Background There is convincing evidence that birth in hospitals with high birth volumes
increases the chance of healthy survival in high-risk infants. However, it is unclear whether …

Although neonatal intensive unit (NICU) care is envisioned as the care of very immature
infants, more than 95% of births and 80% of NICU admissions are of more mature newborns …

Importance The Joint Commission Unexpected Complications in Term Newborns measure
characterizes newborn morbidity potentially associated with quality of labor and delivery …

OBJECTIVES To investigate racial and ethnic differences in unexpected, term newborn
morbidity and the influence of hospital quality on disparities. METHODS We used 2010 …

Background Neonatal acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a critical clinical
disease with high disability and mortality rates. Early identification and treatment of neonatal …

Objective To examine quality measures for moderate and late preterm (MLP) infants. Study
design By prospectively analyzing Vermont Oxford Network's all NICU admissions database …

After the global cesarean delivery rate nearly doubled between 2000 and 2015, cesarean
deliveries now account for nearly one third of births in the United States. Although rates have …

BACKGROUND Although there are many indications for a cesarean delivery, the “optimal”
cesarean delivery rate is unknown. Neonatal and maternal morbidity have largely not been …

Background and objective Clinical decision support assisted by prediction models usually
faces the challenges of limited clinical data and a lack of labels when the model is …

Background Synthetic oxytocin (sOT) is frequently administered during parturition. Studies
have raised concerns that fetal exposure to sOT may be associated with altered brain …