Pallavi Khanna

• MD
• Professor (Associate) at University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Importance: There is a paucity of data on recent attitudes and perceptions toward hormone therapy use, especially subsequent reanalysis and follow-up of Women's Health Initiative data. Objective: The aim of this systematic review was to assess the factors influencing women's attitudes and perceptions toward hormone therapy use for menopausal sym...

Objective: Previous studies provide little data on the role of race in acceptance and utilization of hormone therapy. Our primary objective was to examine differences in hormone therapy acceptance between self-reported racial groups, whereas our secondary objective was to assess patient comorbidities and reported symptom frequency at presentation...

There is a paucity of data on race and ethnicity in hormone therapy (HT) acceptance in previous menopause treatment studies. Our primary objective was to examine differences in HT acceptance between self-reported race and ethnic groups. Our secondary objective was to assess patient comorbidities and trends in reported symptom frequency at presentat...

Genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) encompasses menopausal genital and urinary symptoms associated with estrogen declines, which can have a negative impact on quality of life. Several options are available for treatment, with over-the-counter vaginal lubricants and moisturizers as first-line therapy, followed by local vaginal estrogens that t...

Objective: Perinatal depression affects 1 in 7 women and no ideal screening time has been determined. The objective of this study is to evaluate the optimal time to screen for depression in a high risk, low socioeconomic status population utilizing the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and the Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) Questionna...

Objective: This study explored the clinical management practices of healthcare providers who treat menopausal women in an urban Mid-South area. The study specifically examined their knowledge of prescribing and counseling related to the care of women who present with complaints or clinical findings of genitourinary syndrome of menopause. Methods:...

Recurrent pregnancy loss or RPL is defined as a failure of two or more clinical pregnancies [1]. The incidence of RPL is estimated to be <5% with about 1 % of reproductive aged women facing three or more consecutive miscarriages. The major etiopathogenesis of RPL is idiopathic in almost 50% of cases while others include anatomic, genetic, autoimmun...

To assess whether an objective performance criterion for in vitro fertilization (IVF) centers can be established. A retrospective analysis of 2011 National ART Surveillance System data for 451 U.S. IVF centers, 137 of which were included in the analysis since they performed >20 fresh embryo transfers per age group and >20 fresh oocyte donor transfe...

Hematological complications in renal transplant recipients include anemia, leukopenia, and post-transplant erythrocytosis (PTE). There are numerous causes for these which include immunosuppressive drugs, viral infections, etc. We report here a hepatitis C (HCV)-positive case who developed PTE while receiving rapamycin. As both HCV infection and rap...