Labor and Delivery

October 29, 2020

Principal investigator Johanna Quist-Nelson, MD, was inspired to complete the study during her training after observing how difficult it was for patients who experienced wound infections after cesarean.

October 27, 2020

Is 39 the new 41 when it comes to weeks of gestation for induction of labor?

October 23, 2020

New research suggests that air pollutant particles and metals are reaching the placenta.

October 22, 2020

Over the past decade, efforts to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) have increased. A new report delivered results of a comprehensive quality improvement run in a level 4 NICU with the goal of decreasing antibiotic use by 20%

October 20, 2020

Each year, approximately 24,000 babies are stillborn in the U.S, and as many as half of all pregnancies may end in miscarriage.

October 15, 2020

New research suggests that placental DNA may have potential as a biomarker for adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs).

September 25, 2020

Although previous research has shown preterm (PTB) and post-term births to result in adverse neuropsychiatric outcomes in children little research had been done on the outcomes of at-term deliveries.

August 28, 2020

Senior Editor Angie DeRosa sat down Drs. Bekkar, DeNicola, Pandipati and Abel to discuss findings from a recent study on the association with air pollution and heat exposure with adverse obstetrical outcomes, such as preterm birth and stillbirth.

August 24, 2020

The obstetric comorbidity scoring system was developed by NIH-funded researchers for classifying severe maternal morbidity.

August 20, 2020

A new study released by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) indicates that opioid use in women may result in higher chances of pregnancy loss and lower chances of conceiving.