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People of Childbearing Potential and Their Infants: Overcoming HBV Barriers
Episode 301

People of Childbearing Potential and Their Infants: Overcoming HBV Barriers

Listen to expert faculty and a patient discuss strategies to overcome barriers to HBV care in people of childbearing potential and their infants, including HBV screening and vaccination during pregnancy, managing pregnant people who are hepatitis B surface antigen positive, and postpartum considerations, including infant care and breastfeeding.

Decera Clinical Education Infectious Disease Podcast · Joseph Ahn MD MS MBA, Christina Delacruz Leyson MD

August 3, 202333m 31s

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Show Notes

In this episode, Joseph Ahn, MD, MS, MBA; Christina Delacruz Leyson, MD; and Alice Chan, a person who experienced pregnancy as a person living with chronic hepatitis B, discuss solutions for overcoming barriers to HBV care in people of childbearing potential and their infants, including:

  • HBV screening and vaccination in pregnancy
  • Management of pregnant people who are HBsAg positive
  • Infant care
  • Breastfeeding

Presenters: 

Joseph Ahn, MD, MS, MBA
Professor of Medicine, Section Chief
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon

Christina Delacruz Leyson, MD
Associate Professor
Medical Director, Liver Transplant Program
Program Director, Hepatology Fellowship
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Alice Chan, person living with chronic hepatitis B

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