Tag: Childbirth
Boosting Coverage of Midwife Care Could Avert Deaths
About two-thirds of maternal deaths, neonatal deaths, stillbirths could be averted with universal coverage of midwife-delivered interventions
Highest Maternal Mortality Rate Seen in United States
United States is only country not to guarantee access to provider home visits or paid parental leave in postpartum period
Hospital Stays After Delivery Shorter With Pandemic Protocols
Despite shorter stays, no differences seen in maternal or newborn adverse outcomes
Adequate Staffing During Labor, Delivery Boosts Outcomes
Findings link nursing care to skin-to-skin contact, breastfeeding, recovery care
No Evidence Found of Vertical Transmission of SARS-CoV-2
Newborns of mothers with severe/critical COVID-19 born early, at risk for needing phototherapy
Maternal Epidural During Birth Linked to Later Autism in Kids
Autism risk seems to increase with longer duration of epidural exposure
Infants of COVID-19-Infected Mothers Doing Well in Short Term
No differences seen in rates of preterm birth, NICU admission, respiratory disease with infection
Negative Pressure Does Not Cut C-Section Infection Risk in Obese
Findings do not support routine use of prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy in obese women
COVID-19 Antibodies Detected in Maternity Care Workers in U.K.
Among frontline obstetric workers, one of six were seropositive; one-third of those were asymptomatic
Expanded Obstetric Comorbidity Score Developed, Validated
Score improved prediction of severe maternal morbidity, nontransfusion severe maternal morbidity
