ArticleObstetrics and gynecology2018
ACOG Committee Opinion No. 736: Optimizing Postpartum Care.
Article in Obstetrics and gynecology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 10 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 473 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Randomized Evaluation of Hypertensive Moms: Interventional Nudge to Drive Transitions of Care
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Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy as Part of the Postpartum Care Continuum for Active-Duty Service Members
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Who cites it
473 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- 2026 AHA/ACC/ADA/ASN Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines.Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2026Guideline
- Clinical practice guideline "preconception care".Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2026Guideline
- Interventions to Improve Outcomes After Pregnancy Loss: A Systematic Review.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2026Pooled it
- Postpartum Blood Pressure Screening in the United States Primary Care Settings: A Systematic Review.American journal of hypertension · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Psychosocial Interventions in Preventing Postpartum Depression Among Teenage Mothers-Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2024Pooled it
- What happens at the postpartum visit? Discordance between patient-reported and electronic medical record-documented postpartum care.Annals of epidemiology · 2026Trial
- Care Navigation, Self-Measured Blood Pressure, and Health Coaching for Postpartum Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2026Trial
- enDigital Postpartum Support for Early Risk Identification Among Postpartum Women: Formative Randomized Evaluation and Exploratory Predictive Modeling Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Trial
- A Web-Based Intervention for Reducing Sexually Transmitted Infections and Substance Use During Pregnancy: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Trial
- Postpartum care in the neonatal intensive care unit, PeliCaN: a randomized controlled trial.American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM · 2025Trial
- Glucocorticoids after birth trauma and the associated risk of developing posttraumatic stress disorder: a non-randomized open-label pilot trial.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Trial
- Mapping the Postpartum Experience Through Obstetric Patient Navigation for Low-Income Individuals.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2024Trial
- Postpartum Primary Care Engagement Using Default Scheduling and Tailored Messaging: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2024Trial
- Postpartum care utilization among high-risk pregnancies in an urban safety-net health system.The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians · 2026Article
- Postnatal Care Practice and the Facilitating Factors Among Japanese Primary Care Physicians: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of general and family medicine · 2026Article
- Association Between Parity and Subclinical Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Healthy Pregnant Women: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2026Article
- Effect of a patient-centered planning intervention on postpartum visit attendance.Pregnancy (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Research status and hotspots of the primary health care for chronic disease: A bibliometric and visualized analysis.Medicine · 2026Review
- Long-term neurological consequences of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: Implications for postpartum monitoring and intervention.World journal of methodology · 2026Article
- Kicking Off Motherhood: Considering Return to Play Postpartum in the Footballer.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Review
413 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
The weeks following birth are a critical period for a woman and her infant, setting the stage for long-term health and well-being. To optimize the health of women and infants, postpartum care should become an ongoing process, rather than a single encounter, with services and support tailored to each woman's individual needs. It is recommended that all women have contact with their obstetrician-gynecologists or other obstetric care providers within the first 3 weeks postpartum. This initial assessment should be followed up with ongoing care as needed, concluding with a comprehensive postpartum visit no later than 12 weeks after birth. The comprehensive postpartum visit should include a full assessment of physical, social, and psychological well-being, including the following domains: mood and emotional well-being; infant care and feeding; sexuality, contraception, and birth spacing; sleep and fatigue; physical recovery from birth; chronic disease management; and health maintenance. Women with chronic medical conditions such as hypertensive disorders, obesity, diabetes, thyroid disorders, renal disease, and mood disorders should be counseled regarding the importance of timely follow-up with their obstetrician-gynecologists or primary care providers for ongoing coordination of care. During the postpartum period, the woman and her obstetrician-gynecologist or other obstetric care provider should identify the health care provider who will assume primary responsibility for her ongoing care in her primary medical home. Optimizing care and support for postpartum families will require policy changes. Changes in the scope of postpartum care should be facilitated by reimbursement policies that support postpartum care as an ongoing process, rather than an isolated visit. Obstetrician-gynecologists and other obstetric care providers should be in the forefront of policy efforts to enable all women to recover from birth and nurture their infants. This Committee Opinion has been revised to reinforce the importance of the "fourth trimester" and to propose a new paradigm for postpartum care.
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