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Featured
Confronting the Opioid Epidemic in the OB/GYN Practice: Optimizing Prescribing Habits and Reducing Opioid Misuse
Researchers in the OB/GYN Department are working to combat the opioid epidemic and mitigate its effects. Recent efforts have focused on preventing opioid use and misuse through a variety of methods including optimized prescribing practices.
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Fighting Zika Virus on Multiple Fronts: Identifying Risk, Improving Screening and Investigating Pregnant Women's Vaccination Attitudes
Obstetricians at Mass General are working to fight the Zika epidemic on multiple fronts by guiding decision-making about testing for Zika infection, filling knowledge gaps about Zika risks and develop testing protocols and understanding pregnant women’s attitudes about Zika vaccines to help guide vaccine development.
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Perinatal Substance Use Clinic: Multidisciplinary Care from Pregnancy to Early Childhood
A multidisciplinary, 1000-day clinical model offers a new approach to prenatal and postnatal care for mothers with opioid use disorder and their children.
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Fentanyl in Labor Epidural Can Affect Results of Maternal and Neonatal Toxicology Tests
Molly R. Siegel, MD, and Sarah N. Bernstein, MD, demonstrated when fentanyl is given as part of the labor epidural, up to 91% of maternal toxicology tests and up to 80% of neonatal tests are positive for the drug. Care should be taken in interpreting toxicology results to avoid false assumptions of non-prescribed use.
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Obstetric Anesthesia at Mass General
The Obstetric Anesthesia team at Massachusetts General Hospital provides expert care for pregnant patients, actively engages in research, and contributes to the specialty nationally. Read their annual report to learn about the team's accomplishments throughout 2022.
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Attempts to Conceive Early in COVID-19 Pandemic Were Related to Education, Self-rated Social Status
In a study launched before COVID-19, Shruthi Mahalingaiah, MD, MS, and colleagues linked the pandemic to reduced odds of attempting to conceive; the decline started in August 2020, and among women with lower education and lower self-rated social status, it was sustained through the end of data collection in March 2021.
Obstetrics Contributors
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Davida M. Schiff, MD
Medical Director, HOPE Clinic, Instructor, Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Racial/Ethnic Disparities Evident in Medical Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder During Pregnancy -
Ilona T. Goldfarb, MD, MPH
Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
Obstetric Units Can Be Used Efficiently As Remdesivir Infusion Sites for Pregnant and Postpartum Outpatients -
Jeffrey L. Ecker, MD
Chief, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Recent Article
Mass General Department of OB/GYN Develops and Executes Three-Pronged Diversity Strategy -
Jessica R. Gray, MD
Clinical director, HOPE Clinic, Family medicine addiction specialist
Recent Article
Perinatal Substance Use Clinic: Multidisciplinary Care from Pregnancy to Early Childhood -
Sarah N. Bernstein, MD
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist, Medical director, Outpatient Obstetrics Program
Recent Article
Fentanyl in Labor Epidural Can Affect Results of Maternal and Neonatal Toxicology Tests -
William H. Barth, MD
Vice Chair, Obstetrics
Recent Article
Percutaneous Valve Replacement Therapy Sometimes an Option During Pregnancy