Patient Perceived Quality of Virtual Group Contraception Counseling.

Introduction: The study examines the feasibility, quality of counseling, and knowledge after a virtual Group Contraception Counseling (GCC) session.

Methods: At an urban academic hospital, we recruited English-speaking pregnant women aged 15-49 who had access to a video-enabled electronic device. Participants engaged in a standardized 45-minute educational session about contraceptive methods in groups of two to five persons conducted over a video conferencing platform.

Early vs Interval Postpartum Intrauterine Device Placement: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Importance: The early postpartum period, 2 to 4 weeks after birth, may be a convenient time for intrauterine device (IUD) placement; the placement could then coincide with early postpartum or well-baby visits.

Objective: To determine expulsion rates for IUDs placed early postpartum compared with those placed at the standard interval 6-week visit.

Design, Setting, And Participants: In this randomized noninferiority trial, people who had a vaginal or cesarean birth were randomly assigned to undergo early (14-28 days) or interval (42-56 days) postpartum IUD placement.

The effect of Illinois Medicaid coverage of induced abortion on patient access at the University of Illinois in Chicago.

Objectives: Beginning January 1, 2018, Illinois House Bill 40 (HB40) requires Medicaid coverage of induced abortion. The objective of this study was to describe the impact of HB40 on gestational age at time of induced abortion at a single academic medical center in Chicago, IL.

Study Design: We used Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes to identify patients who induced abortion one year before (2016) and one year immediately after (2018) HB40 implementation.

Parenting intentions in transgender and gender-nonconforming adults.

Objective: To assess parenting intentions, knowledge and attitudes regarding fertility preservation, and barriers to achieving parenthood in an adult transgender population.

Methods: This was a multi-center online cross-sectional study conducted at three university-affiliated and 15 community-affiliated clinics within a major US city. Inclusion criteria included being aged 18 years and older and self-identification as transgender, gender non-conforming or non-binary.

Conservative management of endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia in a patient with cirrhosis undergoing orthotopic liver transplant.

Objective: The aim of the study was to review the management of endometrial hyperplasia in a woman undergoing liver transplantation for alcoholic cirrhosis.

Methods: This is a case presentation on a postmenopausal woman with a tissue diagnosis of endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia managed with a levonorgestrel intrauterine device, before and after liver transplantation. Full written informed consent was obtained from the patient to present her case.

A prospective cohort study comparing expulsion after postplacental insertion: the levonorgestrel versus the copper intrauterine device.

Objectives: To compare the expulsion rate at 6 months after postplacental insertion by intrauterine device (IUD) type.

Study Design: This prospective cohort included participants with a postplacental IUD inserted after vaginal or cesarean delivery, aged 18-45 and ≥24 weeks' gestation. Study enrollment took place after IUD selection and insertion.

Physician knowledge of and adherence to the revised breast cancer screening guidelines by the United States Preventive Services Task Force.

Objective: We sought to assess knowledge and adherence to the revised US Preventive Services Task Force breast cancer screening guidelines among gynecologic care providers.

Study Design: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study based on a survey conducted among gynecologic care providers.

Results: Forty providers completed the survey (80%).