectomy in the surgical treatment of endometriosis, a series of 500 consecutive appendectomies was reviewed. In 104 patients with pelvic endometriosis who were undergoing appendectomy, the appendix was a relatively common (13%) extragenital site of endometriosis. Gros...
journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the null hypothesis that there are no differences in incidence of perineal and vaginal lacerations in primiparous black and white women. METHODS:We reviewed University of Michigan Hospital delivery records, from July 1996 to December 1998, of black and white women 18 years and older and at least 35 w...
journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0029-7844(00)00956-x
更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether current Joint Commission (JC) exclusion criteria for measure PC-01, "Elective Delivery" before 39 weeks of gestation, accurately identify valid, codeable indications for planned early-term delivery. METHODS:We performed a review and critical analysis of all cases recorded as noncompliant ...
journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1097/AOG.0000000000000059
更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The balance between relaxin and prolactin has been suggested to be significant in the control of uterine activity during pregnancy. The current study was designed to determine the effect of rat prolactin on rat uterine horn segment contractility and its interaction with relaxin. Rat uterine segments mounted on a smoot...
journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:To define the profile of 24-hour uterine activity in normal pregnancy and to correlate contraction frequency with physical activity and emotional stress diaries. METHODS:One hundred nine low-risk pregnant women who delivered at term recorded uterine contractions for 24 hours twice weekly from 20-40 weeks' g...
journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1097/00006250-199404000-00006
更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The population of women who sell or exchange sex or intimate sexual services for material goods or services, also called "sex work," often is unrecognized in the typical obstetric and gynecologic practice. The prevalence of this behavior among adult women is difficult to quantify because of its frequent omission from ...
journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章,实务指引
doi：10.1097/AOG.0000000000002163
更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the frequency of pregnancy loss following successful development of anatomical embryonic landmarks identified with endovaginal ultrasound. METHODS:Two hundred thirty-two women with positive urinary pregnancy tests and no antecedent history of vaginal bleeding had endovaginal sonography performed a...
journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Although not all multifetal pregnancies occur after the use of assisted reproductive technology, fertility treatments have contributed significantly to the increase in multifetal pregnancies. In almost all cases, it is preferable to avoid the risk of higher-order multifetal pregnancy by limiting the number of embryos ...
journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章,实务指引
doi：10.1097/AOG.0000000000002302
更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Ultrasonic measurement of fetal chest circumference was tested as a predictor of pulmonary hypoplasia in a group of 26 fetuses at known risk. A 42% prevalence of autopsy-proved pulmonary hypoplasia was found in this population. Chest circumference measurements were plotted on published nomograms based upon head circum...
journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between erythropoietin concentration in umbilical venous blood and clinical signs of fetal hypoxia. METHODS:We measured erythropoietin concentrations in umbilical venous blood from 200 consecutively born neonates using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with two mono...
journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Human parvovirus B-19 infection was diagnosed by DNA hybridization in blood obtained by cordocentesis from two hydropic fetuses at 22 and 26 weeks' gestation; B-19-specific immunoglobulin M (IgM) in fetal blood was negative in both cases. Hematologic studies demonstrated severe anemia, which was treated by intravascul...
journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare composite maternal and neonatal adverse outcomes among women with at least a bachelor's degree by racial and ethnic groups. METHODS:This was a retrospective cohort study using the U.S. vital statistics data sets. We included women with at least a bachelor's degree who delivered a nonanomalous live...
journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1097/AOG.0000000000003887
更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Pelvic endometriosis associated with massive ascites is an unusual occurrence. Only 12 cases have been reported since 1954 when Brews first described this entity. The authors present two cases recently encountered at Saga Medical School Hospital. Clinical courses and operative findings are described and other cases fr...
journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Reptile- and amphibian-associated salmonellosis poses significant risk to infants and young children. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has advised that reptiles and amphibians should not be kept in households with children younger than 5 years old. CASE:We report a 5-day-old newborn with Salmo...
journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1097/01.AOG.0000187950.37065.87
更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:One hundred fifty-two women who received cefazolin prophylaxis and subsequently developed postpartum endometritis were randomized to treatment with either ticarcillin/clavulanic acid (75) or clindamycin-gentamicin (77). Bacteria isolated from the endometrium were predominantly facultative anaerobic bacteria. The ratio...
journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：
更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Since the first successful umbilical cord blood transplant in 1988, it has been estimated that more than 35,000 transplants have been performed in children and adults for the correction of inborn errors of metabolism, hematopoietic malignancies, and genetic disorders of the blood and immune system. Two types of banks ...
journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 评论,杂志文章
doi：10.1097/AOG.0000000000003129
更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Comparing and contrasting two patients with pseudocyesis made it clear that differing psychodynamic factors specific to each patient resulted in divergent ways in which they sought out and used medical care. The propensity of these patients to distort reality was observed to interfere with the usefulness of sonography...
journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine patient factors associated with hospital care costs for preterm labor and to develop a clinically applicable cost model for evaluating economic consequences of interventions to reduce preterm-labor hospitalizations. METHODS:Maryland state hospital discharge data from 1993-1996 were used to ident...
journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0029-7844(00)00863-2
更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite a change of fetal physiologic and biochemical functions with gestational age, stationary umbilical cord acid-base reference values are used as measures of obstetric care quality. The aim of this study was to assess the risk of low Apgar score relative to low pH when using stationary versus gestational...
journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0029-7844(03)00512-x
更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether pregnancy-induced regulatory T cells are generated specifically for paternal antigens or expanded by hormonal changes and to study regulatory T cell-related mechanisms during pregnancy. METHODS:We used murine models of normal, abortion-prone, and pseudopregnancy to characterize regulat...
journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1097/01.AOG.0000284625.10175.31
更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The phenomenon of adolescent childbearing is complex and far reaching, affecting not only the adolescents but also their children and their community. The prevalence and public health effect of adolescent pregnancy reflect complex structural social problems and an unmet need for acceptable and effective contraceptive ...
journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1097/AOG.0000000000002632
更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The midtrimester abortion program at a large community hospital was evaluated. During the 3-year study, 1839 patients aborted in the midtrimester by intraamniotic injection of hypertonic saline, prostaglandin F2alpha or a combination of saline and prostaglandin F2alpha. The method, using a combination of saline and pr...
journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Cell-mediated immunity was tested by coincubation of target cell line (2043) of human squamous cell carcinoma and peripheral blood leukocytes (PBL) of 22 patients with squamous cell neoplasia of the uterine cervix, 9 patients with other tumors, and 9 normal females. The percentage of cell reduction in mild dysplasia w...
journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate an institution's specific fetal loss rate after a second-trimester genetic amniocentesis. METHODS:This is a retrospective cohort study using our prenatal diagnosis database for all pregnant women presenting for care between 1990 and 2006. We compared the fetal loss rate in women who underwent amn...
journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1097/AOG.0b013e318162eb53
更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Fifty-two women undergoing labor induction and vaginal delivery at term were randomized between two oxytocin infusion protocols, involving hourly versus quarter-hourly increases in dose. Potential differences were sought of duration of labor, amount of uterine activity generated, and amount of oxytocin required. Start...
journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：
更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:Women with diabetes need safe, effective contraception. Although intrauterine devices provide superior contraception, concerns remain that progestin absorbed systemically from the levonorgestrel-releasing device may impair carbohydrate metabolism. To examine the effect of the levonorgestrel-releasing intraute...
journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.1097/01.AOG.0000156301.11939.56
更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the relationship between race and depression symptoms among participants in an early pregnancy loss clinical trial. METHODS:We performed a planned secondary analysis of a randomized trial by comparing treatments for medical management of early pregnancy loss. We hypothesized that Black participant...
journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1097/AOG.0000000000004212
更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Six new cases of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) associated with pregnancy are reported; one of these patients delivered triplets. In addition, 78 patients with 122 pregnancies and 124 fetuses have been reported previously. The maternal mortality rate was 4% and the fetal mortality rate was 18%. Prior recomm...
journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1097/00006250-197805000-00018
更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Enzymatic peroxidase oxidation was used to study albumin-bilirubin binding in the serum of pregnant women, their term infants, and nonpregnant women. When the bilirubin titration curves were corrected for differing albumin concentrations in the three groups, the bilirubin binding of pregnant women was inferior to that...
journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Endometriosis is rarely a cause of recurrent hemorrhagic ascites. This report draws attention to this uncommon condition, which could present a diagnostic dilemma. CASE:A young African-American woman who had experienced recurrent hemorrhagic ascites for more than 2 years underwent laparotomy and was found t...
journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1097/01.AOG.0000268283.99315.58
更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00
