Postpartum Women

SAN FRANCISCO — Switching to long-acting ART from oral treatments was cost effective for postpartum women with HIV and improved infant outcomes, researchers said at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.

SAN FRANCISCO — Providing feedback following point-of-care urine testing for tenofovir concentrations was associated with increased PrEP adherence among pregnant and postpartum women, researchers found.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended that clinicians screen for intimate partner violence in postpartum or pregnant people and women of reproductive age.

Automated appointment scheduling and reminder messages improved receipt of care and various screenings among women with chronic medical conditions and who were pregnant or recently gave birth, results from a randomized study showed.

Menopause symptoms and their severity level appeared to differ among racial and ethnic groups regardless of socioeconomic status, according to study results published in Menopause.

SAN FRANCISCO — Socioeconomic and sociodemographic factors are associated with opioid overdose in pregnant and postpartum women, highlighting the need for more research, drug screening and judgment-free services for those at high risk.

In a pilot program for women with hypertension after delivery, at-home BP monitoring and medication titration to a systolic BP of less than 130 mm Hg was associated with 95% of participants achieving optimal BP control 6 weeks postpartum.

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The prevalence of constipation among women was two- to threefold higher during pregnancy and for the first few days postpartum, researchers wrote in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.