MiPATH Prenatal Care Recommendations: a how-to guide for maternity care professionals

A recent study revealed that severe maternal morbidity during pregnancy increases the likelihood of mental health hospitalizations or emergency department visits up to 13 years post-delivery, emphasizing the need for mental health screening.

In this episode of Pap Talk, Contemporary OB/GYN® sat down with Maneesh Jain, CEO of Mirvie, and Michal Elovitz, MD, chief medical advisor at Mirvie, a new RNA platform that is able to predict pregnancy complications by revealing the biology of each pregnancy. They discussed recently published data regarding the platform's ability to predict preeclampsia and preterm birth.

Recent research evaluated the impact of maternal hyperoxygenation on neonatal Apgar scores, revealing no significant enhancement in outcomes among women with pathologic fetal heart rate tracing and suggesting limited efficacy of hyperoxygenation therapy in this context.

Halley Crissman, MD, MPH, and Daphna Stroumsa, MD, MPH, MSC, discuss ways in which ob/gyns can provide high-quality care for transgender and nonbinary people assigned female sex at birth.

A recent study explored the correlation between placental histologic types and recurrent preterm birth risk, shedding light on potential predictive factors for obstetric outcomes.

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