Suboptimal management of severe menopausal symptoms by Nigerian Gynaecologists: A call for mandatory continuing medical education for physicians

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Nkwo, Peter O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DANAZOL; MULTIVITAMIN;

ABNORMAL SENSATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GYNECOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; LIBIDO DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MYALGIA; NIGERIA; NIGHT SWEAT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOM; VAGINAL DRYNESS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NIGERIA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 71149114472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-9-30     Document Type: Article

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