Sarah J. Kilpatrick, MD, PhD

Introducing Contemporary OB/GYN® Editorial Advisory Board member, Sarah J. Kilpatrick, MD, PhD.

The use of “pregnant woman” or “pregnant person” and their respective plurals is being debated within many levels of the medical world, including major journals, societies, and associations. When it comes to pregnancy, what noun should prevail, or should any?

Join Senior Editor Angie DeRosa as Sarah J. Kilpatrick, MD, PhD; and Christian M. Pettker, MD debate noun use.

This informative physician fact sheet compiles steps ob/gyns can take to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity.

The authors offer guidance on how to optimize maternal and neonatal health outcomes for women with IBD.

Ob/gyns sometimes need to go beyond guidelines when making judgment calls, as is the case with whether to induce at 37 weeks for gestational hypertension.

Here's how ob/gyns should counsel their pregnant patients to ensure their pregnancy is not complicated by measles. 

A better understanding of the care and outcomes of women with severe morbidity who survive should provide insight into ways to improve care for all women and reduce both severe morbidity and mortality.

An expert commentary on ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 130: Premature Rupture of Membranes.

The Foley balloon is a tried and true mechanical method for cervical ripening

ACOG recently issued a practice bulletin for the management of preterm labor. A member of Contemporary OB/GYN's editorial advisory board asks if OB/GYN's have learned anything since 2003.

Delivering a baby before 39 weeks with no clear medical indications may be doing more harm than good.