SMFM strongly recommends that pregnant and lactating people have access to the COVID-19 vaccines and that they engage in a discussion about potential benefits and unknown risks with their healthcare…
Summary of Key Information and Recommendations On December 11, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNtech mRNA vaccine (BNT162b2) for use in…
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December 14, 2020 – Several countries have recently issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer/BioNtech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. A second mRNA COVID vaccine, manufactured by Moderna, will be…
ABSTRACT In the weeks after childbirth, a woman navigates multiple challenges. She must recover from birth, learn to care for herself and her newborn, and cope with fatigue and postpartum…
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Oklahoma Breastfeeding Resource Center Announces: 9th Annual Becoming Baby-Friendly in Oklahoma Summit the virtual edition Friday, February 26, 2021 9:00am – 4:30pm REGISTER HERE The first 10 Oklahoma birthing hospitals…
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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To address rising rates of severe maternal morbidity and persistent racial disparities, Illinois established severe maternal morbidity review in all obstetric hospitals. The purpose of this study is…
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What Maternal-Fetal Medicine Subspecialists Need to Know – 11.23.20 (this is an update of the draft originally posted on 10.26.2020) COVID19-What_MFMs_need_to_know_revision_11-23-20_final Please to visit our COVID-19 Resources page for more information…
ABSTRACT Delayed umbilical cord clamping appears to be beneficial for term and preterm infants. In term infants, delayed umbilical cord clamping increases hemoglobin levels at birth and improves iron stores…
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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the use of administrative data for identification of labor induction and to estimate the variation in cesarean delivery rates among low-risk women who underwent labor induction….
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To assess the association of the gender of the delivering physician and the odds of performing cesarean delivery. DATA SOURCES: CINAHL, ClinicalTrials.gov, Cochrane Library, PubMed, Scopus and Web of…
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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of pregnancies that meet the low-risk criteria for planned home births and describe geographic and maternal characteristics of home births compared with hospital births….
Newborn Screening Follow Up program has recently moved to a new building with new phone and fax numbers. Phone: 405-426-8220 (option 2 for Newborn Screening Blood Spot Follow Up) Fax:…
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