Longitudinal Assessment References
Due to copyright restrictions, the AOBOG cannot provide most reference materials used for longitudinal assessment. However, a list of the references used for the 2024 longitudinal assessment can be found below. Hyperlinks are provided in teal text where applicable.
Primary OB/GYN (includes all three tracks – OB/GYN, OB only and GYN only)
Track 1: OB/GYN
Quarter 1
- ACOG Practice Bulletin 228: Management of Symptomatic Uterine Leiomyomas
- ACOG Committee Opinion 781: Infertility Workup for the Women’s Health Specialist
- ACOG Committee Opinion 828: Indications for Outpatient Antenatal Fetal Surveillance
Quarter 2
- ACOG Clinical Consensus 6: Compounded Bioidentical Menopausal Hormone Therapy
- ACOG Practice Bulletin 226: Screening for Fetal Chromosomal Abnormalities
- ACOG Practice Bulletin 232: Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Gynecologic Surgery
- ACOG Committee Opinion 603: Evaluation of Uncomplicated Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women Before Surgical Treatment
- ACOG Committee Opinion 750: Perioperative Pathways: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
- ACOG Committee Opinion 797: Prevention of Group B Streptococcal Early-Onset Disease in Newborns
Quarter 3
- ACOG Practice Bulletin 189: Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy
- ACOG Practice Bulletin 217: Prelabor Rupture of Membranes
- UpToDate: Preterm Prelabor Rupture of Membranes: Clinical Manifestations and Diagnosis
- ACOG Practice Bulletin 223: Thyroid Disease in Pregnancy
- ACOG Practice Bulletin 220: Management of Genital Herpes in Pregnancy
- ACOG Committee Opinion 557: Management of Acute Abnormal Uterine Bleeding in Nonpregnant Reproductive-Aged Women
- ACOG Committee Opinion 737: Expedited Partner Therapy
- ACOG Committee Opinion 812: Topical Hemostatic Agents at the Time of Obstetric and Gynecologic Surgery
- ACOG Committee Opinion 823: Health Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals
Track 2: OB only – For physicians who practice only Obstetrics
Quarter 1
- ACOG Practice Bulletin 221: External Cephalic Version
- ACOG Committee Opinion 820: Breastfeeding Challenges
- ACOG Committee Opinion 828: Indications for Outpatient Antenatal Fetal Surveillance
- ACOG Committee Opinion 831: Medically Indicated Late Preterm and Early-Term Deliveries
Quarter 2
- ACOG Practice Bulletin 226: Screening for Fetal Chromosomal Abnormalities
- ACOG Practice Bulletin 233: Anemia in Pregnancy
- ACOG Committee Opinion 797: Prevention of Group B Streptococcal Early-Onset Disease in Newborns
Quarter 3
- ACOG Practice Bulletin 187: Neural Tube Defects
- Williams Obstetrics, 24th edition (2014), page 291
- ACOG Practice Bulletin 189: Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy
- ACOG Practice Bulletin 217: Prelabor Rupture of Membranes
- UpToDate: Preterm Prelabor Rupture of Membranes: Clinical Manifestations and Diagnosis
- ACOG Practice Bulletin 220: Management of Genital Herpes in Pregnancy
- ACOG Practice Bulletin 223: Thyroid Disease in Pregnancy
- ACOG Practice Bulletin 230: Obesity in Pregnancy
Track 3: GYN only – For physicians who practice only Gynecology
Quarter 1
- ACOG Practice Bulletin 114: Management of Endometriosis
- ACOG Practice Bulletin 228: Management of Symptomatic Uterine Leiomyomas
- ACOG Committee Opinion 557: Management of Acute Abnormal Uterine Bleeding in Nonpregnant Reproductive-Aged Women
- ACOG Committee Opinion 781: Infertility Workup for the Women’s Health Specialist
Quarter 2
- ACOG Clinical Consensus 6: Compounded Bioidentical Menopausal Hormone Therapy
- ACOG Practice Bulletin 232: Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Gynecologic Surgery
- ACOG Committee Opinion 603: Evaluation of Uncomplicated Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women Before Surgical Treatment
Quarter 3
- ACOG Committee Opinion 737: Expedited Partner Therapy
- ACOG Committee Opinion 750: Perioperative Pathways: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
- ACOG Committee Opinion 812: Topical Hemostatic Agents at the Time of Obstetric and Gynecologic Surgery
- ACOG Committee Opinion 823: Health Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals
Subspecialties
Gynecologic Oncology
- Annals of Plastic Surgery (Oct 2023); Vol. 71, Issue 4: pages 434-440 – Bevacizumab and Wound-Healing Complications: Mechanisms of Action, Clinical Evidence, and Management Recommendations for the Plastic Surgeon
- Nutrients (Jun 2020); Vol. 12, Issue 6: page 1675 – Glutamine for Amelioration of Radiation and Chemotherapy Associated Mucositis during Cancer Therapy
- World Journal of Gastroenterology (May 2011); Vol. 7, Issue 17: pages 2161-2171 — Wound Healing of Intestinal Epithelial Cells
- Journal of Clinical Oncology (Apr 1994); Vol. 12, Issue 4: pages 701-706 – Adjuvant Therapy of Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors with Cisplatin, Etoposide, and Bleomycin: a Trial of the Gynecologic Oncology Group
- Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (Aug 2017); Vol. 141, Issue 8: pages 1052-1071 – Immunohistochemistry in Gynecologic Pathology: an Example-Based Practical Update
- Berek and Hacker’s Gynecologic Oncology, 7th (2021)
- Chapter 7, pages 203-222
- Chapter 9, pages 309-371
- Chapter 15, pages 562-580
- Principles and Practice of Gynecologic Oncology, 7th (2017)
- Chapter 16, pages 363-380
- Chapter 20, pages 467-511
- Chapter 26, pages 744-765
- Frontiers in Microbiology (Jan 2020); Vol. 10 – Human Papillomavirus E6 and E7: the Cervical Cancer Hallmarks and Targets for Therapy
- Gynecologic Oncology (Jan 2023); Vol 168: pages 1-7 – Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping in Patients with Endometrial Hyperplasia: a Practice to Preserve or Abandon?
- Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology (Feb 2021); Vol. 51, Issue 2: pages 167-172 – Current State of Cancer Immunotherapy for Gynecologic Malignancies
- Journal of Clinical Oncology (Jan 2023): pages 2436-2445 – Efficacy and Safety of Mirvetuximab Soravtansine in Patients with Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer with High Folate Receptor Alpha Expression: Results from the SORAYA Study
Maternal Fetal Medicine
- ACOG Practice Bulletin 226: Screening for Fetal Chromosomal Abnormalities
- Creasy and Resnik’s Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 8th ed (2018)
- Chapter 48, pages 825-826
- Chapter 59, page 1076
- Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology (Oct 2006); Vol. 28, Issue 5; pages 659-664 – Timely Diagnosis of Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome in Monochorionic Twin Pregnancies by Biweekly Sonography Combined with Patient Instruction to Report Onset of Symptoms
- ACOG Practice Bulletin 231: Multifetal Gestations: Twin, Triplet, and Higher-Order Multifetal Pregnancies
- ACOG Practice Bulletin 197: Inherited Thrombophilias in Pregnancy
- Fertility and Sterility (Mar 2020); Vol. 113, Issue 3: pages 533-535 – Definitions of Infertility and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss: a Committee Opinion
- Circulation (Apr 2010); Vol. 121, Issue 13: pages e266-e369 – ACCF/AHA/ACR/ASA/SCA/SCAI/SIR/STS/SVM Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Thoracic Aortic Disease: a Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, American College of Radiology, American Stroke Association, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Interventional Radiology, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and Society for Vascular Medicine
- European Heart Journal (Sep 2018); Vol. 39, Issue 34: pages 3165-3241 – 2018 ESC Guidelines for the Management of Cardiovascular Diseases during Pregnancy
- Circulation (May 2014); Vol. 129, Issue 21: pages 2183-2242 – Diagnosis and Treatment of Fetal Cardiac Disease: a Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (updated Jan 2022) – Data and Statistics on Congenital Heart Defects
Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
- Pediatric Clinics of North America (Jun 1989); Vol. 36, Issue 3: pages 533-549 – Anorexia Nervosa, Athletics, and Amenorrhea
- Mayo Clinic Proceedings (Sep 2013); Vol. 88, Issue 9: pages 996-1009 – Female Athlete Triad and Its Components: Toward Improved Screening and Management
- Nutrients (Aug 2021); Vol. 13, Issue 8: page 2827 – Has Menstruation Disappeared? Functional Hypothalamic Amenorrhea – What is this Story About?
- The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (Mar 2021); Vol. 106, Issue 3: pages 883-892 – Testing, Monitoring, and Treatment of Thyroid Dysfunction in Pregnancy
- Endocrine Review (Jan 2022); Vol. 43, Issue 1: pages 91-159 – Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia – Current Insights in Pathophysiology, Diagnostics, and Management
- Human Reproductive Update (Sep 2017); Vol. 23, Issue 5: pages 580-599 – Non-classic Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase Deficiency Revisited: an Update with a Special Focus on Adolescent and Adult Women
- Haematologica (Jul 2020); Vol. 105, Issue 7: pages 1969-1976 – Bleeding Disorders in Adolescents with Heavy Menstrual Bleeding in a Multicenter Prospective US Cohort
- Pediatric Clinics of North America (May 1981); Vol. 288, Issue 2: pages 369-378 – Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding in the Adolescent
- Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility, 9th (2019) – Chapter 10, pages 343-394
- Human Reproduction (Sep 2018); Vol. 33, Issue 9: pages 1602-1618 – Recommendations from the International Evidence-Based Guideline for the Assessment and Management of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Human Reproduction (Jan 2012); Vol. 27, Issue 1: pages 28-38 – Consensus on Women’s Health Aspects of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
- European Journal of Endocrinology (Mar 2019); Vol. 180, Issue 3: pages R127-R145 – Management of Endocrine Disease: Diagnosis and Management of the Patient with Non-classic CAH due to 21-hydroxylase Deficiency
- European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences (Jun 2018); Vol. 22, Issue 12: pages 3873-3887 – Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
- Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism (Mar 2018); Vol. 62, Issue 2: pages 227-235 – Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome: a Review
- Fertility and Sterility (Jan 2020); Vol. 113, Issue 1: pages 66-70 – Use of Exogenous Gonadotropins for Ovulation Induction in Anovulatory Women: a Committee Opinion
- The New England Journal of Medicine (Jul 2014); Vol. 371, Issue 2: pages 119-129 – Letrozole Versus Clomiphene for Infertility in the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research (Oct 2021); Vol. 47, Issue 10: pages 3583-3589 – Letrozole as First-line Drug for Ovulation Induction in Treatment-naïve Infertile Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Women
Urogynecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery (formerly FPMRS)
- American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Nov 2021); Vol. 5, Issue 562: pages e1-e6 – Inadequacy and Underreporting of Study Subjects’ Race and Ethnicity in Federally Funded Pelvic Floor Research
- Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2019 Oct; 134 (4): pages 727-735 – Antibiotic Prophylaxis During Catheter-Managed Postoperative Urinary Retention After Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery: a Randomized Controlled Trial
- Obstetrics & Gynecology (May 2021); Vol. 137, Issue 5: pages 810-819 – Bladder Instillations with Triamcinolone Acetonide for Interstitial Cystitis-Bladder Pain Syndrome: a Randomized Controlled Trial
- Obstetrics & Gynecology (Jan 2021); Vol. 137, Issue 1: pages 3-11 – Addressing Physician Burnout and Ensuring High-Quality Care of the Physician Workforce