Is "Pump and Dump" Outdated? An Update on Lactating Patients

Taking a lactating patient the OR? Prescribing antibiotics? What about a CT scan with IV contrast? Pump and dump, right? WRONG. It's time to get educated! Today, we review the finer points of caring for our lactating patients. 

In this episode Dr. Patrick Georgoff is joined by Dr. Austin Eckhoff, general surgery resident at Duke University, Dr. Annie Dotson, family medicine and breastfeeding medicine physician at Duke University, and Dr. Katrina Mitchell, breast surgeon at Ridley Tree Cancer Center in Santa Barbara, CA. 

Resources: 
https://www.bfmed.org/
https://www.e-lactancia.org/
https://physicianguidetobreastfeeding.org/

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TRASH THE PUMP & DUMP: https://physicianguidetobreastfeeding.org/trash-the-pump-and-dump/trash-pump-dump/

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