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The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inc.
2011 Maintenance of Certification -- Part II - Annual Board Certification
July 2011 Reading Assignment List

Below is the July 2011 ABOG ABC list for ob-gyns participating in the Maintenance of Certification program. Click on the article titles for the full-text PDF articles.

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Gynecology

• Creanga AA, Shapiro-Mendoza CK, Bish CL, Zane S, Berg CJ, Callaghan WM. Trends in ectopic pregnancy mortality in the United States: 1980-2007. Obstet Gynecol 2011;117(4):837-43.
• Heikinheimo O, Lehtovirta P, Aho I, Ristola M, Paavonen J. The levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system in human immunodeficiency virus-infected women: a 5-year follow-up study. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2011;204(2):126.e1,126.e4.
• Lamvu G. Role of hysterectomy in the treatment of chronic pelvic pain. Obstet Gynecol 2011;117(5):1175-8.
• The role of the obstetrician-gynecologist in the early detection of epithelial ovarian cancer. Committee Opinion No. 477. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Obstet Gynecol 2011;117(3):742-6.
• Vitonis AF, Titus-Ernstoff L, Cramer DW. Assessing ovarian cancer risk when considering elective oophorectomy at the time of hysterectomy. Obstet Gynecol 2011;117(5):1042-50.

Obstetrics

• Hoffman MK, Bailit JL, Branch DW, Burkman RT, Van Veldhusien P, Lu L, et al. A comparison of obstetric maneuvers for the acute management of shoulder dystocia. The Consortium on Safe Labor. Obstet Gynecol 2011;117(6):1272-8.
• Ortega R, Hansen CJ, Elterman K, Woo A. Videos in clinical medicine. Pulse oximetry. N Engl J Med 2011;364(16):e33.
• Paxton A, Wardlaw T. Are we making progress in maternal mortality? N Engl J Med 2011;364(21):1990-3.
• Use of prophylactic antibiotics in labor and delivery. Practice Bulletin No. 120. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Obstet Gynecol 2011;117(6):1472-83.
• Yonkers KA, Vigod S, Ross LE. Diagnosis, pathophysiology, and management of mood disorders in pregnant and postpartum women. Obstet Gynecol 2011;117(4):961-77.

Office Practice

• Buys SS, Partridge E, Black A, Johnson CC, Lamerato L, Isaacs C, et al. Effect of screening on ovarian cancer mortality: the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Randomized Controlled Trial. PLCO Project Team. JAMA 2011;305(22):2295-303.
• Female sexual dysfunction. Practice Bulletin No. 119. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Obstet Gynecol 2011;117(4):996-1007.
• Liu JH, Zanotti KM. Management of the adnexal mass. Obstet Gynecol 2011;117(6):1413-28.
• Manson JE, Mayne ST, Clinton SK. Vitamin D and prevention of cancer--ready for prime time? N Engl J Med 2011;364(15):1385-7.
• Rosen CJ. Clinical practice. Vitamin D insufficiency. N Engl J Med 2011;364(3):248-54.
• Slomski A. IOM endorses vitamin D, calcium only for bone health, dispels deficiency claims. JAMA 2011;305(5):453,4, 456.

Gynecologic Oncology

• Agnelli G, Becattini C. Acute pulmonary embolism. N Engl J Med 2010;363(3):266-74.
• Cohn DE, Kim KH, Resnick KE, O'Malley DM, Straughn JM,Jr. At what cost does a potential survival advantage of bevacizumab make sense for the primary treatment of ovarian cancer? A cost-effectiveness analysis. J Clin Oncol 2011;29(10):1247-51.
• Duenas-Gonzalez A, Zarba JJ, Patel F, Alcedo JC, Beslija S, Casanova L, et al. Phase III, open-label, randomized study comparing concurrent gemcitabine plus cisplatin and radiation followed by adjuvant gemcitabine and cisplatin versus concurrent cisplatin and radiation in patients with stage IIB to IVA carcinoma of the cervix. J Clin Oncol 2011;29(13):1678-85.
• Oonk MH, van Hemel BM, Hollema H, de Hullu JA, Ansink AC, Vergote I, et al. Size of sentinel-node metastasis and chances of non-sentinel-node involvement and survival in early stage vulvar cancer: results from GROINSS-V, a multicentre observational study. Lancet Oncol 2010;11(7):646-52.
• Osborne RJ, Filiaci V, Schink JC, Mannel RS, Alvarez Secord A, Kelley JL, et al. Phase III trial of weekly methotrexate or pulsed dactinomycin for low-risk gestational trophoblastic neoplasia: a gynecologic oncology group study. J Clin Oncol 2011;29(7):825-31.
• Sfakianos GP, Havrilesky LJ. A review of cost-effectiveness studies in ovarian cancer. Cancer Control 2011;18(1):59-64.

Maternal Fetal Medicine

• Adzick NS, Thom EA, Spong CY, Brock JW,3rd, Burrows PK, Johnson MP, et al. A randomized trial of prenatal versus postnatal repair of myelomeningocele. MOMS Investigators. N Engl J Med 2011;364(11):993-1004.
• Baschat AA, Odibo AO. Timing of delivery in fetal growth restriction and childhood development: some uncertainties remain [editorial]. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2011;204(1):2-3.
• Hassan SS, Romero R, Vidyadhari D, Fusey S, Baxter JK, Khandelwal M, et al. Vaginal progesterone reduces the rate of preterm birth in women with a sonographic short cervix: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. The PREGNANT Trial. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2011;38(1):18-31.
• Melchiorre K, Sutherland GR, Liberati M, Bhide A, Thilaganathan B. Prevalence of maternal cardiac defects in women with high-resistance uterine artery Doppler indices. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2011;37(3):310-6.
• Sethna F, Tennant PW, Rankin J, C Robson S. Prevalence, natural history, and clinical outcome of mild to moderate ventriculomegaly. Obstet Gynecol 2011;117(4):867-76.
• Simpson JL, Greene MF. Fetal surgery for myelomeningocele [editorial]? N Engl J Med 2011;364(11):1076-7.
• von Dadelszen P, Payne B, Li J, Ansermino JM, Broughton Pipkin F, Cote AM, et al. Prediction of adverse maternal outcomes in pre-eclampsia: development and validation of the fullPIERS model. PIERS Study Group. Lancet 2011;377(9761):219-27.
• Walker DM, Marlow N, Upstone L, Gross H, Hornbuckle J, Vail A, et al. The Growth Restriction Intervention Trial: long-term outcomes in a randomized trial of timing of delivery in fetal growth restriction. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2011;204(1):34.e1,34.e9.

Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility

• LaCroix AZ, Chlebowski RT, Manson JE, Aragaki AK, Johnson KC, Martin L, et al. Health outcomes after stopping conjugated equine estrogens among postmenopausal women with prior hysterectomy: a randomized controlled trial. WHI Investigators. JAMA 2011;305(13):1305-14.
• Markopoulos MC, Rizos D, Valsamakis G, Deligeoroglou E, Grigoriou O, Chrousos GP, et al. Hyperandrogenism in women with polycystic ovary syndrome persists after menopause. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2011;96(3):623-31.
• Negro R, Schwartz A, Gismondi R, Tinelli A, Mangieri T, Stagnaro-Green A. Increased pregnancy loss rate in thyroid antibody negative women with TSH levels between 2.5 and 5.0 in the first trimester of pregnancy. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2010;95(9):E44-8.
• Ross JL, Quigley CA, Cao D, Feuillan P, Kowal K, Chipman JJ, et al. Growth hormone plus childhood low-dose estrogen in Turner's syndrome. N Engl J Med 2011;364(13):1230-42.
• Rossi BV, Berry KF, Hornstein MD, Cramer DW, Ehrlich S, Missmer SA. Effect of alcohol consumption on in vitro fertilization. Obstet Gynecol 2011;117(1):136-42.
• Schilcher J, Michaelsson K, Aspenberg P. Bisphosphonate use and atypical fractures of the femoral shaft. N Engl J Med 2011;364(18):1728-37.