Abstract Objective To educate nurses and physicians on changing practice from visual estimation of blood loss to quantification of blood loss (QBL) and to replace estimation of blood loss with…
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To evaluate racial and ethnic differences in women’s postpartum pain scores, inpatient opioid administration, and discharge opioid prescriptions. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of all deliveries at a…
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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether the frequency of pain assessment and treatment differed by patient race and ethnicity for women after cesarean birth. METHODS: We performed a retrospective cohort study of all…
OBJECTIVES: To determine if NICU teams participating in a multicenter quality improvement (QI) collaborative achieve increased compliance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) core elements for antibiotic…
ABSTRACT Objective To summarize the findings of recent studies on neonatal weight changes that occur in the early weeks of life among full-term, breastfed newborns. Data Sources Using the keywords…
Milking the umbilical cord — gently squeezing the cord and pushing the contents into the newborn’s abdomen before clamping the cord — could increase the risk for severe intraventricular hemorrhage,…
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether women with protracted active phase labor longer than 6 hours have an increased risk of adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes after the implementation of new labor…
Abstract Rates of maternal morbidity and mortality in the United States represent an urgent crisis. The purpose of this article is to consolidate current postpartum care guidelines to provide a…
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that a longer length of time between diagnosis of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and delivery is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity in…
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To provide U.S. case-based preeclampsia health care cost estimates for mothers and infants from a U.S. payer perspective, with comparisons with both uncomplicated and hypertensive pregnancies. METHODS: Electronic health record…
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U.S. Preterm Birth Rate Rises for 4th Year in a Row, Rates Worsening in 30 States New Expanded Report Examines State of Maternal and Infant Health in States and Cities…
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Following publication of the results of the PROLONG trial, The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialists (SMFM) have each released statements…
A new Oklahoma statute related to perinatal mental health went into effect November 1, 2019. This statute, from enrolled SB 419, requires Oklahoma hospitals and licensed health care professionals to…
Mishka Terplan, MD, MPH, is board certified in both obstetrics and gynecology and in addiction medicine. His primary clinical, research and advocacy interests lie along the intersection of reproductive and…
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The next OPQIC quarterly meeting is scheduled for November 19th in the Stephenson Cancer Center 5th Floor Conference Room. Polycom videoconferencing is available at: OU College of Medicine, Tulsa Schusterman…
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SOURCE: Jeffrey D. Colvin, & Rachel Y. Moon. The Pediatrician’s Role in Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Sleep-Related Infant Deaths. Pediatrics, Oct 2019, 20192310; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2019-2310 In this commentary, Drs. Jeffrey Colvin and Rachel…
SOURCE: Raymond C. Stetson, Jennifer L. Fang, Christopher E. Colby and Robert M. Jacobson. Improving Infant Vaccination Status in a Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Pediatrics, November 2019, 144…
SOURCE: Paterno, Mary T. et al. Evaluation of a Nurse-Led Program for Rural Pregnant Women With Opioid Use Disorder to Improve Maternal–Neonatal Outcomes. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, Volume…
SOURCE: Dmitry Dukhovny, Madge E. Buus-Frank, Erika M. Edwards, Timmy Ho, Kate A. Morrow, Arjun Srinivasan, Daniel A. Pollock, John A.F. Zupancic, DeWayne M. Pursley, Donald Goldmann, Karen M. Puopolo,…
SOURCE: Newborn Antibiotic Exposures and Association With Proven Bloodstream Infection. Joseph Schulman, William E. Benitz, Jochen Profit, Henry C. Lee, Grace Dueñas, Mihoko V. Bennett, Maria A.L. Jocson, Roy Schutzengel, Jeffrey B. Gould. Pediatrics, Oct 2019, e20191105; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2019-1105 A companion commentary to this article can be found online at www.pediatrics.org/cgi/doi/10.1542/peds.2019-2576. OBJECTIVES:…
SOURCE: HHS Press Office: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2019/08/29/surgeon-general-releases-advisory-marijuana-damaging-effects.html August 29, 2019, Surgeon General Vice Adm. Jerome M. Adams, issued an advisory emphasizing the importance of protecting youth and pregnant women from the health…
Click here to go to webinar For more information on newborn screening, go to opqic.org/newbornscreening…
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The Oklahoma Health Care Authority has updated the data on their “Cesarean Section Quality Initiative” page. Please note that these rates are for SoonerCare patients only. http://www.okhca.org/providers.aspx?id=12541…
Nine Oklahoma hospitals recently received awards for providing excellence in perinatal care from the Oklahoma Perinatal Quality Improvement Collaborative. The awards were presented at the Oklahoma State Department of Health’s…
The OPQIC/Preparing for a Lifetime’s 10th Anniversary Summit was held on September 20, 2019 at the Moore Norman Technology Center. Approximately 257 perinatal and public health providers were in attendance. …
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The September 26 webinar recording on Stigma and opioid use disorder: What pediatricians need to know in caring for mothers and infants, presented by Eileen Costello, MD, FAAP and Sarah…
U.S News and World Report recently published a series of articles on C-Sections in America. Click on the titles of the articles below to view them. A Model for C-Section…
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Abstract Objective To increase the percentage of cases in which quantitative blood loss (QBL) was documented by labor and delivery nurses for women giving birth. Design Quality improvement project. Setting/Local…
SOURCE: Fallin-Bennett, Amanda et al., Call to Action to Reduce Tobacco Use During Pregnancy. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, Volume 48, Issue 5, 563 – 567, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jogn.2019.02.009 ABSTRACT:…
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