A Systematic Review Article Link ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To systematically catalog all procedural, maternal, and neonatal outcomes reported in contemporary assisted vaginal birth literature, quantify their reporting frequency, and describe definitions…
Read More from ACOG: Reported Outcomes for Assisted Vaginal Birth
Article Link OBJECTIVE: To assess associations among maternal geographic residence, access to obstetric care, and nonspontaneous delivery, including labor induction and prelabor cesarean delivery, in individuals with low-risk term pregnancies….
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Article Link ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To systematically review the evidence on doula support in pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. DATA SOURCES: PubMed, Cochrane Library (which includes clinical…
Read More from ACOG: Doula Support During Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Postpartum
Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System, 2005–2024 Article Link ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To describe Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System (PMSS)–identified underlying causes of pregnancy-related deaths and changes over time in the overall and cause-specific…
Read More from ACOG: Trends in Pregnancy-Related Mortality in the United States
Article Link ABSTRACT Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System (PMSS) data from 2012–2022 were analyzed for this descriptive study. Specific subclassifications of deaths within the PMSS category of “other noncardiovascular medical conditions”…
Article Link ABSTRACT Fostering positive and strong partnerships between clinicians and doulas is essential and can benefit patients, clinicians, and the workplace. The evidence suggests that, when doulas are part…
Read More from ACOG: Partnering with Doulas – ACOG Committee Statement
Article Link ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: Discussions around racial disparities in obstetrics occur in varied silos including the media, communities, and medical institutions. Yet, whether and how these discussions occur in the…
Article Link ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: The New York State Safe Motherhood Initiative, a statewide quality-improvement effort, developed a bundle to optimize management of obstetric hemorrhage that was then disseminated and implemented…
Article Link ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To evaluate changes in pregnancy-associated drug overdose mortality in the United States from 2018 to 2023 and compare this with drug overdose mortality among reproductive-aged nonpregnant…
Read More from ACOG: Pregnancy-Associated Drug Overdose Mortality in the United States, 2018–2023
Article Link ABSTRACT We examined whether severe maternal morbidity (SMM) at delivery was associated with the initiation and duration of breastfeeding among nulliparous individuals in the United States in a…
Article Link OBJECTIVE: To assess adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes after bivalent prefusion F subunit–based respiratory syncytial virus vaccine (RSVpreF) vaccination during the first season of availability. METHODS: This was…
Article Link ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between self-reported history of maternal depression by treatment status and opioid use after cesarean delivery. METHODS: This was a secondary analysis of…
Read More from ACOG: Maternal Depression and Opioid Use After Cesarean Delivery
Article Link ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To perform a literature review and meta-analysis of Black–White disparity in maternal mortality. DATA SOURCES: PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Cochrane Library,…
Article Link ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To identify quality-improvement opportunities from the experiences of Black and Latina severe maternal morbidity (SMM) survivors and their families. METHODS: This study explored the experiences of…
Article Link ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To identify quality-improvement opportunities from the experiences of Black and Latina severe maternal morbidity (SMM) survivors and their families. METHODS: This study explored the experiences of…
Article Link ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To quantify the extent to which rising rates of severe maternal morbidity (SMM) in the United States from 2016 to 2022 are attributable to increasing prevalence…
Article Link ABSTRACT Maternal cardiac arrest is a catastrophic event, with data regarding outcomes and feasibility of timely resuscitative hysterotomy remaining scarce. Our retrospective cohort study identified 31 pregnant or…
Read More from ACOG: Incidence, Outcomes, and Management of In-Hospital Maternal Cardiac Arrest
Article Link ABSTRACT Persistent inequities in severe maternal morbidity (SMM) and maternal mortality in the United States have received national attention over the past decade. This scoping review aimed to…
Article Link ABSTRACT There is broad consensus that measuring severe maternal morbidity (SMM) is critical to improving maternal health. Despite 50 years of effort by national, international, and professional organizations,…
Article Link ABSTRACT Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of pregnancy-related death in the United States and disproportionately affects Black women. In this review, we address the major contributors…
Read More from ACOG: Cardiovascular-Related Maternal Mortality
Article Link ABSTRACT Perinatal mental health conditions are among the most common complications of pregnancy and the postpartum period. They are the leading preventable cause of pregnancy-related morbidity and mortality…
Article Link ABSTRACT Inequalities in severe maternal morbidity (SMM) and mortality in high-income countries are persistent, socially patterned, and evident across multiple dimensions, including socioeconomic deprivation, race and ethnicity, and…
Article Link ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the odds of congenital syphilis in neonates of mothers with a history of adequately treated prepregnancy syphilis compared with those with no prepregnancy history…
Read More from ACOG: History of Treated Syphilis Before Pregnancy and Risk of Congenital Syphilis
Article Link ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To determine whether an intrauterine balloon tamponade duration of 6 hours is noninferior to a duration of 18 hours for controlling bleeding after vaginal delivery, as…
Article Link ABSTRACT Persistent inequities in severe maternal morbidity (SMM) and maternal mortality in the United States have received national attention over the past decade. This scoping review aimed to…
Article Link ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether there is an association between state-level Medicaid expansion and severe maternal morbidity (SMM) among Medicaid enrollees who delivered between 2010 and 2018. METHODS: This…
Read More from ACOG: Medicaid Expansion and Severe Maternal Morbidity
Article Link ABSTRACT Inequalities in severe maternal morbidity (SMM) and mortality in high-income countries are persistent, socially patterned, and evident across multiple dimensions, including socioeconomic deprivation, race and ethnicity, and…
Article Link ABSTRACT Clinical guidelines recommend avoiding cannabinoids, including cannabidiol (CBD), during pregnancy and lactation. Use of CBD is widespread, but prevalence in pregnancy and among women of reproductive age…
Article Link ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether there is an association between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) score and postpartum care attendance. METHODS: …
Read More from ACOG: Social Vulnerability Index and Its Association With Postpartum Care Attendance
Article Link ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between opioid exposure in the childbirth period and persistent postpartum opioid use and to evaluate whether there are differential associations based on…
Read More from ACOG: Postpartum Persistent Opioid Use After Opioid Exposure for Childbirth