In April 2018, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) called for a new paradigm for postpartum care in the United States. According to the ACOG committee opinion, postpartum…
Read More from NEJM: Postpartum Care in the United States — New Policies for a New Paradigm
Report card available at http://marchofdimes.org/reportcard Press Release from the March of Dimes – Oklahoma’s preterm birth rate in 2017 rose from 10.6 to 11.1 percent and the state remained at a…
As part of the Cesarean Section Quality Initiative, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority has released the SFY2018 c-section rates. The overall SoonerCare c-section rate for FY2018 was 31.3%. The primary…
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This webinar will highlight the racial disparities in California maternal mortality overall, and using cardiovascular disease (CVD) as a case study, will review quality improvement data and opportunities for implementing…
Washington, DC – The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) released the following statement in response to the results of “A Randomized Trial of…
Reference: Barry M. Lester, Elisabeth Conradt, Linda L. LaGasse, Edward Z. Tronick, James F.Padbury, Carmen J. Marsit. Epigenetic Programming by Maternal Behavior in the Human Infant. Pediatrics, Sep 2018, e20171890; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2017-1890 Related commentary: “Motherless Children Have the Hardest Time”: Epigenetic Programming and Early Life Environment OBJECTIVES: We…
OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to evaluate the effect of an antenatal dietary and lifestyle intervention in pregnant women who are overweight or obese on child outcomes at age 18 months. METHODS: We…
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ABSTRACT: The use of antibiotics to prevent infections during the antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum periods is different than the use of antibiotics to treat established infections. For many years, the…
Read More from ACOG Practice Bulletin 199: Use of Prophylactic Antibiotics in Labor and Delivery
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Marijuana is the most commonly used recreational drug among breastfeeding women. With legalization of marijuana in several US states and a 1990 study in which authors documented…
ABSTRACT: Lacerations are common after vaginal birth. Trauma can occur on the cervix, vagina, and vulva, including the labial, periclitoral, and periurethral regions, and the perineum. Most of these lacerations…
The current definition of postpartum hemorrhage is inadequate for early recognition of this important cause of maternal death that is responsible for >80,000 deaths worldwide in 2015. A stronger definition…
Read More from AJOG: Postpartum hemorrhage: new insights for definition and diagnosis
Reference: Hitti, Jane et al., Contribution of hypertension to severe maternal morbidity, American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, article in press, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2018.07.002 BACKGROUND: Maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity are growing…
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Reference: Prabhu, Malavika, MD; Garry, Elizabeth M., MPH; Hernandez-Diaz, Sonia, MD, DrPh; MacDonald, Sarah C., ScM; Huybrechts, Krista F., MS, PhD; Bateman, Brian T., MD, MSc, Frequency of Opioid Dispensing…
Read More from Green Journal: Frequency of Opioid Dispensing After Vaginal Delivery
The Blueprint for Advancing High-Value Maternity Care Through Physiologic Childbearing aims to chart an efficient pathway to a maternity care system that reliably enables all women and newborns to experience…
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ABSTRACT: Inherited thrombophilias are associated with an increased risk of venous thromboembolism and have been linked to adverse outcomes in pregnancy. However, there is limited evidence to guide screening for…
Read More from ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 197: Inherited Thrombophilias in Pregnancy
ABSTRACT: Women who are pregnant or in the postpartum period have a fourfold to fivefold increased risk of thromboembolism compared with nonpregnant women (1, 2). Approximately 80% of thromboembolic events…
Read More from ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 196: Thromboembolism in Pregnancy
ABSTRACT: Low-dose aspirin has been used during pregnancy, most commonly to prevent or delay the onset of preeclampsia. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists issued the Hypertension in Pregnancy…
Read More from ACOG Committee Opinion #743: Low-Dose Aspirin Use During Pregnancy
OPQIC hosted 2 webinars to review our collaboration with AWHONN’s Post-Birth Warning Signs Initiative. If you missed it or would like to view it again, the webinar is available here….
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ABSTRACT This month we focus on current research in postpartum hemorrhage. Dr. Dunsmoor-Su discusses five recent publications, which are concluded with a “bottom line” that is a take-home message. A…
Read More from ACOG: New Insights and Strategies for PPH – Best Articles From the Past Year
The weeks following birth are a critical period for a woman and her infant, setting the stage for long-term health and well-being. To optimize the health of women and infants,…
Read More from ACOG Committee Opinion No. 736: Optimizing Postpartum Care
This free CME Live Training Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)-hosted course is designed to help physicians and healthcare professionals who care for pregnant women with opioid use…
Please join the Council on Patient Safety in Women’s Health Care as they present the Safety Action Series: Improving Care and Support for Patients Experiencing Birth Trauma on Tuesday, May…
Please join the Council on Patient Safety in Women’s Health Care as they present the Safety Action Series: Challenges in Management of Severe Hypertension: Beyond the Hospital on Tuesday, May…
Racial and ethnic disparities exist in both perinatal outcomes and health care quality. For example, black women are three to four times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes and…
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Read More from OHCA has released a new Provider Letter on Prenatal Vitamins
Please join the Council on Patient Safety in Women’s Health Care as they present the Safety Action Series: Recognizing Opioid Use Disorder During Pregnancy: Effective Screening for OUD and its…
Maternal venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a rare but life-threatening complication from blood clots for pregnant and postpartum women, and accounts for nearly 10% of all maternal deaths. All women need to…
ABSTRACT: Cesarean births and associated morbidity and mortality have reached near epidemic proportions. The National Partnership for Maternal Safety under the guidance of the Council on Patient Safety in Women’s…
Registration is NOW open for the next Maternal Mood Disorders training held at ODMHSAS 2000 N. Classen Blvd. Suite E600, OKC, OK 73106. This training will occur on March 22…
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News release obtained from www.acog.org January 2, 2018 Washington, D.C.—Four states that were the first to join a national initiative aimed at reducing U.S. maternal mortality and morbidity have made promising…