ACOG Green Journal: Associations Between Maternal Depression, Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy, and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the associations of depressive symptoms and antidepressant use during pregnancy with the risks of preterm birth, low birth weight, small for gestational age (SGA), and low…

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ACOG Green Journal: Evaluation of a Risk-Stratified, Heparin-Based, Obstetric Thromboprophylaxis Protocol

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To evaluate outcomes before and after implementation of a risk-stratified heparin-based obstetric thromboprophylaxis protocol. METHODS: We performed a retrospective cohort study of all patients who delivered at our…

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ACOG Green Journal: Reduction in Cesarean Delivery Rates Associated With a State Quality Collaborative in Maryland

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To assess the extent to which hospitals participating in the MDPQC (Maryland Perinatal-Neonatal Quality Care Collaborative) to reduce primary cesarean deliveries adopted policy and practice changes and the…

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ACOG Green Journal: Evaluation of an Initiative to Decrease the Use of Oxygen Supplementation for Category II Fetal Heart Rate Tracings

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To examine compliance with a guideline to reduce exposure to supplemental oxygen for category II fetal heart rate (FHR) tracings in normally oxygenated laboring patients. METHODS: All patients…

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ACOG Green Journal: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic and Pregnancy Outcomes in a U.S. Population

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To examine whether the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic altered risk of adverse pregnancy-related outcomes and whether there were differences by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)…

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AWHONN Practice Brief Number 15: Provision of Human Milk in the Context of Gender Diversity

SOURCE: AWHONN. 2021. Provision of Human Milk in the Context of Gender Diversity: AWHONN Practice Brief Number 15. JOGNN, DOI: 10.1016/j.jogn.2021.07.006 RECOMMENDATIONS: Clinicians should use gender neutral terminology when discussing…

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AWHONN Practice Brief Number 14: Immediate and Sustained Skin-to-Skin Contact for Healthy Late Preterm and Term Newborns After Birth

SOURCE: AWHONN. 2021. Immediate and Sustained Skin-to-Skin Contact for Healthy Late Preterm and Term Newborns After Birth: AWHONN Practice Brief Number 14. Nursing for Women’s Health, 25 (5), E9-E11, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nwh.2021.07.003…

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Pediatrics: Decreasing Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Failure in Preterm Infants

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Many preterm infants stabilized on continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) at birth require mechanical ventilation (MV) during the first 72 hours of life, which is defined…

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ACOG Green Journal: Intrapartum Resuscitation Interventions for Category II Fetal Heart Rate Tracings and Improvement to Category I

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To evaluate intrapartum resuscitation interventions and improvement in category II fetal heart rate (FHR) tracings. METHODS: This secondary analysis of a randomized trial of intrapartum fetal electrocardiographic ST-segment…

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ACOG Green Journal: Relationship Between Umbilical Cord Gas Values and Neonatal Outcomes

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between umbilical artery cord gas values and fetal tolerance of labor, as reflected by Apgar score. We hypothesized the existence of wide biological variability…

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AJOG: SARS-COV-2 infection during pregnancy and risk of preeclampsia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection during pregnancy and the risk of preeclampsia. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE, EMBASE, POPLINE, CINAHL, LILACS, and…

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JOGNN: Scoping Review of the Associations Between Perinatal Substance Use and Perinatal Depression and Anxiety

Because of the bidirectional relationship between perinatal substance use and perinatal depression/anxiety, it is imperative to address these conditions together in the perinatal period. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jogn.2021.02.008 JOGNN: Scoping Review of the…

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