2004
Does This Woman Have Osteoporosis?
Green AD, Colón-Emeric CS, Bastian L, Drake MT, Lyles KW. Does This Woman Have Osteoporosis? JAMA 2004, 292: 2890-2900. PMID: 15598921, DOI: 10.1001/jama.292.23.2890.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpinal fracturesWall-occiput distanceBone densitometryUS Preventive Services Task Force guidelinesGreatest positive likelihood ratioOccult vertebral fracturesPhysical examination findingsTask Force guidelinesDiagnosis of osteopeniaPositive likelihood ratioEarly referralScreening recommendationsVertebral fracturesExamination findingsPhysical examinationPretest probabilityInclusion criteriaClinical challengeMEDLINE searchExamination maneuversPhysical signsFinger breadthsOsteoporosisEarly screeningYoung women
2003
Is This Woman Perimenopausal?
Bastian LA, Smith CM, Nanda K. Is This Woman Perimenopausal? JAMA 2003, 289: 895-902. PMID: 12588275, DOI: 10.1001/jama.289.7.895.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh follicle-stimulating hormone levelsGreatest positive likelihood ratioLower inhibin B levelsFollicle-stimulating hormone levelsMonths of amenorrheaPremenopausal control groupInhibin B levelsClinical examination findingsEnglish-language articlesPositive likelihood ratioNight sweatsVaginal drynessClimacteric symptomsPerimenopausal womenExamination findingsHot flashesMenstrual historyClinical examinationPerimenopausal statusHormone levelsMEDLINE searchWomen's agePerimenopauseControl groupSymptoms
1997
Is This Patient Pregnant?: Can You Reliably Rule In or Rule Out Early Pregnancy by Clinical Examination?
Bastian L, Piscitelli J. Is This Patient Pregnant?: Can You Reliably Rule In or Rule Out Early Pregnancy by Clinical Examination? JAMA 1997, 278: 586-591. DOI: 10.1001/jama.1997.03550070078042.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEarly pregnancyGestational ageClinical examinationClinical examination findingsWeeks gestational agePregnancy test resultsPhysical examination featuresIndicator of pregnancyHome pregnancy testsEnlarged uterusExamination findingsExamination featuresPregnancy testMorning sicknessSoft cervixPregnancyAvailable evidenceCliniciansLaboratory testsCommon problemExaminationAmenorrheaCervixPatientsUterusIs this patient pregnant? Can you reliably rule in or rule out early pregnancy by clinical examination? .
Bastian L, Piscitelli J. Is this patient pregnant? Can you reliably rule in or rule out early pregnancy by clinical examination? . JAMA 1997, 278: 586-91. PMID: 9268281, DOI: 10.1001/jama.278.7.586.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly pregnancyGestational ageClinical examinationClinical examination findingsWeeks gestational agePregnancy test resultsPhysical examination featuresIndicator of pregnancyHome pregnancy testsEnlarged uterusExamination findingsExamination featuresPregnancy testMorning sicknessSoft cervixPregnancyAvailable evidenceCliniciansLaboratory testsCommon problemExaminationAmenorrheaCervixPatientsUterus