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 on screening for Hepatitis B virus infection in pregnant women.

The US Preventative Services Task Force commissioned a reaffirmation evidence update looking at any new evidence solid enough to institute a change in any prior recommendations.

Findings of the review indicated that serologic testing identifies the infection, and Current Interventions are effective for preventing perinatal transmission.

As a result the US Preventative Services Task Force reaffirmed its position that screening for hepatitis B virus provides substantial benefit in pregnant women and should be accomplished at their first prenatal visit.

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Published in JAMA Network, a Reaffirmation from the US Preventive Services Task Force on screening for Hepatitis B virus infection in pregnant women.

USPTFS: Hepatitis B screening

 of 25 pooled cohort studies involving almost 200,000 participants looking at the association between ranges of gestational weight gain with maternal and infant outcomes.

Optimal gestational weight gains were estimated from pre-pregnancy BMI’s by selecting the range of weight gain that was associated with the lowest risk for any adverse outcome.

Turns out the risk for a number of adverse outcomes did vary by gestational weight gain, and across the range of pre-pregnancy weights. But, and this is an important but, the ranges of the optimal weight gain selected in the paper had limited predictive value for the adverse outcomes assessed. 

The take home... counsel patients on gestational weight gain knowing optimal gestational weight gain for various pre-pregnancy weights and BMI’s is still not an exact science.

In this Medical News Minute, Dr. Bobby Lazzara discusses the associations between ranges of gestational weight gain with maternal and infant outcomes.

Gestational weight gain

In this Medical News Minute, Dr. Bobby Lazzara discusses the findings of a recent study that examined rates and trends of severe maternal morbidity in terms of race.

Severe maternal morbidity indicators and racial disparities

In this Medical News Minute, Dr. Bobby Lazzara discusses the findings from a recent study designed to assess state specific prevalence of neuroaxial analgesia and the variability of neuroaxial analgesia among states.

Bobby Lazzara, MD

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USPTFS: Hepatitis B screening

Gestational weight gain

Severe maternal morbidity indicators and racial disparities

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