Clinical Review
Clinical Review
Caring for women with pelvic floor disorders during pregnancy and postpartum: Expert guidance
How to evaluate and manage your patients with the 3 Ps—pregnancy, postpartum, and pelvic floor disorders
Clinical Review
Which behavioral health screening tool should you use—and when?
This review focuses on screens to assess everything from mood and substance use to pain and cognition. It also offers an...
Clinical Review
A case of BV during pregnancy: Best management approach
Your patient is 24 weeks’ gestation, and her bacterial vaginosis diagnosis puts her at increased risk for obstetric complications. How do you...
Clinical Review
2021 Update on fertility
The latest advancements in fertility treatment include infertility’s wide-scale validation as a high-burden disease, a reduction in multiple birth...
Clinical Review
Pessaries for POP and SUI: Their fitting, care, and effectiveness in various disorders
A refresher on how to fit a pessary, instructions for patients, goals for pessary aftercare visits, and the various conditions...
Medicolegal Issues
Home pregnancy tests—Is ectopic always on your mind?
When a patient presents to the ED reporting early pregnancy and intermittent vaginal bleeding, failure to evaluate for ectopic pregnancy can...
Clinical Review
2021 Update on obstetrics
Essential updated guidance on FGR workup and timing of delivery; term and preterm PROM management strategies based on gestational age; and...
Clinical Review
When ultrasonography reveals a fetal abdominal wall defect
Although these fetal defects are rare, be alert to their potential presence when early ultrasonography indicates structural abnormalities. Here,...
Clinical Review
2020 Update on bone health
A bone health expert considers recent evidence on osteosarcopenia as a risk factor, consequences of delayed denosumab dosing, bisphosphonates and...
Clinical Review
Facing systemic racism in health care: Inequities in medical education
These experts discuss the realities of systemic racism that one Black male medical student faced on his journey to fulfilling his...
Clinical Review
Pessaries for POP and SUI: Your options and guidance on use
Gynecologists may not always “think pessary first” when it comes to pelvic organ prolapse management. However, it is important to...