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Podcast: Dr. Chapa’s OBGYN Clinical Pearls
Episode: ⭐️NEW⭐️Clinical Practice Update: ACOG Updates PB 222 (Biomarkers for PreE).
Description: Today, April 3, 2024, the ACOG released a clinical practice update to practice bulletin# 222 (gestational hypertension eclampsia). This is in direct response to a recent FDA approved biomarker test for risk stratification for preeclampsia. On May 19, 2023, the FDA cleared a novel biomarker serum test for the risk stratification for severe preeclampsia in hypertensive pregnant women. This clearance is the first given to any blood-based biomarker test for assessing preeclampsia risk. The company is Thermo Fisher Scientific (no disclosures). This new clinical practice update puts this test into proper perspective and gives clinicians some valuable insights of what it can, and what it...