Antepartum and Intrapartum Management 2025
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In its 48th year, this course covers current issues in antepartum and intrapartum assessment and clinical management in obstetrics. The course is designed for physicians, midwives, obstetric nurses, and trainees. The faculty instructors are internationally known through their clinical and basic research, scholarly articles, and texts.
OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Counsel patients regarding alloimmunization and use of noninvasive screening tests for fetal blood type
- Diagnose and manage abnormal findings in the placenta and umbilical cord
- Improve management of fetal heart rate tracings in labor
- Counsel patients and manage twin gestations
- Minimize the impact of childbirth on the pelvic floor
- Diagnose, evaluate, and manage autoimmune disorders in pregnancy
- Evaluate and manage patients with a short cervix in pregnancy
- Counsel and manage patients with previable preterm rupture of membranes
- Understand the contribution of state perinatal collaboratives to improved pregnancy outcomes
- Improve management of hypertension in pregnancy and postpartum
THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2025 | |||
7:30- 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast & Registration | ||
Morning moderator: Aaron B. Caughey, MD, MPH, PhD | |||
8:00- 8:05 a.m. | Introduction | Aaron B. Caughey, MD, MPH, PhD | |
8:05- 8:35 a.m. | P | Update on Rh testing and management: New tests and recommendations | Melissa G. Rosenstein, MD, MAS |
8:35- 9:05 a.m. | What’s new in carrier screening? | Teresa N. Sparks,MD, MAS | |
9:05- 9:35 a.m. | Ultrasound findings in the placenta and umbilical cord: When to worry | Mary E. Norton, MD | |
9:35- 9:55 a.m. | Q&A | ||
9:55- 10:15 a.m. | Break | ||
10:15- 10:45 a.m. | P | Practical tips for intrapartum and postpartum diabetes management | Nasim C. Sobhani, MD, MAS |
10:45- 11:15 a.m. | P | Update on induction of labor | Nicola Perlman, MD |
11:15- 11:45 a.m. | First trimester obstetrical ultrasound: Tips for early dating scans | Kate Connolly, MD | |
11:45- 12:05 p.m. | Q&A | ||
12:05- 1:30 p.m | Lunch (individually arranged) | ||
Afternoon moderator: Mary E. Norton, MD | |||
1:30- 2:00 p.m. | Care of the pregnant patient with a common genetic disorder | Kate Swanson, MD | |
2:00- 2:30 p.m. | Antepartum management of twin pregnancies | Annalisa Post, MD | |
2:30- 3:00 p.m. | Normalizing the high risk birthing experience | Molly Killion, RN, MS, CNS | |
3:00- 3:20 p.m. | Q&A | ||
3:20- 3:40 p.m. | Break | ||
3:40- 4:10 p.m. | Minimizing the impact of childbirth on the pelvic floor | Olga Ramm, MD, MS | |
4:10- 4:40 p.m. | P | Management of chronic hypertension in pregnancy | Sarah S. Osmundson, MD, MS |
4:40- 5:10 p.m. | Update on alloimmunization | Juan M. Gonzalez, MD, PhD | |
5:10- 5:30 p.m. | Q&A | ||
5:30- 6:45 p.m. | Julian T. Parer Wine and Cheese Reception | ||
FRIDAY JUNE 6, 2025 | |||
7:30- 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast | ||
Morning moderator: Brian L. Shaffer, MD | |||
8:00- 8:30 a.m. | Management of periviable PPROM | Sarah S. Osmundson, MD, MS | |
8:30- 9:00 a.m. | Maternal cardiac disease: Common complaints or serious concern? | Ian Harris, MD | |
9:00- 9:30 a.m. | Race concordant prenatal care | Andrea V. Jackson, MD, MAS | |
9:30- 9:50 a.m. | Q&A | ||
9:50- 10:10 a.m. | Break | ||
10:10- 10:40 a.m. | Care of the pregnant patient with an autoimmune disorder | Roxanna A. Irani, MD, PhD | |
10:40- 11:10 a.m. | Improving care through statewide perinatal collaboratives | Deirdre J. Lyell, MD | |
11:10- 11:40 a.m. | Management of the short cervix | Hayley Miller, MD | |
11:40- 12:00 p.m. | Q&A | ||
12:00- 1:30 p.m. | Lunch (individually arranged) | ||
Afternoon moderator: Tekoa L. King CNM, MPH | |||
1:30- 2:00 p.m. | F | Intrapartum management of the fetal heart rate | Judette Louis, MD, MPH |
2:00- 2:30 p.m. | F | Evaluation and management of Category II fetal heart rate tracings | Libby Patberg, MD |
2:30- 3:00 p.m. | F | Timing of delivery of terminal bradycardias: How long is too long? | Aaron B. Caughey, MD, MPH, PhD |
3:00- 3:20 p.m. | Q&A | ||
3:20- 3:40 p.m. | Break | ||
Panel moderator: Aaron B. Caughey, MD, MPH, PhD | |||
3:40- 5:10 p.m. | F | Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring Cases – Panel Discussion | Meghan Duck, MS, RNC-OB, C-EFM, CNS Judette Louis, MD, MPH Deirdre J. Lyell, MD Sarah S. Osmundsen, MD, MS Libby Patberg, MD |
SATURDAY JUNE 7, 2025 | |||
7:30- 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast | ||
Morning moderator: Mary E. Norton, MD & Aaron B. Caughey, MD, MPH, PhD | |||
8:00- 8:30 a.m. | Plastics, pregnancy, and the placenta: How big a problem? | Marya G. Zlatnik, MD | |
8:30- 9:00 a.m. | P | Update on postpartum contraception | Arianna Cassidy, MD |
9:00- 9:30 a.m. | Community birth | Melissa Cheyney, PhD | |
9:30- 9:50 a.m. | Q&A | ||
9:50- 10:10 a.m. | Break | ||
10:10- 10:40 a.m. | P | Update on breast-feeding | Susan D. Crowe, MD |
10:40- 11:10 a.m. | Fetal growth restriction | Brian L. Shaffer, MD | |
11:10-11:40 a.m. | P | Postpartum Hypertension: Updates on Management | Judette Louis, MD, MPH |
11:40- 12:00 p.m. | Q&A | ||
12:00 p.m. | Adjourn |