How to treat your pregnant patients

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, IBD and advanced liver disease, and also offers procedural guidance.

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.