Wikipedia:Choosing Wisely/American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

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Articles of interest

Articles relating to ACOG content
article	traffic	pageview count*	example month	sources cited	change summary
American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists	chart	1361	January 2013
Obstetrics	chart	65730	January 2013
Gynaecology	chart	57863	January 2013
Obstetrics and gynaecology	chart	50656	January 2013
Obstetrics & Gynecology (journal)	chart	518	January 2013
Caesarean section	chart	111402	January 2013	1	"Doctors and patients should not schedule an elective caesarean section before 39 weeks gestational age"
Caesarean delivery on maternal request	chart	755	January 2013
Elective caesarean section	chart	2283	January 2013
Pap test	chart	201301	January 2013	3	"women age 30-65 have an annual well-woman examination, that they not get annual pap tests"
Labor induction	chart	13427	January 2013
Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia	chart	28223	January 2013	4	"(treatment) not recommended if it lasts fewer than 2 years."
Ovarian cancer	chart	61834	January 2013	5	"in women of average risk the potential harms of having screening without an indication outweigh the potential benefits."
CA-125	chart	22067	January 2013	5	"recommend against women with average risk of ovarian cancer having routine CA-125 screening"
Gynecologic ultrasonography	chart	4465	January 2013	5	"There is consensus that women with only average risk for ovarian cancer should not be screened with this procedure for cancer."
Human papillomavirus	chart	186010	January 2013
Well-woman examination	chart	767	June 2013

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References

American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (February 2013), "Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question", Choosing Wisely: an initiative of the ABIM Foundation, American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, retrieved August 1, 2013, which cites

1. • Main, Elliott; Oshiro, Bryan; Chagolla, Brenda; Bingham, Debra; Dang-Kilduff, Leona; Kowalewski, Leslie, Elimination of Non-medically Indicated (Elective) Deliveries Before 39 Weeks Gestational Age (PDF), March of Dimes; California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative; Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Division; Center for Family Health; California Department of Public Health, retrieved 1 August 2013
2. • American Academy of Pediatrics; American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Guidelines for perinatal care (7th ed.). Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics. ISBN 978-1581107340.
   • ACOG Committee on Practice Bulletins --, Obstetrics (Aug 2009). "ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 107: Induction of labor". Obstetrics and gynecology. 114 (2 Pt 1): 386–97. PMID 19623003.
3. • Boulware, L. E.; Marinopoulos, S.; Phillips, K. A.; Hwang, C. W.; Maynor, K.; Merenstein, D.; Wilson, R. F.; Barnes, G. J.; Bass, E. B.; Powe, N. R.; Daumit, G. L. (2007). "Systematic review: The value of the periodic health evaluation". Annals of Internal Medicine. 146 (4): 289–300. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-146-4-200702200-00008. PMID 17310053.
   • Saslow, D.; Solomon, D.; Lawson, H. W.; Killackey, M.; Kulasingam, S. L.; Cain, J.; Garcia, F. A. R.; Moriarty, A. T.; Waxman, A. G.; Wilbur, D. C.; Wentzensen, N.; Downs, L. S.; Spitzer, M.; Moscicki, A. B.; Franco, E. L.; Stoler, M. H.; Schiffman, M.; Castle, P. E.; Myers, E. R. (2012). "American Cancer Society, American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, and American Society for Clinical Pathology screening guidelines for the prevention and early detection of cervical cancer". CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. 62 (3): 147–72. doi:10.3322/caac.21139. PMC 3801360. PMID 22422631.
   • "Committee Opinion No. 534". Obstetrics & Gynecology. 120 (2, Part 1): 421–424. 2012. doi:10.1097/AOG.0b013e3182680517. PMID 22825111.
   • Committee on Practice Bulletins—Gynecology (2012). "ACOG Practice Bulletin Number 131: Screening for cervical cancer". Obstetrics and gynecology. 120 (5): 1222–1238. doi:10.1097/AOG.0b013e318277c92a. PMID 23090560.
4. • Wright, T. C.; Massad, L. S.; Dunton, C. J.; Spitzer, M.; Wilkinson, E. J.; Solomon, D.; 2006 American Society for Colposcopy Cervical Pathology-sponsored Consensus Conference (2007). "2006 consensus guidelines for the management of women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia or adenocarcinoma in situ". American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 197 (4): 340–345. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2007.07.050. PMID 17904956.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
   • "ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 99: Management of Abnormal Cervical Cytology and Histology". Obstetrics & Gynecology. 112 (6): 1419–1444. 2008. doi:10.1097/AOG.0b013e318192497c. PMID 19037054.
5. • "Screening for Ovarian Cancer: Recommendation Statement". The Annals of Family Medicine. 2 (3): 260–262. 2004. doi:10.1370/afm.200.
   • Lin, Kenneth; Barton, Mary B. (April 2012), "Screening for Ovarian Cancer - Evidence Update for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement", AHRQ Publication No. 12-05165-EF-3, United States Preventive Services Task Force, retrieved 30 August 2013
   • Partridge, E.; Greenlee, A. R.; Xu, R. T.; Kreimer, C.; Williams, J. L.; Riley, T. R.; Reding, B.; Church, C. C.; Kessel, J. L.; Johnson, C.; Hill, G. L.; Fouad, S.; Buys, L. R.; Isaacs, S. S.; Andriole, T.; Ogden, S.; Chia, D.; Ragard, L. R.; Prorok, P. C.; Gohagan, J. K.; Berg, C. D. (2009). "Results from four rounds of ovarian cancer screening in a randomized trial". Obstetrics and gynecology. 113 (4): 775–782. doi:10.1097/AOG.0b013e31819cda77. PMC 2728067. PMID 19305319.
   • American College of Obstetricians; Gynecologists Committee on Gynecologic Practice (2011). "Committee Opinion No. 477: The Role of the Obstetrician–Gynecologist in the Early Detection of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer". Obstetrics & Gynecology. 117 (3): 742–746. doi:10.1097/AOG.0b013e31821477db. PMID 21343791.

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