Articles Tagged With: maternal
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Supplemental Oxygen Therapy for Category II Fetal Heart Rate Tracings
This study demonstrated a statistically significant change in the use of supplemental oxygen therapy in women with category II fetal heart rate tracings in the absence of maternal hypoxia pre- and post-intervention, with no significant change in maternal or perinatal outcomes.
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Sickle Cell Disease During Pregnancy
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most commonly inherited autosomal recessive genetic hemoglobinopathy in the United States. People with SCD account for only 0.1% of all deliveries, but approximately 1% of maternal deaths, a 10-fold increased risk.
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Benefits of Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping
Delayed umbilical cord clamping at the time of delivery resulted in higher mean hematocrit concentrations, with no significant maternal or neonatal complications when compared to immediate umbilical cord clamping.
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Pregnant Women at High Risk of COVID-19 Mortality
Case-fatality rates in pregnant patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 were 13.6 times higher than similarly aged non-pregnant women with COVID-19, according to a preprint study in Washington state.
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The Pregnancy Perspective: What Has COVID-19 Affected?
In this cross-sectional descriptive study, women using the Ovia pregnancy app expressed receiving adequately safe maternal care during the COVID-19 pandemic, but voiced concerns related to obtaining infant supplies and prenatal education.
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Contraceptive Use Is Less Consistent for Young Women Experiencing Hardships
Researchers studied more than 1,000 women, ages 18 and 19 years, over several years, asking them weekly questions about their contraceptive use, sex, and pregnancy. They found that women who experience material hardship use contraceptives less consistently.
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Emergencies in the Second and Third Trimesters of Pregnancy
Common emergencies specific to the second and third trimesters will be reviewed in this paper, including preterm labor, causes of antepartum bleeding in late pregnancy, and the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. It is important to emphasize that obstetrics consultation is recommended in most emergencies that occur in the second and third trimesters prior to initiating therapies.
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Maternal Sepsis: Risk Factors that Could Lead to Postpartum Readmission
In this analysis of California deliveries between 2008 and 2011, risk factors for maternal readmission for sepsis were found to include preterm birth, hemorrhage, obesity, and a primary cesarean delivery.
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Maternal and Pregnancy Characteristics Associated with Periviable Interventions
In this case control study using U.S. live birth records between 22 and 23 weeks of gestation, maternal intervention was positively associated with increasing maternal age, Medicaid use, preeclampsia, birth defects, twin gestation, multiparity, and infertility treatments while being negatively associated with non-Hispanic Black race. Positive associations for neonatal intervention included non-Hispanic Black race, preeclampsia, Medicaid use, infertility treatments, less than a high school education, increasing maternal age, and twin gestation, and negative associations included birth defects and small for gestational age pregnancies.
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Many Serious Cardiac Complications of Pregnancy Are Preventable
Investigators determined about half of serious cardiac complications of pregnancy are preventable.