Source: David A. Schwartz, Daniele De Luca. The Public Health and Clinical Importance of Accurate Neonatal Testing for COVID-19. Pediatrics, Jan 2021, e2020036871; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-036871 Preview: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has infected large numbers of pregnant…
Source: Arakawa et al. (2021). Vaginal Transmission of Cancer from Mothers with Cervical Cancer to Infants. N Engl J Med, 384:42-50. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2030391 Summary: Two cases of pediatric lung cancer…
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Source: Hirai AH, Ko JY, Owens PL, Stocks C, Patrick SW. Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and Maternal Opioid-Related Diagnoses in the US, 2010-2017. JAMA. 2021;325(2):146–155. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.24991 Question: In the US from 2010 to 2017,…
Friday, January 22 at 12 PM (CST) The New Jersey Section of AWHONN is kicking off their Maternal Health Awareness Week with a webinar discussion featuring women who have experienced…
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The STAR Prenatal Clinic (Substance Use, Treatment And Recovery) has released a short webinar on “What to Expect and How to Refer Patients.” STAR Clinic & Referral Information Video Referral…
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ACNM, ACOG, ASRM, AWHONN, NPWH, SMFM, and SOGH have released a joint statement to encourage health workers to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. During the COVID-19 pandemic, public health measures such…
Management Considerations for Pregnant Patients With COVID-19 has been updated from July 2, 2020. Please to visit our COVID-19 Resources page for more information regarding COVID-19. …
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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Registration for the January OPQIC Quarterly Meeting is now available at https://opqic.org/register/. The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom on January 19th from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. An agenda…
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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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The December 2020 issue of Advances in Neonatal Care features a special series on substance exposed infants: A Review of Feeding Practices in Infants With Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Kailey Taylor,…
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The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) released their Statement: SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination in Pregnancy on December 1, 2020. The following is an excerpt from the statement: In general, SMFM strongly recommends…
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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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SOURCE: Liyanage, S.K., Ninan, K, & McDonald, S.D. (2020). Guidelines on Deferred Cord Clamping and Cord Milking: A Systematic Review. Pediatrics, Nov 2020, 146 (5) e20201429; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-1429 CONTEXT: Deferred cord clamping (DCC) saves lives. It reduces…
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SOURCE: Margaret Curran, Christina Holt, Michael Arciero, James Quinlan, David Cox, Alexa Craig, (2020). Proxy Finnegan Component Scores for Eat, Sleep, Console in a Cohort of Opioid-Exposed Neonates. Hospital Pediatrics, Nov 2020, hpeds.2020-0190; DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2020-0190 OBJECTIVES: The Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Score (FNAS) monitors infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome…
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….
REFERENCE: Duthie, E.A., (2020) In-Hospital Newborn Falls Associated With a Sleeping Parent: The Case for a New Paradigm. Hospital Pediatrics Nov 2020, hpeds.2020-0112; DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2020-0112 ABSTRACT: A newborn fall to the floor from a sleeping parent’s…
INFORMATION | REGISTER The Metriarch Collaborative is thrilled to present Lady Charts, our biannual women’s health data jam. Lady Charts is an opportunity for people doing good things for Oklahoma…
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The course titled, Plans of Safe Care for Infants Exposed to Opioids, educates pediatricians about best practices in caring for, and supporting families affected by prenatal opioid exposure. Advancing the…
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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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The American Heart Association has published the 2020 Guidelines for Cardiovascular Care and Emergency Cardiac Care: Part 5: Neonatal Resuscitation. The Neonatal Resuscitation Program will base revisions on these guidelines….
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