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The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inc.
2019 Maintenance of Certification
Part II - Annual Board Certification
General Obstetrics and Gynecology
January 2019 Reading Assignment List
Statistics
Murad MH, Montori VM, Ioannidis JP, Jaeschke R, Devereaux PJ, Prasad K, et al. How to read a systematic review and meta-analysis and apply the results to patient care: users' guides to the medical literature.. JAMA. 2014; 312:171-179.
PMID: 25005654.
Emerging Topics
Brubaker L, Carberry C, Nardos R, Carter-Brooks C, Lowder JL. American Urogynecologic Society best-practice statement: recurrent urinary tract infection in adult women.. Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg. 2018; 24:321-335.
PMID: 29369839.
Gynecology
Llata E, Braxton J, Asbel L, Chow J, Jenkins L, Murphy R, et al. Rectal Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections among women reporting anal intercourse.. Obstet Gynecol. 2018; 132:692-697.
PMID: 30095784.
Peacock LM, Young A, Rogers RG Universal cystoscopy at the time of benign hysterectomy: a debate.. Am J Obstet Gynecol . 2018; 219:75-7.
PMID: 29941279.
Perioperative pathways: enhanced recovery after surgery. Committee Opinion No. 750. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.. Obstet Gynecol. 2018; 132(3):e120-e130.
PMID: 30134426.
Hembree WC, Cohen-Kettenis PT, Gooren L, Hannema SE, Meyer WJ, Murad MH, et al. Endocrine treatment of gender-dysphoric/gender-incongruent persons: an Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline.. J Clin Endocrinol Metab . 2017;102:3869-903.
PMID: 28945902.
Riddell J 4th, Amico KR, Mayer KH HIV preexposure prophylaxis: a review.. JAMA . 2018;319:1261-8.
PMID: 29584848.
Obstetrics
Cahill AG, Srinivas SK, Tita AT, Caughey AB, Richter HE, Gregory WT, et al. Effect of immediate vs delayed pushing on rates of spontaneous vaginal delivery among nulliparous women receiving neuraxial analgesia: a randomized clinical trial.. JAMA. 2018;320:1444-54.
PMID: 30304425.
Grobman WA, Rice MM, Reddy UM, Tita ATN, Silver RM, Mallett G, et al. Labor induction versus expectant management in low-risk nulliparous women.. N Engl J Med . 2018;379:513-23.
PMID: 30089070.
Use of prophylactic antibiotics in labor and delivery. Practice Bulletin No. 199. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.. Obstet Gynecol. 2018; 132:e103-e119.
PMID: 30134425.
Ram M, Berger H, Geary M, McDonald SD, Murray-Davis B, Riddell C, et al. Timing of delivery in women with chronic hypertension.. Obstet Gynecol. 2018; 132:669-6677.
PMID: 30095783.
Sentilhes L, Winer N, Azria E, Senat MV, Le Ray C, Vardon D, et al. Tranexamic acid for the prevention of blood loss after vaginal delivery. Groupe de Recherche en Obstetrique et Gynecologie.. N Engl J Med . 2018;379:731-42.
PMID: 30134136.
Office Practice
Moutier C. Physician mental health: an evidence-based approach to change.. Journal of Medical Regulation . 2018;104(2):7-13.
Early pregnancy loss. Practice Bulletin No. 200. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.. Obstet Gynecol. 2018; 132:e197-e207.
PMID: 30157093.
Promoting healthy relationships in adolescents. Committee Opinion No. 758. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.. Obstet Gynecol. 2018; 132:e213-e220.
PMID: 30629568.
Screening for perinatal depression. Committee Opinion No. 757. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.. Obstet Gynecol. 2018; 132:e208-e212.
PMID: 30629567.
Brown HL, Warner JJ, Gianos E, Gulati M, Hill AJ, Hollier LM, et al. Promoting risk identification and reduction of cardiovascular disease in women through collaboration with obstetricians and gynecologists: a presidential advisory from the American Heart Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. American Heart Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.. Circulation . 2018;137:e843-52.
PMID: 29748185.
Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Mental health disorders in adolescents. Committee Opinion No. 705. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.. Obstet Gynecol. 2017; 130(1):e32-e41.
PMID: 28644337.
Richards M, Teal SB, Sheeder J. Risk of luteal phase pregnancy with any-cycle-day initiation of subdermal contraceptive implants.. Contraception . 2017;95:364-70.
PMID: 28163088.
Schwartz BI, Huppert JS, Chen C, Huang B, Reed JL. Creation of a composite score to predict adnexal torsion in children and adolescents.. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol . 2018;31:132-7.
PMID: 28847757.
Oladosu FA, Tu FF, Hellman KM . Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug resistance in dysmenorrhea: epidemiology, causes, and treatment.. Am J Obstet Gynecol . 2018;218:390-400.
PMID: 28888592.
Female Pelvic Medicine Reconstructive Surgery
Bretschneider CE, Sheyn D, Mahajan ST, Ferrando CA.Adverse events after concurrent procedures for gynecologic malignancies and pelvic floor disorders.. Obstet Gynecol. 2018; 132:274-280.
PMID: 29995734.
Hamner JJ, Carrick KS, Ramirez DM, Corton MM. Gross and histologic relationships of the retropubic urethra to lateral pelvic sidewall and anterior vaginal wall in female cadavers: clinical applications to retropubic surgery.. Am J Obstet Gynecol . 2018;219:597.e1-8.
PMID: 30278172.
Haylen BT, de Ridder D, Freeman RM, Swift SE, Berghmans B, Lee J, et al et al. An International Urogynecological Association (IUGA)/International Continence Society (ICS) joint report on the terminology for female pelvic floor dysfunction.. Int Urogynecol J . 2010;21:5-26.
PMID: 19937315.
Barber MD, Brubaker L, Burgio KL, Richter HE, Nygaard I, Weidner AC, et al. . Comparison of 2 transvaginal surgical approaches and perioperative behavioral therapy for apical vaginal prolapse: the OPTIMAL randomized trial. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Pelvic Floor Disorders Network.. JAMA . 2014;311:1023-34.
PMID: 24618964.
Chu CM, Lowder JL. Diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract infections across age groups.. Am J Obstet Gynecol . 2018;219:40-51.
PMID: 29305250.
Ferrando CA, Walters MD. A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial on the effect of local analgesia on postoperative gluteal pain in patients undergoing sacrospinous ligament colpopexy.. Am J Obstet Gynecol . 2018;218:599.e1-8.
PMID: 29614274.
Myer EN, Petrikovets A, Slocum PD, Lee TG, Carter-Brooks CM, Noor N, et al. Risk factors for explantation due to infection after sacral neuromodulation: a multicenter retrospective case-control study.. Am J Obstet Gynecol . 2018;219:78.e1-9.
PMID: 29630890.
Meriwether KV, Antosh DD, Olivera CK, Kim-Fine S, Balk EM, Murphy M, et al. Uterine preservation vs hysterectomy in pelvic organ prolapse surgery: a systematic review with meta-analysis and clinical practice guidelines.. Am J Obstet Gynecol . 2018;219:129-46.e2.
PMID: 29353031.
Gynecologic Oncology
Ott PA, Bang YJ, Berton-Rigaud D, Elez E, Pishvaian MJ, Rugo HS, et al. Safety and antitumor activity of pembrolizumab in advanced programmed death ligand 1-positive endometrial cancer: results from the KEYNOTE-028 study.. J Clin Oncol . 2017;35:2535-41.
PMID: 28489510.
van Driel WJ, Koole SN, Sikorska K, Schagen van Leeuwen, JH, Schreuder HW, Hermans RH, et al Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in ovarian cancer . N Engl J Med . 2018;378:230-40.
PMID: 29342393.
Pujade-Lauraine E, Ledermann JA, Selle F, Gebski V, Penson RT, Oza AM, et al. Olaparib tablets as maintenance therapy in patients with platinum-sensitive, relapsed ovarian cancer and a BRCA1/2 mutation (SOLO2/ENGOT-Ov21): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. SOLO2/ENGOT-Ov21 investigators . Lancet Oncol . 2017;18:1274-84.
PMID: 28754483.
Kumar A, Langstraat CL, DeJong SR, McGree ME, Bakkum-Gamez JN, Weaver AL, et al. Functional not chronologic age: frailty index predicts outcomes in advanced ovarian cancer.. Gynecol Oncol . 2017;147:104-9.
PMID: 28734497.
Cosgrove CM, Tritchler DL, Cohn DE, Mutch DG, Rush CM, Lankes HA, et al. An NRG Oncology/GOG study of molecular classification for risk prediction in endometrioid endometrial cancer . Gynecol Oncol . 2018;148:174-80.
PMID: 29132872.
George S, Serrano C, Hensley ML, Ray-Coquard I. Soft tissue and uterine leiomyosarcoma.. J Clin Oncol . 2018;36:144-50.
PMID: 29220301.
Uppal S, Spencer RJ, Rice LW, Del Carmen MG, Reynolds RK, Griggs JJ.Hospital readmission as a poor measure of quality in ovarian cancer surgery.. Obstet Gynecol. 2018; 132:126-136.
PMID: 29889756.
Maternal Fetal Medicine
Clapp MA, James KE, Kaimal AJ. The effect of hospital acuity on severe maternal morbidity in high-risk patients . Am J Obstet Gynecol . 2018;219:111.e1-7.
PMID: 29673571.
Dashe JS, Pressman EK, Hibbard JU. Evaluation and management of polyhydramnios. SMFM Consult Series #46. Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine. . Am J Obstet Gynecol . 2018;219:B2-8.
PMID: 30048635.
Rice ME, Galang RR, Roth NM, Ellington SR, Moore CA, Valencia-Prado M, et al. Vital Signs: Zika-associated birth defects and neurodevelopmental abnormalities possibly associated with congenital Zika virus infection - U.S. Territories and Freely Associated States, 2018. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep . 2018;67:858-67.
PMID: 30091967.
Low-dose aspirin use during pregnancy. Committee Opinion No. 743. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.. Obstet Gynecol. 2018; 132:e44-e52.
PMID: 29939940.
Brouwers L, van der Meiden-van Roest, AJ, Savelkoul C, Vogelvang TE, Lely AT, Franx A, et al. Recurrence of pre-eclampsia and the risk of future hypertension and cardiovascular disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis . BJOG . 2018;125:1642-54.
PMID: 29978553.
Reese JA, Peck JD, Deschamps DR, McIntosh JJ, Knudtson EJ, Terrell DR, et al. Platelet counts during pregnancy . N Engl J Med . 2018;379:32-43.
PMID: 29972751.
Zwiers C, van der Bom, J. G., van Kamp IL, van Geloven N, Lopriore E, Smoleniec J, et al. Postponing early intrauterine transfusion with intravenous immunoglobulin treatment; the PETIT study on severe hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn . Am J Obstet Gynecol . 2018;219:291.e1-9.
PMID: 29902448.
Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Munch EM, Sparks AE, Zimmerman MB, Van Voorhis BJ, Duran EH. High FSH dosing is associated with reduced live birth rate in fresh but not subsequent frozen embryo transfers. . Hum Reprod . 2017;32:1402-9.
PMID: 28472321.
Hayden MA, Ordulu Z, Gallagher CS, Quade BJ, Anchan RM, Middleton NR, et al. Clinical, pathologic, cytogenetic, and molecular profiling in self-identified black women with uterine leiomyomata . Cancer Genet . 2018;222-223:1-8.
PMID: 29666002.
Gu YF, Zhou QW, Zhang SP, Lu CF, Gong F, Tan YQ, et al. Inner cell mass incarceration in 8-shaped blastocysts does not increase monozygotic twinning in preimplantation genetic diagnosis and screening patients . PLoS One . 2018;13:e0190776.
PMID: 29315321.
Wei D, Shi Y, Li J, Wang Z, Zhang L, Sun Y, et al. Effect of pretreatment with oral contraceptives and progestins on IVF outcomes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome . Hum Reprod . 2017;32:354-61.
PMID: 27999118.
Williams CL, Jones ME, Swerdlow AJ, Botting BJ, Davies MC, Jacobs I, et al. Risks of ovarian, breast, and corpus uteri cancer in women treated with assisted reproductive technology in Great Britain, 1991-2010: data linkage study including 2.2 million person years of observation. BMJ . 2018;362:k2644.
PMID: 29997145.
Klein KO, Rosenfield RL, Santen RJ, Gawlik AM, Backeljauw PF, Gravholt CH, et al. Estrogen replacement in Turner syndrome: literature review and practical considerations . J Clin Endocrinol Metab . 2018;103:1790-803.
PMID: 29438552.
Rodgers RJ, Reid GD, Koch J, Deans R, Ledger WL, Friedlander M, et al. The safety and efficacy of controlled ovarian hyperstimulation for fertility preservation in women with early breast cancer: a systematic review . Hum Reprod . 2017;32:1033-45.
PMID: 28333356.
Hospice & Palliative Medicine
Steinhauser KE, Alexander S, Olsen MK, Stechuchak KM, Zervakis J, Ammarell N, et al. Addressing patient emotional and existential needs during serious illness: results of the outlook randomized controlled trial . J Pain Symptom Manage . 2017;54:898-908.
PMID: 28803082.
Patient Safety
Andiman SE, Xu X, Boyce JM, Ludwig EM, Rillstone HRW, Desai VB, et al. Decreased surgical site infection rate in hysterectomy: effect of a gynecology-specific bundle.. Obstet Gynecol. 2018; 131:991-999.
PMID: 29742666.
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