Welcome to the website of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada

The SOGC is a national medical society representing over 3,000 obstetricians/gynaecologists, family physicians, nurses, midwives and allied health professionals in the field of sexual reproductive health. Since 1944, the society has promoted excellence in the practice of obstetrics and gynaecology and worked to advance the health of women through leadership, advocacy, collaboration, outreach and education.

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H1N1 and pregnancy

The following are the latest additions to the H1N1 and pregnancy section of the SOGC website:

• SOGC Fact Sheet - 3 November 2009: Special Notice: Clinical Management Considerations - Timing and mode of delivery of pregnant women requiring hospitalization for H1N1 Influenza-Like-Illness (ILI)
• SOGC Fact Sheet - 3 November 2009: H1N1 vaccines and their ingredients
• REVISED Fact Sheet: Adjuvant versus non-adjuvant vaccine for pregnant women
• A Practical Guide to the H1N1 Vaccine
• PHAC - News release - 26 October 2009: H1N1 Flu Virus: Canada Works With Australia to Ensure Early Delivery of Vaccine For Pregnant Women
• PHAC - H1N1 Vaccine Recommendations - 30 October 2009: Pregnant Women – Which H1N1 Flu Vaccine is Right For You?
• PHAC - H1N1 Vaccine Technical Recommendations - 30 October 2009: Recommendations for pH1N1 Vaccine in Pregnancy

Poster - Pregnant women with H1N1 face a higher risk (Order Online) H1N1 Fact Sheet for Pregnant Women (Order Online)

For more information about H1N1 and pregnancy, click on the H1N1 button in the left navigation bar.

New at SOGC

Call for abstracts!

New This Year:

• CANPAGO authors may enter their paediatric/adolescent gynaecology/obstetric abstracts into this additional competition. This competition will be open to Junior Members submitting an abstract pertaining to paediatrics or adolescents on the topic of obstetrics or gynaecology. Oral and poster presentations will be judged together. The abstract will still remain eligible for the general abstract competition. The abstracts will be presented during the CANPAGO Postgraduate Day. The winner will receive $500.00.

• MATERNAL FETAL MEDICINE (MFM)authors may enter their maternal fetal medicine abstracts into this additional sub-category. The abstracts will be presented during the MFM Postgraduate Day and will still remain eligible for the general abstract competition.

• MEDICAL STUDENT category has been expanded to include students of all medical disciplines

New Clinical Practice Guidelines

October 2009

Active management of the Third stage of labour: prevention and treatment of postpartum hemorrhage

September 2009

Antibiotic Therapy in Preterm Premature Rupture of the Membranes

Evaluation of Prenatally Diagnosed Structural Congenital Anomalies

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