Call for Applications

5/20/2021

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is accepting applications​ for the position of Associate Editor, Equity of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Applications are due by September 1, 2021.

Editors Selected to Lead Obstetrics & Gynecology While Search for a New Editor-in-Chief is Conducted

October 22, 2020

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) is pleased to announce the selection of Dwight J. Rouse, MD, MSPH, to serve as the Editor-in-Chief and Torri Metz, MD, MS, to serve as the Associate Editor (Obstetrics) of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Drs. Rouse and Metz will serve in these roles while the search for a new Editor-in-Chief is conducted. See the announcement in the November 2020 issue for more information.

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Obstetrics & Gynecology Resources

• AJCP
  • "Placental Pathology in COVID-19"
• AJOG
• "COVID-19 infection among asymptomatic and symptomatic pregnant women: Two weeks of confirmed presentations to an affiliated pair of New York City hospitals"
• "Screening all pregnant women admitted to Labor and Delivery for the virus responsible for COVID-19"
• "Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in pregnant women: A report based on 116 cases"
• "Delivery For Respiratory Compromise Among Pregnant Women With COVID-19"
• "Clinical Characteristics of 46 Pregnant Women with a SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Washington State"
• "Exposure and Seroconversion to SARS-CoV-2 Among Obstetric Healthcare Providers Following a Contained Outbreak"
• "Maternal Mortality Among Women with COVID-19 Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit"
  
• AJOG MFM
• "COVID-19 in Pregnancy: Early Lessons"
• "Two Cases of COVID-19 Related Cardiomyopathy in Pregnancy"
• BMJ
• "Characteristics and outcomes of pregnant women admitted to hospital with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in UK: national population based cohort study"
• "Clinical manifestations, risk factors, and maternal and perinatal outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 in pregnancy: living systematic review and meta-analysis"
• CDC MMWR
• "Characteristics of Women of Reproductive Age with Laboratory-Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Pregnancy Status — United States, January 22–June 7, 2020"
• "Characteristics and Maternal and Birth Outcomes of Hospitalized Pregnant Women with Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 — COVID-NET, 13 States, March 1–August 22, 2020"
• "Update: Characteristics of Symptomatic Women of Reproductive Age with Laboratory-Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Pregnancy Status — United States, January 22–October 3, 2020"
• "Birth and Infant Outcomes Following Laboratory-Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Pregnancy — SET-NET, 16 Jurisdictions, March 29–October 14, 2020"
• Fertility and Sterility
• "No evidence of SARS-CoV-2 in semen of males recovering from COVID-19"
• JAMA
• COVID-19 resource center
• "Second-Trimester Miscarriage in a Pregnant Woman With SARS-CoV-2 Infection"
• "Labor and Delivery Visitor Policies During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Balancing Risks and Benefits"
• "Change in the Incidence of Stillbirth and Preterm Delivery During the COVID-19 Pandemic"
• "Association Between Number of In-Person Health Care Visits and SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Obstetrical Patients"
• "Association Between Administration of Systemic Corticosteroids and Mortality Among Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19: A Meta-analysis"
• "Evaluation for SARS-CoV-2 in Breast Milk From 18 Infected Women"
• "Changes in Preterm Birth Phenotypes and Stillbirth at 2 Philadelphia Hospitals During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic, March-June 2020"
• "Stillbirths During the COVID-19 Pandemic in England, April-June 2020"
  
• JAMA Pediatrics
• "Neonatal Early-Onset Infection With SARS-CoV-2 in 33 Neonates Born to Mothers With COVID-19 in Wuhan, China"
• Nature
• "Transplacental transmission of SARS-CoV-2 infection"
• NEJM
• COVID-19 collection
• "Universal Screening for SARS-CoV-2 in Women Admitted for Delivery"
• "Clinical Characteristics of Pregnant Women with Covid-19 in Wuhan, China"
• "Preliminary Findings of mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine Safety in Pregnant Persons"
  
• The Lancet
• "Clinical characteristics and intrauterine vertical transmission potential of COVID-19 infection in nine pregnant women: a retrospective review of medical records"
• "Physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis"
• "Neonatal management and outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: an observation cohort study"
  
  

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (orange)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells (green) cultured in the lab.

Credit: NIAID-RML.

​ClinicalTrials.gov

NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools (RePORT)

PubMed

NICHD Active Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs)

EQUATOR Network​

​​​​​​​How to Register for Online Access to GreenJournal.org

Obstetrics & Gynecology Instructions for Authors​ (July 2021 rev)

2020 Maintenance of Certification Part II (ABOG MOC II)

Ask the Experts (2008-2018)

Pearls of Exxcellence

ACOG Patient Page

Journal Club

These articles and collections have a global health focus:

• November 2020 issue:​ Intrauterine Vacuum-Induced Hemorrhage-Control Device for Rapid Treatment of Postpartum Hemorrhage
  
• September 2020 issue: ASCCP Risk-Based Colposcopy Recommendations Applied in Thai Women With Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance or Low-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion Cytology
  
• June 2020 issue: Maternal Mortality in the United States Compared With Ethiopia, Nepal, Brazil, and the United Kingdom: Contrasts in Reproductive Health Policies 
  
• May 2020 issue: Final Program Data and Factors Associated With Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Removal: The Zika Contraception Access Network
  
• May 2020 issue: Role of Prenatal Ultrasonography and Amniocentesis in the Diagnosis of Congenital Zika Syndrome: A Systematic Review
  
• March 2020 issue: Ethiopian and American Collaboration: Process, Accomplishments, and Lessons Learned
  
• February 2020 issue: Association of Oxytocin Use and Artificial Rupture of the Membranes With Cesarean Delivery In France and A Quality Improvement Initiative to Increase the Frequency of Vaginal Delivery in Brazilian Hospitals
  
• 2020 Harold A. Kaminetzky Prize Paper: Perineorrhaphy compared with pelvic floor muscle therapy
  in women with late consequences of a poorly healed second-degree perineal tear: a randomized controlled
  trial
  
  
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