Differences in the quality of delivery hospital care contribute to persistent, intertwined racial
and ethnic disparities in both maternal and infant health. Despite the shared causal …

While there is clear evidence that severe maternal morbidity (SMM) contributes significantly
to poor maternal health outcomes, limited data exist on its impact on perinatal outcomes. We …

The electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) became commercially available around 2004, yet the
characteristics of pregnant women who use these devices and their effects on maternal and …

Racial disparities in infant mortality have persisted, despite the overall decline in the United
States' overall infant mortality rate (IMR). The overall IMR of the entire United States (5.58 …

Measures of perinatal care quality and outcomes often focus on either the birth parent or the
infant. We used linked vital statistics and hospital discharge data to describe a dyadic …

Objective: To examine adverse delivery outcomes from 2018 to 2019 severe maternal
morbidity (SMM) cases that were reviewed by facility-level review committees in Illinois (n …

Introduction Women with infants in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) encounter multiple
challenges following childbirth, including greater burden of chronic disease and increased …

Objective This study aimed to assess trends and correlates of severe maternal morbidity at
delivery among active duty women in the US military, all of whom are guaranteed health …

In 1933, Hooker and Miller1 published the report Maternal Mortality in New York City, which
was commissioned by the Commonwealth Fund and detailed the appalling rate of maternal …

Objective To investigate the risk of adverse neonatal events after a pregnancy complicated
by severe maternal morbidity. Study design We analyzed a population-based cohort of …