Handouts/Resources for SGIM Women’s Health for the Inpatient Providers Handout

Contraception

Pregnancy

Hormone Therapy

Anticoagulation & Abnormal Uterine Bleeding

Anticoagulation and Abnormal Uterine Bleeding by Dr. Mita Hoppenfeld

Management of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding on Anticoagulation – ASH Publications

How I Treat Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Associated with Anticoagulation – ASH Publications

Script for talking to patients with uteruses about starting anticoagulation

Evaluating AUB while patient is hospitalized

Hormone Replacement Therapy and Hormone Options by Dr. Manasa Srivilli

Contraception Resources from Dr. Rebecca Lumsden

Helpful references & resources:

• Contraception for Internists:
  • Cannon R, Treder K, Woodhams EJ. Contraception. Ann Intern Med.
  • Teal S, Edelman A. Contraception Selection, Effectiveness, and Adverse Effects: A Review. JAMA.

• U.S. CDC Medical Eligibility Criteria (MEC) for contraceptive use
  • Phone app for easy reference! 
  • Also available through RHAP website 
• World Health Organization Contraception tool
  • Phone app for easy reference!
• Reproductive Health Access Project (RHAP)
  • Website with helpful facts and clinical guidance on contraception (and other reproductive health topics) for providers, including start guides, contraception comparisons, emergency contraception, LARC resources (including billing/coding)
• PATH framework
  • Questionnaire for providers to guide person-centered conversations about sexual and reproductive health and pregnancy/contraceptive care. 

Pregnancy Resources from Dr. Stephanie Braunthal

Radiology Safety: 

• Committee Opinion No. 723: Guidelines for Diagnostic Imaging During Pregnancy and Lactation.

Normal lab parameters in pregnancy: 

• Perinatiology.com

Medication Safety: 

• Pregnancy: 
  • MotherToBaby®
    • Patient and provider-facing fact sheets for many common medications with regards to conception, pregnancy safety, and lactation safety
    • Free
  • Reprotox®
    • Database containing summaries of medication safety data for female and male fertility, pregnancy, lactation, and neonatal exposure. 
    • Subscription – available as a site pharmacy resource in many institutions. 
  • TERIS Teratogen Information System
    • Database containing summaries of risks of medications and environmental exposures during pregnancy. 
    • Subscription – available as a site pharmacy resource in many institutions. Medical students and residents may access for free.
• Lactation: 
  • Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed®)
    • NIH sponsored database with detailed information on levels, potential adverse effects, and suggested alternatives for drug and chemical exposures during breastfeeding
    • Free
  • HalesMeds.com
    • Springer-published database with brief monographs on drug levels in milk, timing parameters, and current understanding of medication. 
    • Free

Emergent Fertility Preservation Guidelines

• Fertility Preservation in People With Cancer: ASCO Guideline Update.
• Fertility preservation in patients undergoing gonadotoxic therapy or gonadectomy: a committee opinion.