Clinicians who provide care for incarcerated women should be aware of the special health care needs of pregnant incarcerated women and the specific issues related to the use of restraints during pregnancy and the postpartum period. The use of restraints on pregnant incarcerated women and adolescents may not only compromise health care but is demeaning and rarely necessary.

This Practice Bulletin was developed by the ACOG Committee on Practice Bulletins— Gynecology with the assistance of Andrew M. Kaunitz, MD. The information is designed to aid practitioners in making decisions about appropriate obstetric and gynecologic care. These guidelines should not be construed as dictating an exclusive course of treatment or procedure. Variations in practice may be warrante...

This Practice Bulletin was developed by the ACOG Committee on Practice Bulletins—Gynecology with the assistance of Alan Waxman, MD. The information is designed to aid practitioners in making decisions about appropriate obstetric and gynecologic care. These guidelines should not be construed as dictating an exclusive course of treatment or procedure. Variations in practice may be warranted based...

This Practice Bulletin was developed by the ACOG Committee on Practice Bulletins—Gynecology with the assistance of Alan Waxman, MD. The information is designed to aid practitioners in making decisions about appropriate obstetric and gynecologic care. These guidelines should not be construed as dictating an exclusive course of treatment or procedure. Variations in practice may be warranted based...

In the health care setting, bloodborne pathogens such as the hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may be transmitted from infected patients to health care workers as well as from infected health care workers to patients. To reduce the risk of transmission, all practicing obstetrician-gynecologists should receive the HBV vaccine. Obstetrician-gynecol...

This Practice Bulletin was developed by the ACOG Committee on Practice Bulletins—Obstetrics, the ACOG Committee on Genetics, and the Society for Maternal–Fetal Medicine Publications Committee with the assistance of Ray Bahado-Singh, MD, and Deborah Driscoll, MD. The information is designed to aid practitioners in making decisions about appropriate obstetric and gynecologic care. These guideline...

BACKGROUND Obstetrician-gynecologists can play a key role in providing appropriate vaccinations to women of childbearing age. PURPOSE This study investigated immunization knowledge and practices, and opinions concerning potential barriers to immunization, among obstetrician-gynecologists. METHODS In 2007, surveys were sent to Collaborative Ambulatory Research Network members, a representati...

BACKGROUND Human papilloma virus (HPV) is the causative agent of cervical neoplasia and genital warts. A vaccine has recently been developed that may prevent infection with HPV. Vaccination for HPV may become a routine part of office gynecology. We surveyed members of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) to determine their attitudes to HPV vaccination. METHODS A surv...

BACKGROUND Consultant gynecologic oncologists from the regional Comprehensive Cancer Center assisted community gynecologists in the surgical treatment of patients with ovarian carcinoma when they were invited. For this report, the authors evaluated the effects of primary surgery by a gynecologic oncologist on treatment outcome. METHODS The hospital files from 680 patients with epithelial ovar...