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J H Ferguson

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PubMed1966

Carcinoma of the cervix among women in their twenties. A 14% prevalence deserves our respect!

The purpose of this study was to estimate the value of routine vaginal cytology in women under 30 years of age. Over a five-year period, 18,160 vaginal cytological examinations were made on women aged 20 through 29 years, and 424 women (2.3%) were found to have Papanicolaou smears class III, IV, or V. Of these 424 patients, 122 (28.8%) were found to have carcinoma of the cervix. A tissue diagnosis of intraepithelial carcinoma was obtained in 103 women. The remaining 19 patients proved to have invasive carcinoma of the cervix. Approximately one third of this group of women with positive cytology failed to return for tissue diagnosis so the true prevalence of cancer was probably in the region of 40%. The findings suggest that women deserve routine vaginal cytological examinations irrespective of age.

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The effective diagnosis and treatment of hypertension by the primary care physician: impact of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.

BACKGROUND: Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) has been described as an effective method for the diagnosis and formulation of the treatment of hypertension by the primary care physician. METHODS: Sixty patients selected from a suburban private primary care practice participated in a study that compared measurements of office blood pressures using a mercury sphygmomanometer with the same pressures recorded by ABPM. RESULTS: Blood pressures and blood pressure loads measured by ABPM were significantly lower than blood pressures and pressure loads recorded in the office setting. CONCLUSIONS: Blood pressure recorded by ABPM differed from the same measurements made by office or casual sphygmomanometry. Use of ABPM changed diagnosis or treatment of hypertension in borderline and antihypertensive drug-treated patients. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is a useful tool for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension by the primary care physician. It can be used to identify white-coat hypertension in various patient populations.

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