Family medicine physician identification of obstetric lacerations: a US national survey.

Introduction And Hypothesis: We evaluated family medicine obstetric providers' identification and categorization of vaginal delivery lacerations in the USA. We hypothesized that there would be inaccuracy in family medicine physicians' identification of vaginal delivery injuries, similar to our previous studies of midwives and obstetricians (OBs).

Methods: We included clinically active physicians who attended deliveries within 2 years and evaluated their identification and categorization of delivery lacerations using descriptive text and visual images.

Colonic stricture: A rare complication of ultraselective transcatheter arterial embolization with microcoils for transverse colonic diverticular hemorrhage.

Ultraselective transcatheter arterial embolization with microcoils is a highly effective and safe treatment for lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Here we present a patient with a history of pandiverticulosis, who was hospitalized with acute hemorrhage in the mid-transverse colon. The patient underwent a successful embolization with a microcatheter and microcoils.

Prenatal Care via Telehealth.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, providers and patients explored the use of telehealth on a wide and rapid scale. Reflecting on how prenatal providers and pregnant patients used telehealth during the pandemic and afterward, we review existing and new lessons learned from the pandemic. This article summarizes international and national guidelines on prenatal care, presents practice examples on how telehealth and remote patient monitoring were used during the COVID-19 pandemic, and offers lessons learned and suggestions for future care.