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Obstetrics
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Obstetric Critical Care in the Post-Dobbs Era

Tuesday, March 24, 2026
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Central Time
Location: W187

    Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

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    Robert Groff

    Emory School of Medicine

    Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose.

The overturn of Roe v. Wade has introduced significant medical and legal complexity into the care of pregnant patients with critical illness in the United States. In states with restrictive laws, physicians may be reluctant to intervene in cases of early pregnancy loss, sepsis, or severe preeclampsia until later in the disease course out of fear of legal liability. Late intervention is associated with increased need for critical care services and worse in the most common obstetric emergencies. This session will introduce the changing landscape and phenomenology of obstetric emergencies in the post-Dobbs era. Speakers will discuss management of two of the most common obstetric emergencies in the ICU—peripartum hemorrhage and sepsis.

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify changes to the landscape and phenomenology of obstetric emergencies requiring ICU care in the post-Dobbs era
  • Discuss changing patterns in maternal mortality in the United States after the overturn of Roe v. Wade
  • Discuss best practices and evidence-based guidelines for diagnosis and management of peripartum hemorrhage
  • Identify the most common etiologies of obstetric sepsis and discuss sepsis management in the context of pregnancy or recent parturition

Presentations:

  • 11:05 AM - 11:20 AM Central Time
    The Changing Landscape and Phenomenology of Obstetric Emergencies in the Post-Roe Era

    Arthur Vaught, Non-Member Physician – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  • 11:20 AM - 11:35 AM Central Time
    Obstetric Sepsis in the Post-Roe Era

    Marie R. Baldisseri, MD, MPH, FCCM (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh

  • 11:35 AM - 11:50 AM Central Time
    Obstetric Hemorrhage in the Post-Roe Era

    Scott A. Harvey, MD, MS, FACOG, FCCM – University of California, San Diego Health