This Practice Bulletin was developed by the ACOG Committee on Practice Bulletins— Gynecology with the assistance of Alan G. Waxman, MD, MPH. The information is designed to aid practitioners in making decisions about appropriate obstetric and gynecologic care. These guidelines should not be construed as dictating an exclusive course of treatment or procedure. Variations in practice may be warran...

This Practice Bulletin was developed by the ACOG Committee on Practice Bulletins— Obstetrics with the assistance of Donald R. Coustan, MD. The information is designed to aid practitioners in making decisions about appropriate obstetric and gynecologic care. These guidelines should not be construed as dictating an exclusive course of treatment or procedure. Variations in practice may be warrante...

This Practice Bulletin was developed by the ACOG Committee on Practice Bulletins—Gynecology with the assistance of David Soper, MD. The information is designed to aid practitioners in making decisions about appropriate obstetric and gynecologic care. These guidelines should not be construed as dictating an exclusive course of treatment or procedure. Variations in practice may be warranted based...

This paper examines the effect of the order of a system redesign process on the quality of the information. A process that focuses on understanding the business model and the data prior to making technical decisions can produce information of higher quality, while continual use of patches and technology solutions can reduce the system’s data quality. The study of a global financial institution ...

This Practice Bulletin was developed by the ACOG Committee on Practice Bulletins—Obstetrics with the assistance of Mildred Ramirez, MD, and Susan Ramin, MD. The information is designed to aid practitioners in making decisions about appropriate obstetric and gynecologic care. These guidelines should not be construed as dictating an exclusive course of treatment or procedure. Variations in practi...

The theses about risks and opportunities of AI applications in public administration presented here have emerged from the empirical analysis in a semi-public German bank as weil as from the subsequent phases of conception and prototype implementation of a corresponding knowledge-based system supporting decision-making in that institution, where the credit worthiness of business founders is eval...

Purpose The spectrum of childhood inflammatory brain diseases (IBrainD) has expanded rapidly over the past decade. Early diagnosis and treatment are critical to prevent brain damage in many disorders. Making the diagnosis is especially challenging due to overlapping clinical presentations and the presenting features of different IBrainD have not been systematically compared in children. The aim...

The institutions that make up the Costa Rican Risk Management System are in charge of implementing the National Policy on Risk Management. It is necessary to highlight the scope of each institution regarding such implementation. This paper presents the proposal for a monitoring and follow up model. The monitoring to be implemented must process and provide precise information for decision making...

This Practice Bulletin was developed by the ACOG Committee on Practice Bulletins— Obstetrics with the assistance of Dwight J. Rouse, MD. The information is designed to aid practitioners in making decisions about appropriate obstetric and gynecologic care. These guidelines should not be construed as dictating an exclusive course of treatment or procedure. Variations in practice may be warranted ...

Background Identifying patients with ischaemic left ventricular dysfunction that would benefit from revascularisation as opposed to medical therapy alone is challenging. Viability assessment has in many centres become a gatekeeper to revascularisation, however its use remains controversial with several prospective randomised trials showing no mortality benefit with this strategy. The aim of thi...