tailieunhanh - Complications of Common Gynecologic Surgeries among HIV-InfectedWomen in the United States

In order to deal with the many challenges in Northern Uganda, such as poverty and discrimination against women, AWARE utilizes several strategies to empower women. The encourage women to be part of a rotating loan scheme as they have found that rotating loans and subsequent economic empowerment enhance women’s decision-making power in the household. AWARE also holds dialogues with Local Councils to encourage the council to give women land, and to take other measures to reduce discrimination against women. As a result of their multi-layered approach, women now receive letters from Local Councils to. | Hindawi Publishing Corporation Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology Volume 2012 Article ID 610876 8 pages doi 2012 610876 Research Article Complications of Common Gynecologic Surgeries among HIV-Infected Women in the United States Ana Penman-Aguilar 1 Maura K. Whiteman 1 Shanna Cox 1 Samuel F. Posner 1 Susan F. Meikle 2 Athena P. Kourtis 1 and Denise J. Jamieson1 1 National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 4770 Buford Highway-Mailstop K-34 Atlanta GA 30341 USA 2 The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institutes of Health Building 31 Room 2A32 MSC2425 31 Center Drive Bethesda MD 20892 USA Correspondence should be addressed to Ana Penman-Aguilar bpv4@ Received 31 January 2012 Revised 12 March 2012 Accepted 16 March 2012 Academic Editor Gregory T. Spear Copyright 2012 Ana Penman-Aguilar et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Objective. To compare frequencies of complications among HIV-infected and-uninfected women undergoing common gynecological surgical procedures in inpatient settings. Methods. We used 1994-2007 data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project a nationally representative sample of inpatient hospitalizations. Our analysis included discharge records of women aged 15 undergoing hysterectomy oophorectomy salpingectomy for ectopic pregnancy bilateral tubal sterilization or dilation and curettage. Associations between HIV infection status and surgical complications were evaluated in multivariable logistic regression models adjusting for key covariates. Results. For each surgery HIV infection was associated with experiencing 1 complication. Adjusted ORs ranged from 95 confidence interval CI