No Papanicolaou tests in women younger than 21 years or after hysterectomy for benign disease

JAMA Intern Med. 2013 May 27;173(10):855-6. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.316.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Advisory Committees
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Direct Service Costs / statistics & numerical data*
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • False Positive Reactions
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hysterectomy*
  • Middle Aged
  • Obstetric Labor, Premature / etiology
  • Papanicolaou Test*
  • Pregnancy
  • Remission, Spontaneous
  • Societies, Medical
  • United States
  • Unnecessary Procedures* / economics
  • Unnecessary Procedures* / statistics & numerical data
  • Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / epidemiology
  • Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / prevention & control
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / epidemiology*
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / prevention & control
  • Vaginal Neoplasms / epidemiology*
  • Vaginal Neoplasms / prevention & control
  • Vaginal Smears* / adverse effects
  • Vaginal Smears* / economics
  • Vaginal Smears* / standards