Current Evidence to Guide Practice, Policy, and Research: Cannabis Use During Pregnancy In response to the rapidly evolving policy landscape regarding cannabis, it is important to consider trends in cannabis…
Progression to Severe Chronic Hypertension 5–7 Years After a Pregnancy With Mild Chronic Hypertension OBJECTIVE: To estimate the incidence of severe chronic hypertension (cHTN) within 5–7 years after a pregnancy…
Current Evidence to Guide Practice, Policy, and Research: Cannabis Use During Pregnancy In response to the rapidly evolving policy landscape regarding cannabis, it is important to consider trends in cannabis…
Maternal pregnancy outcomes in women with cardiomyopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis Objective This study aimed to systematically assess the impact of cardiomyopathy on maternal pregnancy outcomes. Data Sources PubMed,…
Abstract Objective To explore nurses’ descriptions of maternal mortality when caring for women in the perinatal period in Indiana. Design A qualitative descriptive approach was used to produce nurses’ descriptions…
Background Among nonpregnant individuals, diabetes mellitus and high body mass index increase the risk of COVID-19 and its severity. Objective This study aimed to determine whether diabetes mellitus and high…
Abstract Problem Since the start of the pandemic, Pregnant individuals have been disproportionately affected by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Vaccination has been shown to be protective against severe…
Abstract Objective To use a scoping review to explore the existing literature on best practice guidelines for safe, dignified, and compassionate care in the labor and birth setting for pregnant…
ABSTRACT Background The onset of the term human parturition involves myometrial gene expression changes to transform the uterus from a quiescent to a contractile phenotype. It is uncertain whether the…
Abstract Objective To use a scoping review to explore the existing literature on best practice guidelines for safe, dignified, and compassionate care in the labor and birth setting for pregnant…
Abstract Anemia, the most common hematologic abnormality, is a reduction in the concentration of erythrocytes or hemoglobin in blood. The two most common causes of anemia in pregnancy and the…
Read More from ACOG Practice Bulletin, Number 233: Anemia in Pregnancy
Abstract Obstetrician–gynecologists are the leading experts in the health care of women, and obesity is the most common medical condition in women of reproductive age. Obesity in women is such…
Read More from ACOG Practice Bulletin, Number 230: Obesity in Pregnancy
Abstract Background Many pregnant persons in the United States are receiving messenger RNA (mRNA) coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines, but data are limited on their safety in pregnancy. Methods From…
Read More from NEJM: Preliminary Findings of mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine Safety in Pregnant Persons
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To compare the risk of intrauterine fetal death (20 weeks of gestation or later) and neonatal death among individuals who tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus…
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To implement a standardized universal substance use screening process in an outpatient prenatal clinic at an urban tertiary care hospital. METHODS: Using a quality-improvement framework that involved process…
ABSTRACT Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines have begun to be distributed across the United States and to be offered initially to priority groups including health care personnel and persons living…
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether implementation of a semiautonomous treatment algorithm was associated with improved compliance with American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists guidelines for rapid administration of antihypertensive therapy…
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and adverse events after pregnancy, including chronic kidney disease and major adverse cardiovascular events (cerebrovascular accident, coronary artery disease,…
Abstract OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between maternal body mass index (BMI) at delivery and rates of early-onset and late-onset hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. METHODS: We performed a population-based, retrospective…
Summary What is already known about this topic? Data on self-reported prescription opioid use during pregnancy are limited. What is added by this report? Analysis of 2019 survey data found…
Chronic hypertension and associated cardiovascular disease are among the leading causes of maternal and perinatal morbidity and death in the United States. Chronic hypertension in pregnancy is associated with a…
In routine antenatal care, blood pressure is used as a screening tool for preeclampsia and its associated adverse outcomes. As such women with a blood pressure greater than 140/90 mm…
Pregnancy is a time of physical and emotional vulnerability, which can potentially lead to or exacerbate depression. Sadly, suicide is a leading cause of death in both high- and low-income…
Read More from AAP: Providing the Evidence for Managing Depression in Pregnancy
Abstract Pregnant women should be advised of the significant perinatal risks associated with tobacco use, including orofacial clefts, fetal growth restriction, placenta previa, abruptio placentae, preterm prelabor rupture of membranes,…
Read More from ACOG Committee Opinion No. 807: Tobacco and Nicotine Cessation During Pregnancy
Abstract Genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection during pregnancy poses a risk to the developing fetus and newborn. Genital herpes is common in the United States. Among 14- to 49-year-old…
Read More from ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 220: Management of Genital Herpes in Pregnancy
ABSTRACT Despite a national plan to eliminate syphilis by 2005, recent trends have reversed previously achieved progress in the United States. After a nadir between 2000 and 2013, rates of…
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ABSTRACT: Background Management of preterm hypertensive disorders remains a clinical dilemma. The maternal benefits of delivery need to be weighed against the adverse neonatal consequences of preterm birth. Long-term consequences…
Join CMQCC on Thursday, September 5th OR Wednesday, September 18th at 12PM PST to learn about pregnancy-associated suicide in California. The California Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review (CA-PAMR) project team conducted the…
Fran and Earl Ziegler OU College of Nursing University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center 1100 N. Stonewall Avenue Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73117-1200 Okc-130, Tulsa LC-138, Lawton -403 Opioid Misuse In Pregnancy-Family,…
Read More from Opioid Misuse in Pregnancy – Family, Pregnancy, and Neonatal Impacts