Tag: Childbirth
Extensive Placental Damage ID’d in COVID-19-Linked Stillbirths
Mechanism of stillbirth, neonatal death is hypoxic-ischemic injury resulting from placental destruction and insufficiency caused by SARS-CoV-2
Gastric Emptying After Light Meal Delayed in Parturients
Parturients not receiving epidural analgesia have significantly lower rate of gastric emptying than those receiving epidural
Weight Loss May Not Aid Fertility Treatment in Obese Women
Weight loss before infertility treatment in obese women not associated with improvement in healthy live birth rate
Risks Discussed for Alternative Peripartum, Neonatal Practices
Vaginal seeding has no known benefits and may expose neonates to vaginal pathogens; umbilical nonseverance has no clear benefit
Trauma Rates High After Operative Vaginal Delivery in Canada
Rates of maternal trauma higher after forceps than vacuum delivery; rates vary by region
More Than Half of U.S. Infants Born in High-Volume Obstetric Hospitals
Yet, more than one-third of U.S. obstetric hospitals are low-volume with <500 births/year
Short Hospital Stays for Births More Common During Pandemic
No increase seen in infant rehospitalizations within seven days after earlier discharge to home for healthy, term infants
Higher Gestational Age Tied to Better Education Outcomes
Findings reported for children at age 9 years, even among those born at early versus late term
Prepregnancy CV Risk Factors Prevalent, Tied to Adverse Outcomes
Consistent, marked graded association seen between greater prepregnancy risk factor burden and risk for adverse maternal, fetal outcomes
One in Five Privately Insured Births May Result in a Surprise Medical Bill
Surprise bills more frequent and larger with cesarean delivery and neonatal intensive care
