If you’ve had questions on how to change your treatment protocol when a patient becomes pregnant, we have new guidance for you. The AGA Clinical Practice Update on Pregnancy-Related Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease provides 13 pieces of best practice advice covering functional GI disorders common in pregnancy, how to best maintain remission in patients with IBD, and detailed guidance for advanced liver diseases. The experts also offer procedural guidance, including the appropriate trimesters to perform endoscopy, ERCP, and cholecystectomy.
Key takeaway: Procedures, medications and other interventions to optimize maternal health should not be withheld solely because a patient is pregnant and should be individualized after an assessment of the risks and benefits.
Watch as authors Shivangi Kothari, MD, and Lawrence S. Friedman, MD, AGAF, provide a brief summary of several recommendations:
For all 13 best practice advice statements, read the AGA Clinical Practice Update, published in Gastroenterology.
