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Initiating Hpv Co-Testing For Women Aged 30-65 In An Ob/Gyn Practice Setting, Stephen Cavazos

Doctor of Nursing Practice

The purpose of this project was to improve the rate of successful human papilloma virus (HPV) screening in a small Texas based Women's Health clinic through a co-testing method. The intended goal was to increase the rate of HPV screening, from a 73% baseline, to 95% over a 10-week period for women between the ages of 30-65 years old. Approximately 79 million American women are currently infected with HPV, and 14 million people contract it every year. Seventy percent of cervical cancers today are caused by HPV, leading to approximately 12,820 new diagnoses of invasive cervical cancer predicted for 2017, …

Is 100mg Flibanserin Effective In Increasing The Number Of Sexually Satisfying Events (Sse) In Women With Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder (Hsdd)?, Bridget M. Frymoyer

PCOM Physician Assistant Studies Student Scholarship

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this selective EBM review is to determine whether or not 100mg Flibanserin is effective in increasing the number of sexually satisfying events in women with HSDD.

STUDY DESIGN: Review of three, placebo-controlled trials in which women > 18 years old with HSDD were treated with either 100mg Flibanserin or a Placebo once daily qhs for 24 weeks

DATA SOURCES: Three randomized, placebo-controlled trials found via PubMed searches and published in English peer-reviewed journals between 2011-2014

OUTCOMES MEASURED: Outcomes measured were the number of SSE over 4 weeks and analyzed with Wilcoxon’s rank-sum test. …