Is obesity still increasing among pregnant women? Prepregnancy obesity trends in 20 states, 2003-2009.
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Overall, prepregnancy obesity prevalence continues to increase and varies by race-ethnicity and maternal age and the need to address obesity as a key component of preconception care, particularly among high-risk groups is highlighted.About:
This article is published in Preventive Medicine.The article was published on 2013-06-01 and is currently open access. It has received 236 citations till now.read more
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Maternal mortality and morbidity in the United States: where are we now?
Andreea A. Creanga,Cynthia J. Berg,Jean Y. Ko,Sherry L. Farr,Van T. Tong,F. Carol Bruce,William M. Callaghan +6 more
TL;DR: The article presents the latest data and trends in maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity, as well as on maternal substance abuse and mental health disorders during pregnancy, two relatively recent topics of interest in the Division of Reproductive Health.
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Outcomes in preterm infants.
TL;DR: The adverse consequences for infants born at 38 and 39 weeks gestation are also of a higher risk than those for infants Born at 40 weeks gestation, with the neonatal mortality risk increasing again in infants born beyond the 42nd week of gestation.
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Risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes by prepregnancy body mass index: a population-based study to inform prepregnancy weight loss counseling.
TL;DR: The results of this population-based cohort study can inform prepregnancy weight loss counseling by defining achievable weight loss goals for patients that may reduce their risk of poor perinatal outcomes.
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Obesity and mental disorders during pregnancy and postpartum: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
TL;DR: Health care providers should be aware that women who are obese when they become pregnant are more likely to experience elevated antenatal and postpartum depression symptoms than normal-weight women, with intermediate risks for overweight women.
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Temporal Trends in Incidence and Outcomes of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy in the United States: A Nationwide Population-Based Study
Dhaval Kolte,Sahil Khera,Wilbert S. Aronow,Chandrasekar Palaniswamy,Marjan Mujib,Chul Ahn,Diwakar Jain,Alan Gass,Ali Ahmed,Julio A. Panza,Gregg C. Fonarow +10 more
TL;DR: Maternal MAE rates overall have remained unchanged while cardiogenic shock, utilization of mechanical circulatory support, and in‐hospital mortality have increased during the study period.
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TL;DR: For instance, the authors found that nearly half (49%) of pregnancies were unintended in 2006, up slightly from 2001 (48%) and the unintended pregnancy rate increased to 52 per 1000 women aged 15-44 years in 2006 from 50 in 2001.
Original research article Unintended pregnancy in the United States: incidence and disparities, 2006
Lawrence B. Finer,Mia R. Zolna +1 more
TL;DR: Efforts to help women and couples plan their pregnancies, such as increasing access to effective contraceptives, should focus on groups at greatest risk for unintended pregnancy, particularly poor and cohabiting women.
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Maternal Overweight and Obesity and the Risk of Congenital Anomalies: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
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