Forceps delivery volumes in teaching and nonteaching hospitals: are volumes sufficient for physicians to acquire and maintain competence?
Low forceps delivery volumes may preclude many trainees from acquiring adequate experience and proficiency. These findings highlighted broader challenges, faced by many specialties, in ensuring that trainees and practicing physicians acquire and maintain competence in infrequently performed, highly technical procedures.
LVH with normal LV ejection fraction and BNP levels was present in a significant proportion of normotensive, normoxemic patients with COPD, especially female patients. Clinical trials are, therefore, indicated to evaluate treatments to regress LVH in patients with COPD.