TY - JOUR
T1 - Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Special Statement
T2 - Postpartum visit checklists for normal pregnancy and complicated pregnancy
AU - Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM)
AU - Patient Safety and Quality Committee
AU - Morgan, Jamie
AU - Bauer, Samuel
AU - Whitsel, Amy
AU - Combs, C. Andrew
N1 - Funding Information:
All authors and Committee members have filed a disclosure of interests delineating personal, professional, business, or other relevant financial or nonfinancial interests in relation to this publication. Any substantial conflicts of interest have been addressed through a process approved by the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) Board of Directors. SMFM has neither solicited nor accepted any commercial involvement in the specific content development of this publication.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022
PY - 2022/10
Y1 - 2022/10
N2 - Rising maternal morbidity and mortality rates, widening healthcare disparities, and increasing focus on cardiometabolic risk modification in at-risk patients have together catalyzed a shift in the postpartum care paradigm. What was once a single office visit in the 6 weeks after delivery is now being reimagined as a continuum of care that transitions patients from pregnancy to lifelong health optimization. However, this shift in postpartum care also comes with increased visit complexity and additional provider burden, particularly when patients have had significant pregnancy complications or have chronic diseases. To ensure that the comprehensive needs of both healthy and medically complex people are consistently met under this revised postpartum care paradigm, a postpartum visit checklist for uncomplicated postpartum patients and another checklist for those with major medical or obstetrical morbidities are presented. These checklists are designed to ensure that essential elements of physical and mental well-being are routinely considered, that adequate follow-up or specialty referrals are made, and that relevant future health risks are appropriately reviewed and discussed.
AB - Rising maternal morbidity and mortality rates, widening healthcare disparities, and increasing focus on cardiometabolic risk modification in at-risk patients have together catalyzed a shift in the postpartum care paradigm. What was once a single office visit in the 6 weeks after delivery is now being reimagined as a continuum of care that transitions patients from pregnancy to lifelong health optimization. However, this shift in postpartum care also comes with increased visit complexity and additional provider burden, particularly when patients have had significant pregnancy complications or have chronic diseases. To ensure that the comprehensive needs of both healthy and medically complex people are consistently met under this revised postpartum care paradigm, a postpartum visit checklist for uncomplicated postpartum patients and another checklist for those with major medical or obstetrical morbidities are presented. These checklists are designed to ensure that essential elements of physical and mental well-being are routinely considered, that adequate follow-up or specialty referrals are made, and that relevant future health risks are appropriately reviewed and discussed.
KW - anemia
KW - cardiovascular disease
KW - depression
KW - fetal growth restriction
KW - fourth trimester
KW - metabolic syndrome
KW - obesity
KW - preeclampsia
KW - pulmonary disease
KW - rheumatologic disorders
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ajog.2022.06.007
DO - 10.1016/j.ajog.2022.06.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 35691408
AN - SCOPUS:85136532587
SN - 0002-9378
VL - 227
SP - B2-B8
JO - American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
JF - American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
IS - 4
ER -