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Weaknesses of goodness-of-fit tests for evaluating propensity score models: the case of the omitted confounderSherry Weitzen
Department of Community Health, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 14:227-38. 2005..We sought to determine if tests used to evaluate logistic model fit and discrimination would be helpful in detecting the omission of an important confounder in the propensity score...- For women receiving chemotherapy for clinically apparent early ovarian cancer, is there a benefit to surgical staging?Don S Dizon
Program in Women s Oncology, Women and Infants Hospital, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02905, USA
Am J Clin Oncol 31:39-42. 2008..For women with incidentally diagnosed ovarian cancer there is a lack of consensus as to whether surgical staging be performed, particularly if chemotherapy is recommended... - Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance, human papillomavirus, and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2 or 3 in adolescents: ASC-US, age, and high-grade cervical neoplasiaLori A Boardman
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island 02905, USA
J Low Genit Tract Dis 10:140-5. 2006..To determine rates of and factors associated with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 2 or 3 among women with atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US) and oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) infection... - Should unsatisfactory colposcopy necessitate treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 1?Tania Day
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02905, USA
J Low Genit Tract Dis 12:11-5. 2008..To evaluate the prevalence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 2 or worse among women undergoing cone biopsy for CIN 1, stratified by colposcopic adequacy... - Effect of patient age on increasing morbidity and mortality following urogynecologic surgeryVivian W Sung
Division of Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 194:1411-7. 2006..0% vs 24.7%, P < .01). CONCLUSION: Although the absolute risk of death is low, elderly women have a higher risk of mortality and morbidity following urogynecologic surgery... - Characteristics of women who seek emergency contraception and family planning servicesMaureen G Phipps
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, RI 02905, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 199:111.e1-5. 2008..The purpose of this study was to compare the demographic characteristics and sexual risk behaviors of women who seek emergency contraception (EC) and general family planning (FP) services... - Ultrasound-guided miduterine cavity embryo transfer is associated with a decreased incidence of retained embryos in the transfer catheterTali Silberstein
Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Fertil Steril 84:1510-2. 2005..7% vs. 2.2%), and both the clinical pregnancy rate (PR) and implantation rate (IR) were lower when embryo retention occurred at ET than they were when embryos were not retained (25% vs. 34% clinical PR; 12% vs. 19% IR)... - Concepts of the advantages and disadvantages of teenage childbearing among pregnant adolescents: a qualitative analysisCynthia Rosengard
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Multiphasic Building 1, 593 Eddy St, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA
Pediatrics 118:503-10. 2006..We sought to enhance our understanding of pregnant adolescents' concepts of the advantages and disadvantages of teen pregnancy and childbearing... - Fear of inability to conceive in pregnant adolescentsEmily White
Brown Medical School, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island 02905, USA
Obstet Gynecol 108:1411-6. 2006..To estimate the demographic and health history differences between pregnant adolescents who had fears that they would not be able to conceive and those without these fears... - CIN in pregnancy: antepartum and postpartum cytology and histologyLori A Boardman
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, 101 Dudley Street, Providence, RI 02905, USA
J Reprod Med 50:13-8. 2005..To determine the rates of antepartum and postpartum cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 2 or worse in pregnant women with abnormal cervical cytology... - Socioeconomic indicators and hysterectomy status in the United States, 2004Elisabeth A Erekson
Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Department of Community Health, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, RI 02903, USA
J Reprod Med 54:553-8. 2009..To examine the association between socioeconomic indicators and hysterectomy... - Principles for modeling propensity scores in medical research: a systematic literature reviewSherry Weitzen
Department of Community Health, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 13:841-53. 2004..To document which established criteria for logistic regression modeling researchers consider when using propensity scores in observational studies... - Management of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2 in adolescent and young womenKarin Fuchs
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island Brown University Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island 02905, USA
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 20:269-74. 2007..To evaluate regression rates among adolescents (aged < or =21) with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 2 managed expectantly and to determine factors associated with disease regression... - Fetal heart rate patterns and sudden infant death syndromeCydney A Menihan
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 35:116-22. 2006..To determine differences in electronic fetal monitoring patterns between infants who died of sudden infant death syndrome and controls... - Adnexal masses in pregnancy: surgery compared with observationKathleen M Schmeler
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Brown University Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Obstet Gynecol 105:1098-103. 2005..To estimate whether the delay of surgery impacts the risk of adverse maternal and fetal outcomes in patients diagnosed with an adnexal mass during pregnancy... - Investigating reversals of association for utilization of recent mammography among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Black womenWilliam Rakowski
Department of Community Health, Brown University, Box G S121, 2nd Floor, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Cancer Causes Control 20:1483-95. 2009..This paper investigates the existence of "reversals" of association for recent mammography and describes an analysis strategy for identifying variables that might produce them... - Telomere length predicts embryo fragmentation after in vitro fertilization in women--toward a telomere theory of reproductive aging in womenDavid L Keefe
Dept of Ob Gyn, Brown University, Woman and Infants Hospital, 101 Dudley St, Providence, RI 02905, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 192:1256-60; discussion 1260-1. 2005..Ethical constraints limit study of human embryos to nondestructive assays, such as morphologic evaluation under transmission optics, but cytoplasmic fragmentation is a reliable marker of apoptosis... - The effect of total parenteral nutrition on the survival of terminally ill ovarian cancer patientsLaurent Brard
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants Hospital, Brown University, 101 Dudley Street, Providence, RI 02905, USA
Gynecol Oncol 103:176-80. 2006..In this study, we compared survival from time of terminal intestinal obstruction (TIO) diagnosis in patients who received TPN versus those who did not... - Two for good measure: six versus eight cycles of carboplatin and paclitaxel as adjuvant treatment for epithelial ovarian cancerDon S Dizon
Program in Women s Oncology, Women and Infants Hospital, 101 Dudley Street, Providence, RI 02905, USA
Gynecol Oncol 100:417-21. 2006..At our center, some women receive eight cycles (8C) of PT, based on physician judgment. We were interested in evaluating the outcomes of women treated with 8C of PT for EOC as compared to a cohort who received 6C... - Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance: human papillomavirus testing in adolescentsLori A Boardman
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island 02905, USA
Obstet Gynecol 105:741-6. 2005..To estimate the age-stratified prevalence of oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and to evaluate risk factors for HPV acquisition among women with atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US)... - Defining social support systems for women with breast cancerJennifer S Gass
Breast Health Center, Program in Women s Oncology, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 101 Dudley St, Providence, RI 02905, USA
Am J Surg 194:501-3. 2007..Providers often assume that a patient relies on the same person for primary support (PS), as emergency contact, and as health care proxy. We questioned how often this is not the case in women with breast cancer... - Rates of voluntary paternity establishment for infants born to unmarried adolescentsMaureen G Phipps
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and of Community Health, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island 02905, USA
J Reprod Med 50:764-70. 2005..To investigate factors associated with voluntary paternity establishment for infants born to teenagers... - Age group differences among pregnant adolescents: sexual behavior, health habits and contraceptive useMaureen G Phipps
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Community Health, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island, USA
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 21:9-15. 2008..To determine differences in sexual behavior, health habits and contraceptive use among three age groups of pregnant adolescents... - Risk factors for febrile morbidity after hysterectomyJeffrey F Peipert
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Community Health, Brown University Medical School, Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island 02905, USA
Obstet Gynecol 103:86-91. 2004..To identify risk factors for febrile morbidity after hysterectomy for nonmalignant indications... - Abortion training in United States obstetrics and gynecology residency programsKatherine L Eastwood
Women and Infants' Hospital of Rhode Island, Brown Medical School, Providence, USA
Obstet Gynecol 108:303-8. 2006..01). CONCLUSION: Routine training in elective abortion resulted in greater exposure to abortion practices and greater experience in more complicated abortion techniques during residency... - Artificial versus stimulated cycles for endometrial preparation prior to frozen-thawed embryo transferKristen Page Wright
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants Hospital, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
Reprod Biomed Online 13:321-5. 2006..Vaginal oestradiol supplementation improved implantation rates... - Research methodology and analytic techniques used in the Journal Obstetrics & GynecologyLindsay Dauphinee
Division of Research and the George Anderson Outcomes Measurement Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants Hospital, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island 02905, USA
Obstet Gynecol 106:808-12. 2005..However, there still exists considerable opportunities for improvement... - Early age at menarche and allostatic load: data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyJenifer E Allsworth
Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Department of Community Health, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Ann Epidemiol 15:438-44. 2005..To examine whether there is an association between early age at menarche and allostatic load-a measure of cumulative biologic risk-using data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)... - Risk of cesarean wound complications in diabetic gestationsTamara C Takoudes
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 191:958-63. 2004..This study was undertaken to examine the association between pregestational diabetes mellitus (DM) and wound complications after cesarean delivery (CD)... - 'Weighing in' on screening mammographyDavid Berz
Department of Hematology and Oncology, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 114:569-74. 2009..We present a study examining the association between Body Mass Index (BMI) and compliance with recommended mammographic screening using data from the 2004 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS)... - HPV, cervical neoplasia and smoking: knowledge among colposcopy patientsLori A Boardman
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
J Reprod Med 49:965-72. 2004..To assess colposcopy patients' knowledge of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and the role of smoking in cervical neoplasia and, if patients were current smokers, their willingness to quit smoking... - Cannulation of a resistant internal os with the malleable outer sheath of a coaxial soft embryo transfer catheter does not affect in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer outcomeTali Silberstein
Division of Biology and Medicine, Women and Infants' Hospital of Rhode Island, Brown Medical School, Providence 02905, USA
Fertil Steril 82:1402-6. 2004..CONCLUSION(S): Cannulation of a resistant internal os by the malleable outer sheath and blood on the transfer catheter after ET do not have an adverse effect on implantation rate or clinical pregnancy rate... - Context of care and contraceptive method useLori A Boardman
Division of Ambulatory Care, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Womens Health Issues 14:51-9. 2004.... - Evaluation of clinical methods for diagnosing bacterial vaginosisRobert E Gutman
Division of Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants Hospital, and the Center for Statistical Sciences, Brown University, Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Obstet Gynecol 105:551-6. 2005..To determine whether the current clinical criteria for diagnosing bacterial vaginosis can be simplified by using 2 clinical criteria rather than the standard 3 of 4 criteria (Amsel's criteria)... - CA-125 serum levels and pregnancy outcome in in vitro fertilizationKaren E Fish
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infant's Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island 02905, USA
Fertil Steril 82:1705-7. 2004..The CA-125 levels were not helpful in determining pregnancy outcome, as indicated by poor sensitivity (40.8%) and specificity (52.7%), as well as an area under the receiver operator characteristic curve close to 0.50... - Results of urine cytology testing and cystoscopy in women with irritative voiding symptomsEric R Sokol
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, Women and Infants Hospital, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 192:1560-5. 2005..The purpose of this study was to assess rates of urinary cytologic abnormalities and cystoscopic outcomes in women with irritative voiding symptoms who were examined at a urogynecology clinic... - Does one person provide it all? Primary support and advanced care planning for women with cancerDon S Dizon
Program in Women s Oncology and the Division of Research, Women and Infants Hospital, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02905, USA
J Clin Oncol 25:1412-6. 2007..We challenged a common clinical assumption that female cancer patients designate the same individual who provides them with primary support in advanced care planning roles... - Identification of educational objectives for obstetrics and gynecology residents in the ambulatory settingJennifer E Kacmar
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brown Medical School and Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, RI, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 191:1757-61. 2004..The primary objective of this study was to identify specific educational goals for obstetrics and gynecology residents in the ambulatory setting... - A randomized trial of the Fischer cone biopsy excisor and loop electrosurgical excision procedureLori A Boardman
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pathology, and the Division of Research, Women and Infants' Hospital of Rhode Island, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
Obstet Gynecol 104:745-50. 2004..95, 95% CI 0.72-1.24). CONCLUSION: The Fischer cone biopsy excisor and LEEP performed similarly with respect to the number of final specimens, margin interpretability, and ease of use. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: I.. - Prophylactic antibiotic administration prior to hysterectomy: a quality improvement initiativeAndrea J DiLuigi
Division of Research in Women's Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island 02905, USA
J Reprod Med 49:949-54. 2004..Additional steps must be taken to ensure more routine and appropriately timed administration of antibiotics prior to hysterectomy and to continuously monitor the use of prophylactic antibiotics... - Factors associated with site of death: a national study of where people dieSherry Weitzen
Center for Gerontology and Health Services Research, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Med Care 41:323-35. 2003..Recent public attention has focused on quality of care for the dying. Where one dies is an important individual and public health concern... - Risk factors for bladder injury during cesarean deliveryMaureen G Phipps
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Obstet Gynecol 105:156-60. 2005..To identify risk factors for bladder injury during cesarean delivery so as to inform patients and practitioners of these risks... - Factors associated with the high prevalence of short hospice staysSusan C Miller
Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Brown University Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
J Palliat Med 6:725-36. 2003..In this paper we discuss the possible underlying reasons for the increased probability of short hospice stays and we speculate on what this increase may mean in terms of hospice's ability to provide high-quality end-of-life care... - The use of intrauterine lidocaine to minimize pain during hysterosalpingography: a randomized trialGary N Frishman
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants Hospital, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02905, USA
Obstet Gynecol 103:1261-6. 2004..A hysterosalpingogram is an integral part of the evaluation of infertility but is often painful. Intrauterine anesthesia may help to alleviate the discomfort associated with this procedure... - Oral thalidomide as palliative chemotherapy in women with advanced ovarian cancerMary E Gordinier
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Louisville Brown Cancer Center, 529 South Jackson Street, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
J Palliat Med 10:61-6. 2007.... - Elevated body mass index does not increase the risk of palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia in patients receiving pegylated liposomal doxorubicinMary E Gordinier
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Louisville Brown Cancer Center, 529 South Jackson Street, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
Gynecol Oncol 103:72-4. 2006..We sought to determine whether a correlation exists between body mass index (BMI) and the frequency or severity of skin reactions during PLD chemotherapy... - Where people die: a multilevel approach to understanding influences on site of death in AmericaAndrea Gruneir
Brown University, USA
Med Care Res Rev 64:351-78. 2007..These results reinforce the importance of both social and structural characteristics in shaping the end-of-life experience... - Predictors of chronic pelvic pain in an urban population of women with symptoms and signs of pelvic inflammatory diseaseCatherine L Haggerty
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Epidemiology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
Sex Transm Dis 32:293-9. 2005..69; 95% CI, 0.44-1.10). CONCLUSIONS: A range of demographic, clinical, historical, and behavioral factors predict CPP after PID...