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Re: Exam lights and GC question From: Efrain Ramirez (eramirezt@coqui.net) Fri Mar 4 04:57:01 2005 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: OB: Upper midline incision" Previous message: Fatih Demirtola: "Re: Exam lights" In reply to: Vscnmmsn@aol.com: "Re: Exam lights and GC question" Next in thread: Charlie Chambers: "Re: Exam lights and GC question" Reply: Charlie Chambers: "Re: Exam lights and GC question" I haven't used speculum lights but I do not see any good reason to change -external ones give me a good light source to any part of the body if I want to, specially the vulva! - On the GC/Chlamydia - I agree with Ron - in my popukation I do it on high risk patients and on every pregnant patient.. >At Thu, 3 Mar 2005, Vscnmmsn@aol.com wrote: > >I use the speculum lights too. It seems the consensus here is that OB/GYNs >are using the external sources and the CNMs/APRNs use the internal light source. >The OB I work with also uses the external source and I use the speculum >light. They bought them for me after I started here. They cannot be very expensive >because we have a bean counter for a CEO. I can find out tomorrow if anyone is >interested. >It must be a difference in training and what you are used to using. > >Another question: >Does anyone do GC/Chlymida cultures on every pap or just symptomatic and >pregnant patients? I wanted to do them on all the annuals (the way I was trained) >but my OB only does them on pregnant or symptomatic patients. GC/Chl are >usually asymptomatic- so are we going to miss a lot of them? Citations? I have >found 2 or 3 so far in patients without complaints. >I would appreciate the education in different practice protocols. >Thanks >Vicki SMith, CNM -- I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen, And accrue what I hear into myself...and let sounds contribute toward me. ~walt whitman~ Next message: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: OB: Upper midline incision" Previous message: Fatih Demirtola: "Re: Exam lights" In reply to: Vscnmmsn@aol.com: "Re: Exam lights and GC question" Next in thread: Charlie Chambers: "Re: Exam lights and GC question" Reply: Charlie Chambers: "Re: Exam lights and GC question"

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