ABPS Family Medicine Obstetrics case studies
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The ABPS Family Medicine Obstetrics (FMOB) certification is a board credential for family physicians who deliver babies and want their obstetric practice formally recognized beyond residency training. It signals that a physician has demonstrated knowledge across the full continuum of pregnancy care: prenatal management, labor and delivery, operative and procedural skills, postpartum and lactation care, medical complications, emergencies, and the ethical and systems issues that surround obstetric practice. The ABPS Family Medicine Obstetrics case studies are 5 cases and about 3,475 words.
1Second-Trimester Bleeding in a Patient Who Declines Transfusion
A 34-year-old G3P1011 at 23 weeks 2 days presents to labor and delivery with painless bright red vaginal bleeding that began 3 hours ago; she soaked two pads. She has had one prior cesarean for breech.
753 words, about 4 min2Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes at 9 Weeks With Severe Hyperemesis
A 29-year-old G1 at 9 weeks 0 days presents with 2 weeks of intractable vomiting, 4 kg weight loss, and polyuria. She was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes 6 months ago on basal-bolus insulin (glargine 18 units nightly, lispro 6 units with meals).
678 words, about 3 min3Shoulder Dystocia With a Prior Consent Refusal for Episiotomy
A 31-year-old G2P1001 at 40 weeks 1 day is in active labor with an epidural. Her first delivery was a 4.1 kg infant with a documented shoulder dystocia requiring the McRoberts maneuver and suprapubic pressure, with no neonatal injury.
641 words, about 3 min4Late Preterm Prelabor Rupture With Group B Streptococcus and a Remote Hospital
A 26-year-old G1 at 35 weeks 4 days presents to a 40-bed rural hospital with a 5-hour history of clear fluid leaking. She has had no contractions.
700 words, about 4 min5Prenatal Genetic Screening in a Patient With a Balanced Translocation and a Twin Pregnancy
A 36-year-old G2P0111 (one prior termination for a fetus with trisomy 18, one prior live birth) presents at 11 weeks 2 days with a dichorionic diamniotic twin pregnancy. She carries a known balanced reciprocal translocation, 46,XX,t(11;22)(q23;q11.2) .
703 words, about 4 min