نتایج جستجو برای: pap smear

تعداد نتایج: 17474  

2013
Stavroula Baka Ioanna Tsirmpa Anthia Chasiakou Iliana Tsouma Ekaterina Politi Vassiliki Gennimata Evangelia Kouskouni

BACKGROUND The significance of the possible presence of infection on the Pap smear of asymptomatic women based on cytological criteria is practically unknown. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 1117 asymptomatic nonpregnant women had Pap smear tests and vaginal as well as cervical cultures completed (622 with and 495 without inflammation on the Pap smear). RESULTS Out of the 622 women with in...

Journal: :BMC Health Services Research 2007
Mari Nygård Anne-Kjersti Daltveit Steinar Ø Thoresen Jan F Nygård

BACKGROUND Almost one-third of Norwegian women aged 25-69 years invited to have a Pap smear do not attend during the recommended period, and thus constitute a population with high-risk of cervical cancer (CC). Since the incidence of precancerous lesions of the cervix peak with occurrence of pregnancies within the same decade in women aged 25 to 35 years of age, antepartum care presents an oppor...

2015
Shelly Agarwal

Aims and objectives: To compare the efficacy of VIA and Pap smear for detection of premalignant and malignant lesions of cervix. Materials and methods: Two hundred and forty women atten­ ding outpatient department of obstetrics and gynecology were subjected to detailed history taking, clinical examination, Pap smear and VIA, and biopsies were indicated. Results: Of 240 patients, 27 patients (11...

2016

Introduction: Cervical cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide. Pap smears and HPV vaccinations allow for prevention, diagnosis and improved treatment for cervical cancer. Concerns have been raised about decreased Pap smear compliance due to misconceptions about the role of HPV vaccinations. This study aimed to assess the compliance of, the knowledge about and the barriers ...

2011
Barry D. Weiss Wendy Udall

This study was performed to evaluate the importance of obtaining postpartum Papanicolaou (Pap) smears routinely. Four hundred eighty-nine patients receiving pregnancy care had a normal prenatal Pap smear and a repeat Pap smear at their postpartum visit. Twenty-four (4.9 percent) had an abnormal postpartum Pap smear (95 percent confidence interval: 3.1-6.9 percent). Twenty-one (87.5 percent) of ...

2013
Fariba Binesh Ali Akhavan Azar Pirdehghan Mahnoosh Davoodi

BACKGROUND It is noted that oral contraceptive pills increase the risk of abnormal Pap smear but results have been inconsistent across the populations. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate the association between oral contraceptive pill (OCP) consumption and abnormal Pap smear in women who referred to Shahid Sadoughi and Madar hospitals in Yazd. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross sectional des...

Journal: :jundishapur journal of chronic disease care 0
s. makvandi department of midwifery, islamic azad university ahvaz branch, ahvaz, ir iran; department of midwifery, islamic azad university ahvaz branch, ahvaz, ir iran. tel: +98-6113348351 sh. zargar shoushtari department of midwifery, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran

background cervicovaginal infections are the most common causes of refereeing to clinics and health centers. objectives the primary aim of present study was to determine the prevalence of genital infections in pap smear specimens and its relationship with variables such as age and contraceptive methods. materials and methods this was a cross-sectional study that carried out in 2010 in ahvaz, ir...

2007
Rana K. Sherwani

The study was undertaken to evaluate liquid based cytology (Pap spin) and to compare the sensitivity of Pap spin with conventional Pap smear. Pap smears were taken from 160 patients with gynaecologic complaints with Ayre’s spatula and endocervical cytobrush and slides prepared. The residual material on both the spatula and cytobrush were rinsed in Pap spin collection fluid and centrifuged. Dire...

Journal: :Singapore medical journal 2009
L P Wong Y L Wong W Y Low E M Khoo R Shuib

INTRODUCTION Cervical cancer is one of the commonest cancers in women worldwide. Despite the existence of effective screening using Pap smear, the uptake of screening is poor. A qualitative study was undertaken using face-to-face in-depth interviews to investigate knowledge, attitudes and beliefs on cervical cancer screening of Malaysian women. METHODS In-depth interviews were conducted with ...

Journal: :International journal of epidemiology 2008
Valerie A Paz Soldan Frank H Lee Cesar Carcamo King K Holmes Geoff P Garnett Patricia Garcia

BACKGROUND Cervical cancer, although usually preventable by Pap smear screening, remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women in Peru. The percentages and characteristics of women in Peru who have or have not had a Pap smear have not been defined. METHODS In an urban community randomized trial of sexually transmitted infection (STI)/HIV prevention in Peru, 6712 randomly sele...

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