Objective Prelabor cesareans in women without a prior cesarean is an important quality measure, yet one that is seldom tracked. We estimated patient-level risks and calculated how sensitive hospital rankings…
Objective Women who develop certain common pregnancy complications have a greater chance of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) later in life. However, most health care providers do not provide postpartum cardiovascular…
Objective We sought to assess the relationship between strength of preference for vaginal birth and likelihood of vaginal delivery among women attempting this delivery mode. Study Design We conducted a…
Objective Pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) or preexisting diabetes mellitus (DM) are at high risk for adverse newborn outcomes. Whether GDM history, recurrence, or transition to DM modifies…
Materials and Methods We used data that were collected between 2008 and 2010 for the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project’s State Inpatient Database (SID). Forty-six states participate in SID, and…
Objective The purpose of this study was to examine associations between the prepregnancy maternal body mass index (BMI) across the 3 clinical presentations of preterm birth (PTB). Study Design We…
Objective Neonatal diagnoses are often used as surrogate endpoints for longer-term outcomes. We sought to characterize the correlation between neonatal diagnoses and early childhood neurodevelopment. Study Design We conducted secondary…
Materials and Methods This was a planned supplementary analysis of data collected for the Mothers’ Outcomes after Delivery (MOAD) study, a longitudinal cohort study of maternal health outcomes after childbirth….
The debate over the role of the da Vinci surgical robotic platform in benign gynecology is raging with increasing fervor and, as product liability issues arise, greater financial stakes. Although…
This review describes how improvements in biometric-genetic studies of twin kinships, half-sibships, and cousinships have now demonstrated a sizeable fetal genetic and maternal genetic contribution to the spontaneous onset of…
