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Debbink MP, Stanhope KK, Hogue CJR. Racial and ethnic inequities in stillbirth in the US: Looking upstream to close the gap: Seminars in Perinatology. Semin Perinatol 2024; 48:151865. [PMID: 38220545 DOI: 10.1016/j.semperi.2023.151865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2024]
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Though stillbirth rates in the United States improved over the previous decades, inequities in stillbirth by race and ethnicity have persisted nearly unchanged since data collection began. Black and Indigenous pregnant people face a two-fold greater risk of experiencing the devastating consequences of stillbirth compared to their White counterparts. Because race is a social rather than biological construct, inequities in stillbirth rates are a downstream consequence of structural, institutional, and interpersonal racism which shape a landscape of differential access to opportunities for health. These downstream consequences can include differences in the prevalence of chronic health conditions as well as structural differences in the quality of health care or healthy neighborhood conditions, each of which likely plays a role in racial and ethnic inequities in stillbirth. Research and intervention approaches that utilize an equity lens may identify ways to close gaps in stillbirth incidence or in responding to the health and socioemotional consequences of stillbirth. A community-engaged approach that incorporates experiential wisdom will be necessary to create a full picture of the causes and consequences of inequity in stillbirth outcomes. Investigators working in tandem with community partners, utilizing a combination of qualitative, quantitative, and implementation science approaches, may more fully elucidate the underpinnings of racial and ethnic inequities in stillbirth outcomes.
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- Michelle P Debbink
- University of Utah Spencer Fox Eccles, School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Salt Lake City, UT.
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- Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Atlanta, GA
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- Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Atlanta, GA
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Smid MC, Allshouse AA, Metz TD, Debbink MP, Charron E, Campbell K, Cochran G. Co-occurring opioid and methamphetamine use disorder and severe maternal morbidity and mortality in Utah. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM 2024; 6:101221. [PMID: 37949409 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2023.101221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2023] [Revised: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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- Marcela C Smid
- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT.
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- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Department of Health Promotion Sciences, Hudson College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Schusterman Center, Tulsa, OK
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Program for Addiction Research, Clinical Care, Knowledge, and Advocacy, Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
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Carter EB, Thayer SM, Paul R, Barry VG, Iqbal SN, Ehrenberg S, Doering M, Mazzoni SE, Frolova AI, Kelly JC, Raghuraman N, Debbink MP. Diabetes Group Prenatal Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Obstet Gynecol 2023:00006250-990000000-00958. [PMID: 37944148 PMCID: PMC11078888 DOI: 10.1097/aog.0000000000005442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To estimate the effect of diabetes group prenatal care on rates of preterm birth and large for gestational age (LGA) among patients with diabetes in pregnancy compared with individual diabetes prenatal care. DATA SOURCES We searched Ovid Medline (1946-), Embase.com (1947-), Scopus (1823-), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and ClinicalTrials.gov. METHODS OF STUDY SELECTION We searched electronic databases for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and observational studies comparing diabetes group prenatal care with individual care among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus or gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). The primary outcomes were preterm birth before 37 weeks of gestation and LGA (birth weight at or above the 90th percentile). Secondary outcomes were small for gestational age, cesarean delivery, neonatal hypoglycemia, neonatal intensive care unit admission, breastfeeding at hospital discharge, long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) uptake, and 6-week postpartum visit attendance. Secondary outcomes, limited to the subgroup of patients with GDM, included rates of GDM requiring diabetes medication (A2GDM) and completion of postpartum oral glucose tolerance testing (OGTT). Heterogeneity was assessed with the Cochran Q test and I2 statistic. Random-effects models were used to calculate pooled relative risks (RRs) and weighted mean differences. TABULATION, INTEGRATION, AND RESULTS Eight studies met study criteria and were included in the final analysis: three RCTs and five observational studies. A total of 1,701 patients were included in the pooled studies: 770 (45.3%) in diabetes group prenatal care and 931 (54.7%) in individual care. Patients in diabetes group prenatal care had similar rates of preterm birth compared with patients in individual care (seven studies: pooled rates 9.5% diabetes group prenatal care vs 11.5% individual care, pooled RR 0.77, 95% CI, 0.59-1.01), which held for RCTs and observational studies. There was no difference between diabetes group prenatal care and individual care in rates of LGA overall (four studies: pooled rate 16.7% diabetes group prenatal care vs 20.2% individual care, pooled RR 0.93, 95% CI, 0.59-1.45) or by study type. Rates of other secondary outcomes were similar between diabetes group prenatal care and individual care, except patients in diabetes group prenatal care were more likely to receive postpartum LARC (three studies: pooled rates 46.1% diabetes group prenatal care vs 34.1% individual care, pooled RR 1.44, 95% CI, 1.09-1.91). When analysis was limited to patients with GDM, there were no differences in rates of A2GDM or postpartum visit attendance, but patients in diabetes group prenatal care were significantly more likely to complete postpartum OGTT (five studies: pooled rate 74.0% diabetes group prenatal care vs 49.4% individual care, pooled RR 1.58, 95% CI, 1.19-2.09). CONCLUSION Patients with type 2 diabetes and GDM who participate in diabetes group prenatal care have similar rates of preterm birth, LGA, and other pregnancy outcomes compared with those who participate in individual care; however, they are significantly more likely to receive postpartum LARC, and those with GDM are more likely to return for postpartum OGTT. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION PROSPERO, CRD42021279233.
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- Ebony B Carter
- Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine and the Division of Clinical Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the Becker Library, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri; the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Columbia, Maryland; the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Ohio; Harborview OB/GYN Generalists, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; and the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Parchem JG, Rice MM, Grobman WA, Bailit JL, Wapner RJ, Debbink MP, Thorp JM, Caritis SN, Prasad M, Tita ATN, Saade GR, Sorokin Y, Rouse DJ, Tolosa JE. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Adverse Perinatal Outcomes at Term. Am J Perinatol 2023; 40:557-566. [PMID: 34058765 PMCID: PMC8630098 DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1730348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate whether racial and ethnic disparities in adverse perinatal outcomes exist at term. STUDY DESIGN We performed a secondary analysis of a multicenter observational study of 115,502 pregnant patients and their neonates (2008-2011). Singleton, nonanomalous pregnancies delivered from 37 to 41 weeks were included. Race and ethnicity were abstracted from the medical record and categorized as non-Hispanic White (White; referent), non-Hispanic Black (Black), non-Hispanic Asian (Asian), or Hispanic. The primary outcome was an adverse perinatal composite defined as perinatal death, Apgar score < 4 at 5 minutes, ventilator support, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, subgaleal hemorrhage, skeletal fracture, infant stay greater than maternal stay (by ≥ 3 days), brachial plexus palsy, or facial nerve palsy. RESULTS Of the 72,117 patients included, 48% were White, 20% Black, 5% Asian, and 26% Hispanic. The unadjusted risk of the primary outcome was highest for neonates of Black patients (3.1%, unadjusted relative risk [uRR] = 1.16, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.04-1.30), lowest for neonates of Hispanic patients (2.1%, uRR = 0.80, 95% CI: 0.71-0.89), and no different for neonates of Asian (2.6%), compared with those of White patients (2.7%). In the adjusted model including age, body mass index (BMI), smoking, obstetric history, and high-risk pregnancy, differences in risk for the primary outcome were no longer observed for neonates of Black (adjusted relative risk [aRR] = 1.06, 95% CI: 0.94-1.19) and Hispanic (aRR = 0.92, 95% CI: 0.81-1.04) patients. Adding insurance to the model lowered the risk for both groups (aRR = 0.85, 95% CI: 0.75-0.96 for Black; aRR = 0.68, 95% CI: 0.59-0.78 for Hispanic). CONCLUSION Although neonates of Black patients have the highest frequency of adverse perinatal outcomes at term, after adjustment for sociodemographic factors, this higher risk is no longer observed, suggesting the importance of developing strategies that address social determinants of health to lessen extant health disparities. KEY POINTS · Term neonates of Black patients have the highest crude frequency of adverse perinatal outcomes.. · After adjustment for confounders, higher risk for neonates of Black patients is no longer observed.. · Disparities in outcomes are strongly related to insurance status..
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- Jacqueline G Parchem
- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, MetroHealth Medical Center-Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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Gartner DR, Debbink MP, Brooks JL, Margerison CE. Inequalities in cesarean births between American Indian & Alaska Native people and White people. Health Serv Res 2023; 58:291-302. [PMID: 36573019 PMCID: PMC10012218 DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.14122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To explore population-level American Indian & Alaska Native-White inequalities in cesarean birth incidence after accounting for differences in cesarean indication, age, and other individual-level risk factors. DATA SOURCES AND STUDY SETTING We used birth certificate data inclusive of all live births within the United States between January 1 and December 31, 2017. STUDY DESIGN We calculated propensity score weights that simultaneously incorporate age, cesarean indication, and clinical and obstetric risk factors to estimate the American Indian and Alaska Native-White inequality. DATA COLLECTION/EXTRACTION METHODS Births to individuals identified as American Indian, Alaska Native, or White, and residing in one of the 50 US states or the District of Columbia were included. Births were excluded if missing maternal race/ethnicity or any other covariate. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS After weighing the American Indian and Alaska Native obstetric population to be comparable to the distribution of cesarean indication, age, and clinical and obstetric risk factors of the White population, the cesarean incidence among American Indian and Alaska Natives increased to 33.4% (95% CI: 32.0-34.8), 3.2 percentage points (95% CI: 1.8-4.7) higher than the observed White incidence. After adjustment, cesarean birth incidence remained higher and increased in magnitude among American Indian and Alaska Natives in Robson groups 1 (low risk, primary), 6 (nulliparous, breech presentation), and 9 (transverse/oblique lie). CONCLUSIONS The unadjusted lower cesarean birth incidence observed among American Indian and Alaska Native individuals compared to White individuals may be related to their younger mean age at birth. After adjusting for this demographic difference, we demonstrate that American Indian and Alaska Native individuals undergo cesarean birth more frequently than White individuals with similar risk profiles, particularly within the low-risk Robson group 1 and those with non-cephalic presentations (Robson groups 6 and 9). Racism and bias in clinical decision making, structural racism, colonialism, or other unidentified factors may contribute to this inequality.
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- Danielle R. Gartner
- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, College of Human MedicineMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichiganUSA
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- Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyUniversity of Utah Health and Intermountain HealthcareSalt Lake CityUtahUSA
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- School of NursingUniversity of North CarolinaChapel HillNorth CarolinaUSA
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- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, College of Human MedicineMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichiganUSA
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Dahl C, Turner A, Premkumar A, Bales C, Cheu L, Singh A, McCloskey L, Cowett A, Debbink MP. Association between distance travelled for abortion care and abortion stigma. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2022.11.1043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Adesomo A, Nguemeni Tiako MJ, Zhang C, Kim J, Maxwell GL, Metz TD, Luo G, Debbink MP. Is racial segregation of hospital services associated with low-risk primary cesarean delivery? Am J Obstet Gynecol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2022.11.1000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Scaglione MA, Allshouse AA, Canfield DR, Mclaughlin HD, Bruno AM, Hammad IA, Branch DW, Maurer KA, Dood RL, Debbink MP, Silver RM, Einerson BD. Prophylactic Ureteral Stent Placement and Urinary Injury During Hysterectomy for Placenta Accreta Spectrum. Obstet Gynecol 2022; 140:806-811. [PMID: 36201777 PMCID: PMC10069290 DOI: 10.1097/aog.0000000000004957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 07/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between prophylactic ureteral stent placement at the time of hysterectomy for placenta accreta spectrum and genitourinary injury. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients with placenta accreta spectrum who underwent hysterectomy at two referral centers from 2001 to 2021. The exposure was prophylactic ureteral stent placement. The primary outcome, genitourinary injury, was a composite of bladder injury, ureteral injury, or vesicovaginal fistula. Secondary outcomes included components of the primary outcome. We evaluated differences between groups using χ 2 and t test. To evaluate differences in the primary outcome, we reported odds ratios (ORs) and adjusted odds ratios (aORs) using multivariable logistic regression analyses to control for potential confounding variables. We used a Cochran-Armitage χ 2 trend test to evaluate difference in stent use and injury over time. RESULTS In total, 236 patients were included. Prophylactic ureteral stents were used in 156 surgeries (66%). Overall, genitourinary injury occurred less frequently in the stent group compared with the no stent group (28% vs 51%, OR 0.37, 95% CI 0.21-0.65). This association persisted after controlling for urgency of delivery, three or more prior cesarean deliveries, and whether a gynecologic oncologist was present (aOR 0.27, 95% CI 0.14-0.52). Unintentional bladder injury occurred less frequently in the stent group compared with the no stent group (13% vs 25%, P =.018), as did ureteral injury (2% vs 9%, P =.019). CONCLUSION Prophylactic ureteral stent placement was associated with a decreased risk of genitourinary injury during hysterectomy for placenta accreta spectrum.
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- Morgan A Scaglione
- Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine and the Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Utah Health, and Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Headen IE, Elovitz MA, Battarbee AN, Lo JO, Debbink MP. Racism and perinatal health inequities research: where we have been and where we should go. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2022; 227:560-570. [PMID: 35597277 PMCID: PMC9529822 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2022.05.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2021] [Revised: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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For more than a century, substantial racial and ethnic inequities in perinatal health outcomes have persisted despite technical clinical advances and changes in public health practice that lowered the overall incidence of morbidity. Race is a social construct and not an inherent biologic or genetic reality; therefore, racial differences in health outcomes represent the consequences of structural racism or the inequitable distribution of opportunities for health along racialized lines. Clinicians and scientists in obstetrics and gynecology have a responsibility to work to eliminate health inequities for Black, Brown, and Indigenous birthing people, and fulfilling this responsibility requires actionable evidence from high-quality research. To generate this actionable evidence, the research community must realign paradigms, praxis, and infrastructure with an eye directed toward reproductive justice and antiracism. This special report offers a set of key recommendations as a roadmap to transform perinatal health research to achieve health equity. The recommendations are based on expert opinion and evidence presented at the State of the Science Research Symposium at the 41st Annual Pregnancy Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine in 2021. Recommendations fall into 3 broad categories-changing research paradigms, reforming research praxis, and transforming research infrastructure-and are grounded in a historic foundation of the advances and shortcomings of clinical, public health, and sociologic scholarship in health equity. Changing the research paradigm requires leveraging a multidisciplinary perspective on structural racism; promoting mechanistic research that identifies the biologic pathways perturbed by structural racism; and utilizing conceptual models that account for racism as a factor in adverse perinatal outcomes. Changing praxis approaches to promote and engage multidisciplinary teams and to develop standardized guidelines for data collection will ensure that paradigm shifts center the historically marginalized voices of Black, Brown, and Indigenous birthing people. Finally, infrastructure changes that embed community-centered approaches are required to make shifts in paradigm and praxis possible. Institutional policies that break down silos and support true community partnership, and also the alignment of institutional, funding, and academic publishing objectives with strategic priorities for perinatal health equity, are paramount. Achieving health equity requires shifting the structures that support the ecosystem of racism that Black, Brown, and Indigenous birthing people must navigate before, during, and after childbearing. These structures extend beyond the healthcare system in which clinicians operate day-to-day, but they cannot be excluded from research endeavors to create the actionable evidence needed to achieve perinatal health equity.
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- Irene E Headen
- Department of Community Health and Prevention, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Center for Research in Reproduction and Women's health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT.
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Debbink MP, Metz TD, Nelson RE, Janes SE, Kroes A, Begaye LJ, Heuser CC, Smid MC, Silver RM, Varner MW, Einerson BD. Directly Measured Costs of Severe Maternal Morbidity Events during Delivery Admission Compared with Uncomplicated Deliveries. Am J Perinatol 2022; 39:567-576. [PMID: 34856617 PMCID: PMC9420545 DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1740237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To estimate the actual excess costs of care for delivery admissions complicated by severe maternal morbidity (SMM) compared with uncomplicated deliveries. STUDY DESIGN This is a retrospective cohort study of all deliveries between October 2015 and September 2018 at a single tertiary academic center. Pregnant individuals ≥ 20 weeks' gestation who delivered during a hospital admission (i.e., a "delivery admission") were included. The primary exposure was SMM, as defined by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) criteria, CDC criteria excluding blood transfusion, or by validated hospital-defined criteria (intensive care unit admission or ≥ 4 units of blood products). Potential SMM events identified via administrative and blood bank data were reviewed to confirm SMM events had occurred. Primary outcome was total actual costs of delivery admission derived from time-based accounting and acquisition costs in the institutional Value Driven Outcomes database. Cost of delivery admissions with SMM events was compared with the cost of uncomplicated delivery using adjusted generalized linear models, with separate models for each of the SMM definitions. Relative cost differences are reported due to data restrictions. RESULTS Of 12,367 eligible individuals, 12,361 had complete cost data. Two hundred and eighty individuals (2.3%) had confirmed SMM events meeting CDC criteria. CDC criteria excluding transfusion alone occurred in 1.0% (n = 121) and hospital-defined SMM in 0.6% (n = 76). In adjusted models, SMM events by CDC criteria were associated with a relative cost increase of 2.45 times (95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.29-2.61) the cost of an uncomplicated delivery. SMM by CDC criteria excluding transfusion alone was associated with a relative increase of 3.26 (95% CI: 2.95-3.60) and hospital-defined SMM with a 4.19-fold (95% CI: 3.64-4.83) increase. Each additional CDC subcategory of SMM diagnoses conferred a relative cost increase of 1.60 (95% CI: 1.43-1.79). CONCLUSION SMM is associated with between 2.5- and 4-fold higher cost than uncomplicated deliveries. KEY POINTS · Severe maternal morbidity as defined by CDC criteria confers a 2.5-fold increase in delivery hospitalization costs.. · Intensive care unit admission or ≥ 4 units of blood products confer a fourfold increase in cost.. · Costs of maternal morbidity may motivate SMM review..
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- Michelle P. Debbink
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah,Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Women and Newborns Clinical Program, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah,Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Women and Newborns Clinical Program, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah,Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Administration, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- University of Utah School of Medicine, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- University of Utah School of Medicine, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of international Studies, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Women and Newborns Clinical Program, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah,Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Women and Newborns Clinical Program, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah,Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Women and Newborns Clinical Program, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah,Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Women and Newborns Clinical Program, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah
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McLaughlin HD, Benson AE, Scaglione MA, Saviers-Steiger MJS, Canfield DR, Debbink MP, Silver RM, Einerson BD. Association between Short Interpregnancy Interval and Placenta Accreta Spectrum. AJOG Global Reports 2022; 2:100051. [PMID: 36275493 PMCID: PMC9563919 DOI: 10.1016/j.xagr.2022.100051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The incidence of placenta accreta spectrum is increasing in parallel with the growing number of cesarean deliveries performed. A shorter interpregnancy interval following cesarean delivery may prevent adequate scar healing, which could impact the risk of placenta accreta spectrum. OBJECTIVE We aimed to investigate the association between short interpregnancy intervals and placenta accreta spectrum. STUDY DESIGN We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients at risk for placenta accreta spectrum at a tertiary academic center between 2002 and 2020. Our cohort was defined as pregnant individuals at risk for placenta accreta spectrum meeting the following criteria: placenta previa with previous cesarean delivery and/or uterine surgery, anterior low-lying placenta with previous cesarean delivery and/or uterine surgery, ≥3 previous cesarean deliveries, or any previous cesarean delivery with sonographic findings suspicious for placenta accreta spectrum. The primary outcome was surgically or histopathologically confirmed placenta accreta spectrum. Short interpregnancy interval was defined as <18 completed months from previous delivery and last menstrual period of the index pregnancy. Univariable analyses were performed with chi-square and Student's t-test, as appropriate, and Kruskal–Wallis for nonparametric variables. The unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios were calculated using multivariate logistic regression models. Covariates were selected if P<.2 in univariable analyses or defined a priori as clinically meaningful. The final models were derived using reverse stepwise selection of variables. We used Stata Statistical Software, version 15 (StataCorp, College Station, TX) to perform descriptive statistics. RESULTS Of 262 patients at risk of placenta accreta spectrum with complete records, 112 (42.7%) had placenta accreta spectrum. Pregnant individuals with short interpregnancy intervals of <18 months were no more likely than those with optimal interpregnancy intervals to have previa (58% [46/80] vs 46% [84/182]; P=.09) or placenta accreta spectrum (49% [39/80] vs 40% [73/182]; P=.19). Short interpregnancy interval of <18 months was not associated with placenta accreta spectrum (unadjusted odds ratio, 1.06; 95% confidence interval, 0.62–1.80). This association did not change when adjusting for previa and number of previous cesarean deliveries (adjusted odds ratio, 1.04; 95% confidence interval, 0.51–2.15). In a secondary analysis, an interpregnancy interval of <12 months was also not associated with placenta accreta spectrum (unadjusted odds ratio, 0.79; 95% confidence interval, 0.04–1.56; adjusted odds ratio, 0.52; 95% confidence interval, 0.21–1.27). CONCLUSION In patients at risk for placenta accreta spectrum, short interpregnancy intervals of <18 months or <12 months were not associated with placenta accreta spectrum, even when controlling for number of previous cesarean deliveries and previa. Short interpregnancy interval is not likely to be an important modifiable independent risk factor for placenta accreta spectrum.
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Smid M, Allshouse AA, Campbell K, Debbink MP, Cochran G. Neonatal outcomes among pregnant individuals with co-occurring opioid/methamphetamine use disorders and mental health diagnosis. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.11.606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Debbink MP, Tavake-Pasi OF, Vaitohi S, Flake N, Witte B, Varner MW, Metz TD. Community risk and resilience for perinatal health among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) mothers. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.11.388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Scaglione M, Allshouse AA, Canfield DR, Bruno AM, Hammad I, Branch D, Maurer K, Dood R, Debbink MP, Silver RM, Einerson BD. Prophylactic ureteral stent placement and genitourinary injury during hysterectomy in placenta accreta spectrum. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.11.665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Cummins H, Allshouse AA, Metz TD, Debbink MP. Pilot non-inferiority study of group prenatal care versus standard care for pregnant people with diabetes. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.11.856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Boelig RC, Aagaard KM, Debbink MP, Shamshirsaz AA. Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Special Statement: COVID-19 research in pregnancy: progress and potential. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2021; 225:B19-B31. [PMID: 34481778 PMCID: PMC8413099 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.08.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The COVID-19 global pandemic has broad implications for obstetrical care and perinatal outcomes. As we approach the 2-year mark into an unprecedented international pandemic, this review presents the progress and opportunities for research related to COVID-19 and pregnancy. Research is the basis for evidence-based clinical guidelines, and we aim to provide the structure and guidance for framing COVID-19-related obstetrical research. This structure will pertain not only to this pandemic but future ones as well.
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Einerson BD, Allshouse AA, Bruno AM, Debbink MP, Page JM, Hammad I, Branch DW, Silver BM. 124 Trends in unplanned peripartum hysterectomy in the United States, 2009 – 2018. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.12.146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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McLaughlin H, Benson AE, Scaglione M, Saviers-Steiger J, Canfield DR, Debbink MP, Silver BM, Einerson BD. 803 Short interpregnancy interval and placenta accreta spectrum. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.12.826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Debbink MP, Son SL, Woodward PJ, Kennedy AM. Sonographic Assessment of Fetal Growth Abnormalities. Radiographics 2021. [DOI: 10.1148/rg.2021200081.pres] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Son SL, Allshouse AA, Page JM, Debbink MP, Pinar H, Reddy U, Gibbins KJ, Stoll BJ, Parker CB, Dudley DJ, Varner MW, Silver RM. Stillbirth and fetal anomalies: secondary analysis of a case-control study. BJOG 2021; 128:252-258. [PMID: 32946651 PMCID: PMC7902300 DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.16517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Approximately 10% of stillbirths are attributed to fetal anomalies, but anomalies are also common in live births. We aimed to assess the relationship between anomalies, by system and stillbirth. DESIGN Secondary analysis of a prospective, case-control study. SETTING Multicentre, 59 hospitals in five regional catchment areas in the USA. POPULATION OR SAMPLE All stillbirths and representative live birth controls. METHODS Standardised postmortem examinations performed in stillbirths, medical record abstraction for stillbirths and live births. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Incidence of major anomalies, by type, compared between stillbirths and live births with univariable and multivariable analyses using weighted analysis to account for study design and differential consent. RESULTS Of 465 singleton stillbirths included, 23.4% had one or more major anomalies compared with 4.3% of 1871 live births. Having an anomaly increased the odds of stillbirth; an increasing number of anomalies was more highly associated with stillbirth. Regardless of organ system affected, the presence of an anomaly increased the odds of stillbirth. These relationships remained significant if stillbirths with known genetic abnormalities were excluded. After multivariable analyses, the adjusted odds ratio (aOR) of stillbirth for any anomaly was 4.33 (95% CI 2.80-6.70) and the systems most strongly associated with stillbirth were cystic hygroma (aOR 29.97, 95% CI 5.85-153.57), and thoracic (aOR16.18, 95% CI 4.30-60.94) and craniofacial (aOR 35.25, 95% CI 9.22-134.68) systems. CONCLUSIONS In pregnancies affected by anomalies, the odds of stillbirth are higher with increasing numbers of anomalies. Anomalies of nearly any organ system increased the odds of stillbirth even when adjusting for gestational age and maternal race. TWEETABLE ABSTRACT Stillbirth risk increases with anomalies of nearly any organ system and with number of anomalies seen.
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- S L Son
- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Division of Perinatal Pathology, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, USA
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- RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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Fetal growth abnormalities have significant consequences for pregnancy management and maternal and fetal well-being. The accurate diagnosis of fetal growth abnormalities contributes to optimal antenatal management, which may minimize the sequelae of inadequate or excessive fetal growth. An accurate diagnosis of abnormal fetal growth depends on accurate pregnancy dating and serial growth measurements. The fetal size at any given stage of pregnancy is either appropriate or inappropriate for the given gestational age (GA). Pregnancy dating is most accurate in the first trimester, as biologic variability does not come into play until the second and third trimesters. The authors describe the determination of GA with use of standard US measurements and how additional parameters can be used to confirm dating. Once dates are established, serial measurements are used to identity abnormal growth patterns. The sometimes confusing definitions of abnormal growth are clarified, the differentiation of a constitutionally small but healthy fetus from a growth-restricted at-risk fetus is described, and the roles of Doppler US and other adjunctive examinations in the management of growth restriction are discussed. In addition, the definition of selective growth restriction in twin pregnancy is briefly discussed, as is the role of Doppler US in the classification of subtypes of selective growth restriction in monochorionic twinning. The criteria for diagnosing macrosomia and the management of affected pregnancies also are reviewed. The importance of correct pregnancy dating in the detection and surveillance of abnormal fetal growth and for prevention of perinatal maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality cannot be overstated. The online slide presentation from the RSNA Annual Meeting is available for this article. ©RSNA, 2020.
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- Michelle P Debbink
- From the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (M.P.D., S.L.S.) and Radiology and Imaging Sciences (P.J.W., A.M.K.), University of Utah, 50 N Medical Dr, Salt Lake City, UT 84132
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- From the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (M.P.D., S.L.S.) and Radiology and Imaging Sciences (P.J.W., A.M.K.), University of Utah, 50 N Medical Dr, Salt Lake City, UT 84132
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- From the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (M.P.D., S.L.S.) and Radiology and Imaging Sciences (P.J.W., A.M.K.), University of Utah, 50 N Medical Dr, Salt Lake City, UT 84132
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- From the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (M.P.D., S.L.S.) and Radiology and Imaging Sciences (P.J.W., A.M.K.), University of Utah, 50 N Medical Dr, Salt Lake City, UT 84132
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Debbink MP, Son SL, Woodward PJ, Kennedy AM. Sonographic Assessment of Fetal Growth Abnormalities. Radiographics 2020. [DOI: 10.1148/rg.2020200081.pres] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Premkumar A, Debbink MP, Silver RM, Haas DM, Simhan HN, Wing DA, Parry S, Mercer BM, Iams J, Reddy UM, Saade G, Grobman WA. Association of Acculturation With Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes. Obstet Gynecol 2020; 135:301-309. [PMID: 31923068 PMCID: PMC7054005 DOI: 10.1097/aog.0000000000003659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relationship between acculturation and adverse pregnancy outcomes, and whether these relationships differ across racial or ethnic groups. METHODS This is a planned secondary analysis of the nuMoM2b study (Nulliparous Pregnancy Outcomes Study: Monitoring Mothers-to-Be), a prospective observational cohort study of 10,038 pregnant women at eight academic health care centers in the United States. Nulliparous pregnant women with singleton gestations were recruited between 6 0/7 and 13 6/7 weeks of gestation from October 2010-September 2013. Acculturation was defined by birthplace (United States vs non-United States), language used during study visits (English or Spanish), and self-rated English proficiency. The adverse pregnancy outcomes of interest were preterm birth (less than 37 weeks of gestation, both iatrogenic and spontaneous), preeclampsia or eclampsia, gestational hypertension, gestational diabetes, stillbirth, small for gestational age, and large for gestational age. Multivariable regression modeling was performed, as was an interaction analysis focusing on the relationship between acculturation and adverse pregnancy outcomes by maternal race or ethnicity. RESULTS Of the 10,006 women eligible for this analysis, 8,100 (80.9%) were classified as more acculturated (eg, born in the United States with high English proficiency), and 1,906 (19.1%) were classified as having less acculturation (eg, born or not born in the United States with low proficiency in English or use of Spanish as the preferred language during study visits). In multivariable logistic regression modeling, more acculturation was significantly associated with higher frequency of preterm birth (odds ratio [OR] 1.46, adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.50, 95% CI 1.16-1.95); spontaneous preterm birth (OR 1.54, aOR 1.62, 95% CI 1.14-2.24); preeclampsia or eclampsia (OR 1.39, aOR 1.31, 95% CI 1.03-1.67); preeclampsia without severe features (OR 1.44, aOR 1.43, 95% CI 1.03-2.01); and gestational hypertension (OR 1.68, aOR 1.48, 95% CI 1.22-1.79). These associations did not differ by self-described race or ethnicity. CONCLUSION In a large cohort of nulliparous women, more acculturation, regardless of self-described race or ethnicity, was associated with increased odds of several adverse pregnancy outcomes. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01322529.
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- University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America
- Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America
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- University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America
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- Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America
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- University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States of America
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- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
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- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America
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- The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
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- University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Galveston, TX, United States of America
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Page JM, Bardsley T, Thorsten V, Allshouse AA, Varner MW, Debbink MP, Dudley DJ, Saade GR, Goldenberg RL, Stoll B, Hogue CJ, Bukowski R, Conway D, Reddy UM, Silver RM. Stillbirth Associated With Infection in a Diverse U.S. Cohort. Obstet Gynecol 2019; 134:1187-1196. [PMID: 31764728 PMCID: PMC9747062 DOI: 10.1097/aog.0000000000003515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To better characterize infection-related stillbirth in terms of pathogenesis and microbiology. METHODS We conducted a secondary analysis of 512 stillbirths in a prospective, multisite, geographically, racially and ethnically diverse, population-based study of stillbirth in the United States. Cases underwent evaluation that included maternal interview, chart abstraction, biospecimen collection, fetal autopsy, and placental pathology. Recommended evaluations included syphilis and parvovirus serology. Each case was assigned probable and possible causes of death using the INCODE Stillbirth Classification System. Cases where infection was assigned as a probable or possible cause of death were reviewed. For these cases, clinical scenario, autopsy, maternal serology, culture results, and placental pathology were evaluated. RESULTS For 66 (12.9%) cases of stillbirth, infection was identified as a probable or possible cause of death. Of these, 36% (95% CI 35-38%) were categorized as a probable and 64% (95% CI 62-65%) as a possible cause of death. Infection-related stillbirth occurred earlier than non-infection-related stillbirth (median gestational age 22 vs 28 weeks, P=.001). Fetal bacterial culture results were available in 47 cases (71%), of which 35 (53%) grew identifiable organisms. The predominant species were Escherichia coli (19, 29%), group B streptococcus (GBS) (8, 12%), and enterococcus species (8, 12%). Placental pathology revealed chorioamnionitis in 50 (76%), funisitis in 27 (41%), villitis in 11 (17%), deciduitis in 35 (53%), necrosis in 27 (41%), and viral staining in seven (11%) cases. Placental pathology found inflammation or evidence of infection in 65 (99%) cases and fetal autopsy in 26 (39%) cases. In infection-related stillbirth cases, the likely causative nonbacterial organisms identified were parvovirus in two (3%) cases, syphilis in one (2%) case, cytomegalovirus (CMV) in five (8%) cases, and herpes in one (2%) case. CONCLUSION Of infection-related stillbirth cases in a large U.S. cohort, E coli, GBS, and enterococcus species were the most common bacterial pathogens and CMV the most common viral pathogen.
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- Jessica M Page
- University of Utah Health Sciences, Salt Lake City, and Intermountain Health Care, Murray, Utah; RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina; the University of Virginia Healthcare, Charlottesville, Virginia; the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas; Columbia University, New York, New York; the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas; Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas; and Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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Smid MC, Stone N, Baksh L, Debbink MP, Einerson BD, Varner MW, Gordon AJ, Clark EAS. Pregnancy-Associated Death in Utah: Contribution of Drug-Induced Deaths. Obstet Gynecol 2019; 133:1131-1140. [PMID: 31135726 PMCID: PMC6548332 DOI: 10.1097/aog.0000000000003279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Drug-induced deaths, defined as intentional or unintentional consumption of illicit substances or diverted medications leading to death, are the leading cause of death for reproductive-age women in the United States. Our objective was to describe pregnancy-associated deaths attributed to drug-induced causes to identify opportunities for intervention. METHODS Using the Utah Perinatal Morality Review Committee database, we performed a retrospective cohort study of all pregnancy-associated deaths-death of a woman during pregnancy or within 1 year from the end of pregnancy-from 2005 to 2014. We performed a detailed descriptive analysis of women with drug-induced deaths. We compared characteristics of women with drug-induced and other pregnancy-associated deaths. RESULTS From 2005 to 2014, 136 pregnancy-associated deaths were identified. Drug-induced death was the leading cause of pregnancy-associated death (n=35, 26%) and 89% occurred in the postpartum period. More specifically, those with a drug-induced death were more likely to die in the late postpartum period, defined as death occurring within 43 days to 1 year of the end of the pregnancy, (n=28/35, 80%) compared with women whose deaths were from other pregnancy-associated causes (n=34/101, 34%) (P<.001). The majority of drug-induced deaths were attributed to opioids (n=27/35, 77%), prescription opioids (n=21/35, 60%), and polysubstance use (n=29/35, 83%). From 2005 to 2014, the pregnancy-associated mortality ratio increased 76%, from 23.3 in 2005 to 41.0 in 2014. During this same time period, the drug-induced pregnancy-associated mortality ratio increased 200%, from 3.9 in 2005 to 11.7 in 2014. CONCLUSION Drug-induced death is the leading cause of pregnancy-associated death in Utah and occurs primarily in the late postpartum period. Interventional studies focused on identifying and treating women at risk of drug-induced death are urgently needed.
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- Marcela C. Smid
- Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
- Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Women and Newborns Clinical Program, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City UT
- Maternal and Infant Health Program, Utah Department of Health, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Program for Addiction Research, Clinical Care, Knowledge and Advocacy (PARCKA), Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City UT
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- Program for Addiction Research, Clinical Care, Knowledge and Advocacy (PARCKA), Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City UT
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- Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
- Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Women and Newborns Clinical Program, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City UT
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- Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
- Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Women and Newborns Clinical Program, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City UT
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- Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
- Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Women and Newborns Clinical Program, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City UT
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- Program for Addiction Research, Clinical Care, Knowledge and Advocacy (PARCKA), Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City UT
- Informatics, Decision-Enhancement, and Analytic Sciences (IDEAS) Center, Salt Lake City VA Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
- Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Women and Newborns Clinical Program, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City UT
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Debbink MP, Wong J, Hollingshaus MS, Hanson HA, Carpenter JR, Varner MW, Smith KR. 720: Long term health after in utero exposure to the Geneva Steel Mill closure. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2018.11.743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Debbink MP, Premkumar A, Benson AE, Silver RM, Haas DM, Simhan HN, Wing D, Wadhwa PD, Parry S, Mercer BM, Iams J, Parker CB, Reddy UM, Saade G, Grobman WA. 290: Association between acculturation and preterm birth is not mediated by measures of social stress. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2018.11.311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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