Abstract The purpose of this Committee Opinion is to offer guidance about indications for and timing and frequency of antenatal fetal surveillance in the outpatient setting. Antenatal fetal surveillance is…
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 The goal of antepartum fetal surveillance is to reduce the risk of stillbirth. Antepartum fetal surveillance techniques based on assessment of fetal heart rate (FHR) patterns have been in…
Read More from ACOG Practice Bulletin, Number 229: Antepartum Fetal Surveillance
Abstract Obstetrician–gynecologists are the leading experts in the health care of women, and obesity is the most common medical condition in women of reproductive age. Obesity in women is such…
Read More from ACOG Practice Bulletin, Number 230: Obesity in Pregnancy
Abstract The incidence of multifetal gestations in the United States has increased dramatically over the past several decades. For example, the rate of twin births increased 76% between 1980 and…
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To estimate the risk of maternal and neonatal sepsis associated with chorioamnionitis. DATA SOURCES: PubMed, BIOSIS, and ClinicalTrials.gov databases were systematically searched for full-text articles in English from…
Read More from ACOG: Chorioamnionitis and Risk for Maternal and Neonatal Sepsis
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether manual rotation of fetuses in occiput posterior positions at full dilation increases the rate of spontaneous vaginal delivery. METHODS: In an open, single-center, randomized controlled…
Read More from ACOG: Delivery Mode After Manual Rotation of Occiput Posterior Fetal Positions
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether a high-dose oxytocin regimen reduces the risk for primary cesarean birth and other obstetric morbidities when compared with standard dosing. METHODS: In a double-blind randomized…
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…
ABSTRACT Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death, and, in women, nearly half of all suicide deaths occur during their reproductive years. Suicide is associated with psychiatric illness, especially…
Read More from ACOG: The Collision of Mental Health, Substance Use Disorder, and Suicide
Abstract CONTEXT Positive pressure ventilation (PPV) is the most important intervention during neonatal resuscitation. OBJECTIVE To compare T-piece resuscitators (TPRs), self-inflating bags (SIBs), and flow-inflating bags for newborns receiving PPV…
Read More from PEDIATRICS: Devices for Administering Ventilation at Birth: A Systematic Review
Evidence that reports to child protective services1 and emergency department visits2 for maltreatment have decreased during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to concerns that children are being…
Abstract Of the nearly 3.8 million infants born in the United States in 2018, 8.3% had low birth weight (ie, weight <2500 g) and 10% were born preterm (ie, gestational…
Read More from PEDIATRICS: Transition to a Safe Home Sleep Environment for the NICU Patient
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Read More from Newborn Screening Tip of the Month July: Refusals
The links to the video presentations and the slides for “Eat, Sleep, Console: A Family-Centered Approach to Managing Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome featuring Matthew Grossman, M.D., and Stephanie Carner, D.O. are…
The video presentation and slides from “Courageous Mothers: Understanding Medication for Opioid Use Disorders, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and Stigma” featuring Mishka Terplan, M.D., M.P.H., FACOG, DFASAM and Stephanie Pierce, M.D,…
As the professional voice of neonatal nurses, the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) recommends women abstain from marijuana consumption while breastfeeding or providing human milk for consumption. NANN has…
Read More from NANN Position Statement #3071: Marijuana, Breastfeeding, and the Use of Human Milk
COBA is super excited to launch its first-ever scholarship program to assist those who are studying to become lactation professionals or further their training through obtaining the IBCLC. Attached are…
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This Practice Advisory was developed by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in collaboration with Brenna L. Hughes, MD, MSc; Denise J. Jamieson, MD, MPH; Anjali J. Kaimal, MD,…
Read More from ACOG Practice Advisory: Routine Hepatitis C Virus Screening in Pregnant Individuals
Summary Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major source of morbidity and mortality in the United States. HCV is transmitted primarily through parenteral exposures to infectious blood or body…
Read More from CDC Recommendations for Hepatitis C Screening Among Adults — United States, 2020
IN BRIEF Asking questions and listening carefully using the Palliative Care Ask-Tell-Ask communication paradigm has the potential to enhance communication in normal and complicated pregnancies. PERSPECTIVE I recently cared for…
Read More from ACOG Green Journal: I See You, I Hear You—Only Then, I Speak
Over the past several years, significant attention has been placed on the high maternal morbidity and mortality rate in the United States, with substantial focus on health care professional-, hospital-,…
Read More from ACOG Green Journal: The Fourth Trimester – 12 Weeks Is Not Enough
ABSTRACT Rigorous studies carried out by the National Center for Health Statistics show that previously reported increases in maternal mortality rates in the United States were an artifact of changes…
Read More from ACOG Green Journal: Maternal Mortality in the United States
ABSTRACT In this article, we address the limitations of existing implicit bias interventions as a strategy for achieving maternal health equity. We then focus on how institutionally sanctioned racial stereotyping…
Read More from ACOG Green Journal: Rethinking Bias to Achieve Maternal Health Equity
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To analyze racial and ethnic disparities in failure to rescue (ie, death) associated with severe maternal morbidity and describe temporal trends. METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort study…
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between individual-level and neighborhood-level risk factors and severe maternal morbidity. METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort study of all pregnancies delivered between 2010 and…
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the role of prepregnancy obesity as a mediator in the association between race–ethnicity and severe maternal morbidity. METHODS: We conducted an analysis on a population-based retrospective…
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To systematically review the prevalence of antenatal depression and anxiety in women hospitalized in an antepartum unit for obstetric complications. DATA SOURCES: We searched PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO,…
Abstract Importance Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are a leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. The impact of applying recent guideline definitions for nonpregnant adults to pregnant women is unclear….