{"id":83112,"date":"2012-04-25T01:10:46","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T07:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/uncategorized\/choosing-an-obstetrician\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T09:07:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T15:07:48","slug":"choosing-an-obstetrician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/es\/pregnancy\/choosing-an-obstetrician\/","title":{"rendered":"Elegir un obstetra"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Consejos para elegir un obstetra<\/h2>\n<p>Un obstetra, tambi\u00e9n conocido com\u00fanmente como ginec\u00f3logo-obstetra (OB\/GYN), suele ofrecer una variedad de servicios de salud para la mujer, como <a title=\"Citolog\u00eda (Papanicolau)\" href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/es\/?p=82928\">pruebas de Papanicolaou<\/a> anuales. Los obstetras tambi\u00e9n est\u00e1n capacitados para manejar complicaciones durante el embarazo, el parto y el posparto. <\/p>\n<h3>\u00bfQu\u00e9 es un obstetra?<\/h3>\n<p>Un obstetra es un m\u00e9dico especializado en el manejo del embarazo, el <a title=\"Trabajo de parto y nacimiento\" href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/labor-and-birth\/\">trabajo de parto y el parto<\/a>. Tambi\u00e9n recibe formaci\u00f3n especializada en el \u00e1rea del aparato reproductor femenino y en atenci\u00f3n quir\u00fargica. Gran parte de su formaci\u00f3n se centra en la detecci\u00f3n y el manejo de problemas obst\u00e9tricos y ginecol\u00f3gicos.  <\/p>\n<h3>\u00bfQu\u00e9 es la obstetricia?<\/h3>\n<p>Los servicios ofrecidos pueden variar seg\u00fan la especialidad y la formaci\u00f3n avanzada del ginec\u00f3logo-obstetra (OB\/GYN). Algunos m\u00e9dicos eligen ejercer solo la obstetricia; otros pueden optar por ejercer solo la ginecolog\u00eda. La mayor\u00eda de los OB\/GYN elige ejercer ambas especialidades y ofrece una variedad de servicios.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Estos servicios pueden incluir:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Su primera visita prenatal\" href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/es\/uncategorized\/first-prenatal-visit\/\">Atenci\u00f3n prenatal<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Atenci\u00f3n durante el <a title=\"Trabajo de parto y parto\" href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/labor-and-birth\/\">trabajo de parto y el parto<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ex\u00e1menes ginecol\u00f3gicos anuales, incluida la prueba de Papanicolaou y el examen de mama<\/li>\n<li>Asesoramiento anticonceptivo<\/li>\n<li>Tratamiento de <a title=\"Infecciones de transmisi\u00f3n sexual (ETS e ITS) durante el embarazo\" href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/es\/pregnancy\/stds-and-pregnancy\/\">enfermedades de transmisi\u00f3n sexual<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tratamiento de <a title=\"Citolog\u00eda vaginal anormal\" href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/es\/?p=82677\">resultados anormales en la prueba de Papanicolaou<\/a>, incluida colposcopia, criocirug\u00eda y biopsia c\u00f3nica<\/li>\n<li>Afecciones m\u00e9dicas agudas y cr\u00f3nicas como la <a title=\"Endometriosis\" href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/es\/?p=82957\">endometriosis<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Diagn\u00f3stico y tratamiento de la <a title=\"Infertilidad\" href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/infertility\/\">infertilidad<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Manejo de la menopausia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00bfD\u00f3nde ejercen los obstetras?<\/h3>\n<p>Muchos obstetras ejercen en una consulta privada, con o sin un grupo de m\u00e9dicos. Tambi\u00e9n pueden ejercer en un hospital o en una cl\u00ednica. Algunos OB\/GYN con experiencia mantienen puestos docentes en hospitales universitarios.  <\/p>\n<h3>\u00bfC\u00f3mo se forman los obstetras?<\/h3>\n<p>Los obstetras deben cumplir los requisitos establecidos por el American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG).<br \/>\n<strong>Los requisitos incluyen:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Graduaci\u00f3n en una facultad de medicina aprobada<\/li>\n<li>Finalizaci\u00f3n de cuatro a\u00f1os de formaci\u00f3n como residente que incluye: obstetricia, ginecolog\u00eda, oncolog\u00eda ginecol\u00f3gica, ecograf\u00eda y atenci\u00f3n preventiva<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tras completar la residencia, los OB\/GYN deben aprobar un examen administrado por el American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) para obtener la certificaci\u00f3n. Algunos OB\/GYN pueden optar por especializarse a\u00fan m\u00e1s en una subespecialidad como la infertilidad o la medicina materno-fetal. <\/p>\n<h3>\u00bfCu\u00e1les son las ventajas de acudir a un obstetra?<\/h3>\n<p>Una raz\u00f3n por la que muchas mujeres eligen un obstetra para su embarazo es que se sienten c\u00f3modas con su OB\/GYN actual. Otras mujeres eligen acudir a un OB\/GYN porque est\u00e1n experimentando un embarazo de alto riesgo.<br \/>\n<strong>Algunos posibles beneficios de acudir a un OB\/GYN incluyen:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Formaci\u00f3n especializada para manejar complicaciones como la <a title=\"Preeclampsia: Toxemia\" href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/es\/pregnancy\/preeclampsia\/\">preeclampsia<\/a> o la <a title=\"Placenta previa\" href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/es\/pregnancy\/placenta-previa\/\">placenta previa<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Acceso a tecnolog\u00eda m\u00e9dica como la <a title=\"Ecograf\u00eda: Sonograma\" href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/prenatal-testing\/ultrasound\/\">ecograf\u00eda<\/a> y las pruebas gen\u00e9ticas<\/li>\n<li>Formaci\u00f3n quir\u00fargica especializada si fuera necesario un parto por <a title=\"Procedimiento de ces\u00e1rea\" href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/es\/giving-birth\/cesarean-procedure\/\">ces\u00e1rea<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00bfCu\u00e1les son las desventajas de acudir a un obstetra?<\/h3>\n<p>Aproximadamente el <strong>60-80 % de las mujeres<\/strong> experimenta un embarazo de bajo riesgo. Acudir a un obstetra puede ser una desventaja si desea un enfoque m\u00e1s natural y menos intervencionista del embarazo y el parto. Los obstetras est\u00e1n capacitados para manejar complicaciones mediante numerosas intervenciones m\u00e9dicas.<br \/>\n<strong>Algunas posibles desventajas de acudir a un OB\/GYN incluyen:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mayor riesgo de <a title=\"Episiotom\u00eda\" href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/es\/giving-birth\/episiotomy\/\">episiotom\u00eda<\/a>, <a title=\"Inducci\u00f3n del parto\" href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/es\/giving-birth\/inducing-labor\/\">inducci\u00f3n<\/a> o <a title=\"Parto asistido\" href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/es\/uncategorized\/assisted-delivery\/\">parto asistido<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mayor probabilidad de parto por <a title=\"Procedimiento de ces\u00e1rea\" href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/es\/giving-birth\/cesarean-procedure\/\">ces\u00e1rea<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lugar del parto en un hospital en lugar de un <a title=\"Centro de partos\" href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/labor-and-birth\/birth-center\/\">centro de partos<\/a> o en casa<\/li>\n<li>Mayor coste de la atenci\u00f3n prenatal y del parto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"citation-date\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p class=\"citation-heading\">Recopilado utilizando informaci\u00f3n de las siguientes fuentes:<\/p>\n<p class=\"citation-source\">1. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abog.org\">American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"citation-source\">2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Pregnancy-Childbirth-Newborn-4th-Edition\/dp\/143917511X\">Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn: The Complete Guide. Simkin<\/a>, Penny, P.T., et al, Ch. 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"citation-source\">3. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webmd.com\">WebMD<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"citation-source\">4. Women\u2019s Health Channel<\/p>\n<p class=\"citation-url\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consejos para elegir un obstetra Un obstetra, tambi\u00e9n conocido com\u00fanmente como ginec\u00f3logo-obstetra (OB\/GYN), suele ofrecer una variedad de servicios de salud para la mujer, como pruebas de Papanicolaou anuales. Los obstetras tambi\u00e9n est\u00e1n capacitados para manejar complicaciones durante el embarazo, el parto y el posparto. \u00bfQu\u00e9 es un obstetra? 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