Objectives: To analyze adequate Papanicolaou obtention feasibility during menstruation by thoroughly and softly cleaning the uterine cervix from blood before securing the sample. Design: Correlation prospective study of repeated measurements. Participants: Women in reproductive age. Methods: Three hundred and eighty nine women attending four Lima South region hospitals participated in the study; analysis was done in 208 of them after obtaining a pair of Papanicolaou smears from each woman corresponding to their menstrual and non menstrual periods. The smear taken during menstruation was collected after careful and soft cleaning of the uterine cervix and waiting for absence of menstrual pulse through the cervical os. Two pathologists studied the smears separately. Main outcome measures: Adequacy of Papanicolaou samples obtained during menstruation. Results: Smear samples from menstrual an...

To determine the prevalence and factors associated abnormal in women in some rural and suburban communities in eight departments of Peru Pap. PROCEDURES: community-based study. Women between 18 and 67 years of 25 communities. An interview, gynecological examination and cervical cytology taking was performed using citobrush. The samples were read using the Bethesda System. Data were analyzed using SPSS 7.0. RESULTS: 725 women were included. The participants had an average of 36.8 years and a fertility rate of 5.3 children per woman. 13 (1.7%) women had cervical injury under and 12 (1.6%) lesion high grade. Two communities in the department of Ucayali and one in the department of La Libertad had the highest rates of high-grade lesion (7.0%). 11.4% and 4.0%. respectively. Women with high-grade lesion had no prior pelvic exam more frequently than women with normal Pap. Only the discovery of ...