ProblemIn the United States, Black women are disproportionately impacted by inequities in maternal health.BackgroundCommunity doula support may improve birth outcomes and experiences, including lower rates of preterm birth and low birthweight and increases in positive birthing experiences. Few studies have explored client experiences with doula car...
Published in Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)
Preterm birth is defined as the birth of a neonate before 37 weeks of gestation and is considered as a leading cause of the under five deaths of neonates. Neonates born preterm are known to have higher perinatal mortality and morbidity with associated risks of low birth weight, respiratory distress syndrome, gastrointestinal, immunologic, central n...
The continued inclusion of race in spirometry reference equations is a topic of intense debate for adult lung function, but less discussion has focused on implications for children. Obtaining accurate estimates of children's lung function is an important component of the diagnosis of childhood respiratory illnesses, including asthma, cystic fibrosi...
This article aimed to evaluate whether a substance-related diagnosis (SRD; i.e., alcohol, opioids, cannabis, stimulants, nicotine) predicts the likelihood and co-occurrence of preterm (20-37 weeks' gestation) and cesarean delivery.This study reviewed electronic health record data on women (aged 18-44 years) who delivered a single live or stillbirth...
ImportanceClimate change is affecting the earth, resulting in more extreme temperatures and weather, rising sea levels, more frequent natural disasters, and displacement of populations of plants and animals, including people and insects. These changes affect food and housing security, vector-borne illnesses, and access to clean air and water, all o...
Published in The American journal of clinical nutrition
Current gestational weight change (GWC) recommendations for those with obesity were established with limited evidence of the pattern and timing of weight change across pregnancy. Likewise, the recommendation of 5-9kg does not differentiate by obesity severity. We sought to describe GWC trajectory classes by obesity grade and associated infant outco...
Published in Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
Pial arteriovenous fistulas (pAVF) are rare vascular malformations, especially in children and newborns. In neonates, the most common symptom is congestive heart failure. We report a case of an asymptomatic preterm newborn incidentally diagnosed with pAVF during a routine cranial ultrasound (cUS) on the third day of life. Cerebral magnetic resonanc...
Published in Annals of laboratory medicine
Published in Archives of gynecology and obstetrics
To assess severe neonatal morbidity and mortality in induced labor in preterm breech deliveries, compared to spontaneous labor. This is a retrospective study conducted in a tertiary university center in France. Women with single live breech pregnancy between 28 + 0 and 36 + 6 weeks gestation were included. We excluded situations with medical contra...
Published in Annals of laboratory medicine
Despite the popularity of the NeoBase 2 Non-derivatized MSMS assay (PerkinElmer, Turku, Finland), there are no reports of its comprehensive evaluation, including the ability to distinguish transient tyrosinemia of the newborn (TTN) from tyrosinemia type 1 (TYR 1) using succinylacetone (SUAC). No newborn screening (NBS) cutoffs for preterm neonates ...
