Optimizing Pregnancy Loss Care
Early pregnancy loss is common, occurring in 15% to 25% of all clinically recognized pregnancies. Clinical presentations vary and diagnosis is achieved by an ultrasound alone, or with serial ultrasounds…
Procedural Abortion
Procedural abortion is the process of aspirating or extracting a pregnancy from a gravid uterus. This procedure is one of the most common procedures people who can become pregnant will…
Post-Abortion Care in Abortion-Restrictive and Abortion-Protective States
Abortion access in the United States has broadened beyond brick-and-mortar health centers to include increasing numbers of telemedicine abortions, self-managed abortions, and travel over long distances to obtain in-person abortion…
Medication Abortion
Abortion access is a critical component of comprehensive reproductive health care. During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID -19) pandemic, telehealth emerged as a promising solution to expand abortion access, which…
Rhesus D Immune Globulin in Early Pregnancy
This article reviews the actively evolving clinical practice of Rhesus D (RhD) testing and RhD immune globulin (RhIg) prophylaxis in the context of first trimester bleeding events, including abortion. It…
Challenges to Family Planning Education and Future Workforce Effects
This article reviews the challenges facing family planning education in the setting of abortion care, legal restrictions, and institutional policies. It discusses the impact of incomplete residency training on the…
Preparing Residents for Rural Practice and Advocacy
Residents that are exposed to rural practice during their training may be more likely to consider working in rural settings after training, whether that be in primary or specialty care….
Innovative Technology to Improve Simulation Access for Rural Clinicians
Rural pediatric clinicians face barriers to accessing health care simulation, an educational standard to prepare for high-acuity, low-occurrence (HALO) events. Simulation is typically accessible in urban academic medical centers, as…
Tools for Improving Access to Subspecialty Care Among Rural Children
Children living in rural areas encounter unique, significant barriers to the receipt of health care, including pediatric specialty care. In this article, the authors review these barriers and evaluate the…
Reimagining Neonatal Follow-Up
This review of the history of neonatal follow-up identifies the challenges, inequity in access to care and the inequity in care delivery. It also reviews the outcomes of prematurity with…
