Thank you for the great (free!) eModule on obstetric care for women with opioid use disorder, important topic that we need to break the stigma around @acog#acogEngage#OUD#MAT
When the Phase 3 vaccine trials were done they picked hotspots so if there was efficacy it would be seen faster.
Why aren't we prioritizing vaccines to places like these
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@CovidActNow
Is 39 the new 41 when it comes to weeks of gestation for induction of labor?
Dr. Aaron Caughey will present an investigation on the timing of labor induction this Friday at ACOG's 2020 Virtual Conference. Stay tuned for additional coverage.
https://t.co/Y21WspuMqC
Excellent review on a common and treatable problem: “ Iron deficiency is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, including increased maternal illness, low birthweight, prematurity, and intrauterine growth restriction.”
"Among SARS-CoV-2-positive patients, 66 (86%) were asymptomatic and 11 were symptomatic (14%). Pregnancy outcomes were similar between groups, including preterm birth and perinatal death" #EJOG#covid#pregnancy#research https://t.co/PhIa3CbBYS
ACOG is grateful for the life and legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an architect of legal protections for women and a fervent protector of a woman's constitutional right to evidence-based health care. #RBG 1/
“I'm sometimes asked: when will there be enough [women on the supreme court]? And I say, when there are nine. People are shocked. But there'd been nine men, and nobody raised a question about that." RBG
AJOG Expert Review: #Pravastatin, proton pump inhibitors, #metformin, micronutrients and biologics: new horizons for the prevention or treatment of #preeclampsia https://t.co/fjUndPcH8q
3/ Results continued:
*Severe maternal #COVID19 infrequent (no deaths)
*Perinatal transmission: 1 case
*Similar frequency of preterm birth, perinatal death, cesarean delivery btwn groups
Couldn’t agree more - as OB/gyns taking care of reproductive aged women, we have a responsibility to know about and facilitate treatment for PPD! #screenearlyandoften
My new blog post for Psychology Today discusses postpartum depression. Effective treatments exist for this serious affliction, usually combining antidepressant medication with psychotherapy. But this topic needs to be discussed much more openly and widely. https://t.co/HHayBaPgfU
Love the virtual education that this pandemic has spawned, excited for this webinar tonight about an all too often overlooked condition! Can’t diagnose what you don’t know...
Tune in TONIGHT for the next AUGS FPMRS Webinar at 7 pm ET: "Pelvic Floor Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: Etiologies, Associated Symptoms, and Strategies for Assessment" with Jerry Lowder, MD and Melanie Meister, MD! Learn more and register: https://t.co/2fC0tNYHdS
Handouts and visual aids so important for patients, especially in postpartum period when your counseling may go by wayside as moms are inundated with info and sleep deprivation!
A new definition of #gestational#hypertension? New-onset blood pressures of 130 to 139/80 to 89 mm Hg after 20 weeks of gestation https://t.co/LsydTFUMnB #obgyn#pregnancy