ACOG’s Webinar on Maternal Cardiac Conditions: Addressing a Leading Cause of Pregnancy-Related Death is now available on demand online. Speakers addressed cardiac contributors to maternal mortality, differentiating normal cardiac changes…
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To describe trends and factors associated with medication administration for opioid use disorder (OUD) and retention in treatment among pregnant women with OUD. METHODS: This is a retrospective,…
Abstract Background Pregnant and lactating women were excluded from initial COVID-19 vaccine trials; thus, data to guide vaccine decision-making are lacking. Objectives To evaluate the immunogenicity and reactogenicity of COVID-19…
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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To compare the risk of intrauterine fetal death (20 weeks of gestation or later) and neonatal death among individuals who tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus…
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Studies evaluating the safety and efficacy of currently available vaccines for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) do not include pregnant participants. No data are available to…
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To implement a standardized universal substance use screening process in an outpatient prenatal clinic at an urban tertiary care hospital. METHODS: Using a quality-improvement framework that involved process…
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether breastfeeding and its duration are associated with a reduced risk of low IQ scores or other neurodevelopmental problems. METHODS: We conducted a secondary analysis of…
Read More from ACOG Green Journal: Association of Breastfeeding and Child IQ Score at Age 5 Years
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To assess the comparative effectiveness and potential harms of cervical ripening in the outpatient compared with the inpatient setting, or different methods of ripening in the outpatient setting…
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Abstract American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations have substantial health inequities, and most of their disease entities begin in childhood. In addition, AI/AN children and adolescents have excessive disease…
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During childbirth, a fourth-degree perineal laceration is a full-thickness tear that extends through the internal anal sphincter and into the rectal mucosa (see Figure 1). These lacerations differ from third-degree perineal…
Register now for the 1st AWHONN Regional Conference with OK and TX on April 8-10th. This will be a virtual conference, and you can earn CE’s. To register, click on…
MDs, DOs, PAs, APRNs (NP, CNM, CNS, CRNA) are eligible. Date: Saturday, April 10, 2021 Time: 7:00 am – 11:30 am What: Live portion of 8-hour MAT waiver course Sponsoring…
Focus Forward Oklahoma is a program of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority. They will be continuing the LARC Training Program. The program will offer training sessions in both Oklahoma City…
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ABSTRACT Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines have begun to be distributed across the United States and to be offered initially to priority groups including health care personnel and persons living…
ABSTRACT Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), uses two primary receptors, type II transmembrane serine protease and angiotensin-converting enzyme-2, for priming…
SOURCE: Bethany D. Kaemingk, Katherine Carroll, Megan J. Thorvilson, Karen S. Schaepe, Christopher A. Collura, Mar 2021, Uncertainty at the Limits of Viability: A Qualitative Study of Antenatal Consultations. Pediatrics, e20201865; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-1865 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Antenatal consultation between a neonatologist and expectant…
SOURCE: Ryan et al., Mar 2021, Correlating Scores but Contrasting Outcomes for Eat Sleep Console Versus Modified Finnegan, Hospital Pediatrics, hpeds.2020-003665; DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2020-003665 OBJECTIVES: The Modified Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Scoring System (M-FNASS) and the…
SOURCE: Kamelia McRae, Theiju Sebastian, Matthew Grossman, Jaspreet Loyal. Mar 2021. Parent Perspectives on the Eat, Sleep, Console Approach for the Care of Opioid-Exposed Infants, Hospital Pediatrics, hpeds.2020-002139; DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2020-002139 BACKGROUND: At our institution, the treatment of infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome…
Researchers studying 5,000 women have found that approximately 1 in 4 experienced high levels of depression symptoms at some point in the 3 years after giving birth OBJECTIVES: To identify…
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SOURCE: Sprecher, et al., Feb 2021, Quality Improvement Approach to Reducing Admission Hypothermia Among Preterm and Term Infants, Hospital Pediatrics, hpeds.2020-003269; DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2020-003269 BACKGROUND: Newborns, particularly premature newborns, are susceptible to hypothermia when transitioning from birth…
SOURCES: Gomersall, et al. ON BEHALF OF THE INTERNATIONAL LIAISON COMMITTEE ON RESUSCITATION NEONATAL LIFE SUPPORT TASK FORCE. Umbilical Cord Management at Term and Late Preterm Birth: A Meta-analysis. Pediatrics, Mar 2021, 147 (3) e2020015404; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-015404 Seidler, et al….
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Supporting women, families, and clinicians with information, emotional support, and health care resources should be part of an institutional response after a severe maternal event. A multidisciplinary approach is needed…
Physiologic adaptations and changes in immune regulation may increase the risk of morbidity and mortality in pregnant women with respiratory infections.1,2 The effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in pregnancy…
COMMENTARY: Esther K. Chung, Daniel A. Enquobahrie. Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention: Eliminating Disease and Disparity. Pediatrics, Feb 2021, e2020037549; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-037549 ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Koneru et. al, National Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention…
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The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) supports the inclusion of all non-experimental infertility treatments as covered benefits in public and private health insurance plans. Infertility is…
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It has been almost six years since we began our Every Mother Counts initiative promoting the use of the AIM hemorrhage and hypertension patient safety bundles in Oklahoma hospitals. As…
Abstract The neonatal risks of late-preterm and early-term births are well established, and the potential neonatal complications associated with elective delivery at less than 39 0/7 weeks of gestation are…
Abstract Fetal growth restriction, also known as intrauterine growth restriction, is a common complication of pregnancy that has been associated with a variety of adverse perinatal outcomes. There is a…
Read More from ACOG Practice Bulletin, Number 227: Fetal Growth Restriction
Abstract Breastfeeding is associated with a decrease in a woman’s risk of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, diabetes mellitus, and hypertensive heart disease. Breastfeeding initiation rates in the United States are…
Read More from ACOG Committee Opinion, Number 820: Breastfeeding Challenges