Dec 21
What Is an Early Pregnancy Loss (Miscarriage)?
This fact sheet answers common questions about what miscarriage is, and provides resources for those who have experienced pregnancy loss.
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Dec 19
Birth Control Choices for People Assigned Male at Birth
This colorful and easy-to-read chart compares birth control choices for people assigned male at birth. The sheet explains how to use different methods, things to know, and how well each method works. Ideal for health centers, doctor’s offices, and school clinics.
Dec 19
Contraceptive Pearl: Hormonal Contraceptives and Mood
By Rachel Chisausky, DO Do hormonal contraceptives affect mood? Studies in a general population yield conflicting results, showing decreased, increased, or unchanged depression scores.¹ Limitations of current data include few randomized control trials, small sample sizes, the possible conflation of psychosocial factors associated with contraception initiation, the predominant focus on combined oral contraceptives (COCs), and…
Nov 28
Insights: Supported Decision-Making for Patients with Disabilities That Affect Capacity
Written by Jillian MacLeod This Insights provides information about supported decision-making (SDM), which can be used as a tool in obtaining informed consent from people with disabilities that affect their decision-making capacity, like intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) or cognitive disabilities. A patient’s decision to access abortion or early pregnancy loss care is a significant one. As…
Nov 21
Contraceptive Pearl: Difficult IUD Insertion and Removal
By Lori Atkinson, MD and Maya Bass, MD MA FAAFP With the increased use of long-acting reversible contraception, clinicians are more likely to encounter difficult intrauterine device (IUD) insertions and removals in their practice. Below are a few strategies and techniques to help troubleshoot these procedures. Difficult IUD Insertions IUD insertions are most commonly…
Nov 02
Electronic Health Record Template: Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA) for Early Pregnancy Loss (EPL)
This is an electronic health record template (from the EPIC system) for manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) for miscarriage.
Nov 02
Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA) Procedure Aftercare
Take home instructions for patients after manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) management of a miscarriage.
Nov 01
Early Pregnancy Loss (Miscarriage) Treatment: Medication Management with Misoprostol-Only
This patient fact sheet explains medication treatment (using misoprostol-only) and aftercare instructions for early pregnancy loss (miscarriage) and answers frequently asked patient questions.
Nov 01
Protocol for Medication Management of Early Pregnancy Loss: Misoprostol-Only
Protocols for Medication Management of Early Pregnancy Loss
Nov 01
Early Pregnancy Loss (Miscarriage) Treatment: Medication Management with Mifepristone and Misoprostol
This patient fact sheet explains medication treatment and aftercare for early pregnancy loss, or miscarriage, and answers frequently asked patient questions.