Browsing by Author/Contributor "Gauer, Robert"
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Does blood pressure screening benefit children?
Gauer, Robert; Qiu, Kefeng (Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2012)Screening may not show benefits in childhood but could pay off for adults. Although major professional organizations recommend measuring blood pressure (BP) at every clinic visit for all children older than 3 years (strength ... -
Does cervical membrane stripping in women with group B Streptococcus put the fetus at risk?
Crago, Mark S.; Gauer, Robert; Frazier, Jori (Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2012)No direct evidence points to fetal harm from cervical membrane stripping (CMS) to induce labor in term pregnancies complicated by group B Streptococcus (GBS) colonization (strength of recommendation [SOR]: B, a Cochrane ... -
Does low-dose aspirin reduce preeclampsia and other maternal-fetal complications?
Gauer, Robert; Atlas, Michel C. (Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2008)The use of low-dose aspirin during pregnancy decreases the risk of preeclampsia for women considered at increased risk. The effect is smaller for women without risk factors (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A, based on ... -
Elevated troponin but no CVD: what's the prognosis?
Mantzouris, Tammy; Gauer, Robert; Mackler, Leslie (Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2013)Patients with elevated troponin levels and chronic renal disease, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary embolism, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, sepsis, or acute ischemic stroke have a 2- to 5-fold increased risk of ... -
How does electronic fetal heart rate monitoring affect labor and delivery outcomes?
Barstow, Craig; Gauer, Robert; Jamieson, Barbara (Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2010)Continuous electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) reduces the risk of neonatal seizure by 50% compared with intermittent auscultation (IA) (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A, systematic review of randomized controlled trials ... -
Ureteral calculi: What should you consider before intervening?
Taylor, Jonathan C.; Gauer, Robert; Rideout, Stacy (Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2011)The size of the calculi, their location, and complicating factors such as infection should all be considered. Most ureteral calculi smaller than 5 mm pass spontaneously, as do approximately half of calculi between 5 and ...