Register now: March of Dimes: Saving Lives – Preventing Preeclampsia With Low-Dose Aspirin Webinar on January 8, 2018

Preeclampsia accounts for 12% – 16% of maternal deaths in the United States, and 15% of preterm births. According to the US Preventive Services Task Force, an effective, inexpensive, and…

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ACOG Practice Bulletin #186: Long-Acting Reversible Contraception: Implants and Intrauterine Devices

(Replaces Practice Bulletin Number 121, July 2011) Intrauterine devices and contraceptive implants, also called long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARC), are the most effective reversible contraceptive methods. The major advantage of LARC…

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CDC Public Health Grand Rounds: Meeting the Challenges of Measuring and Preventing Maternal Mortality in the United States

Summary: Reducing a woman’s risk of dying from pregnancy or childbirth complications remains a focus of the public health efforts in the United States. Dramatic reductions in maternal mortality seen…

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ACOG Committee Opinion #718: Update on Immunization and Pregnancy Tetanus Diphtheria and Pertussis Vaccination

ABSTRACT: The overwhelming majority of morbidity and mortality attributable to pertussis infection occurs in infants who are 3 months and younger. Infants do not begin their own vaccine series against…

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ACOG Committee Opinion #712: Intrapartum Management of Intraamniotic Infection

ABSTRACT: Intraamniotic infection, also known as chorioamnionitis, is an infection with resultant inflammation of any combination of the amniotic fluid, placenta, fetus, fetal membranes, or decidua. Intraamniotic infection is a…

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CDC Report Update: Interim Guidance for Health Care Providers Caring for Pregnant Women with Possible Zika Virus Exposure — United States (Including U.S. Territories), July 2017

CDC has updated the interim guidance for U.S. health care providers caring for pregnant women with possible Zika virus exposure in response to 1) declining prevalence of Zika virus disease…

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Expert Review: Perioperative Pain Management: an Update for Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Perioperative pain management: an update for obstetrician-gynecologists Lamvu G, Feranec J, Blanton E, et al. Perioperative pain management: an update for obstetrician-gynecologists. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2017, doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2017.06.021 Abstract: The opioid…

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Study in Pediatrics: Variation in Formula Supplementation of Breastfed Newborn Infants in New York Hospitals

The journal Pediatrics has released an article entitled, “Variation in Formula Supplementation of Breastfed Newborn Infants in New York Hospitals.” The authors found that approximately half of breastfed infants in…

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The Atlantic Article: Dr. Steve Clark, The Doctor Who Revolutionized Hospital Birth Safety

In a field that has been dangerously slow to adopt standardized care practices, one influential obstetrician has pushed things forward with common sense.   Click here to view the entire…

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From the Green Journal: Inpatient Postpartum Long-Acting Reversible Contraception and Sterilization in the United States, 2008–2013

**The Oklahoma Health Care Authority reimburses for immediate postpartum insertion of LARCs outside of the global payment for both the procedure and the device. See this provider letter for more…

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