Neonatal Medicine News

About four in five pregnancy-related deaths that occurred in the United States from 2017 to 2019 were preventable, according to the CDC.

Cannabis use during pregnancy may place children at risk for attention, social and behavioral problems into early adolescence and mental health issues and substance use later on, according to research published in JAMA Pediatrics.

More infants who were exposed to strong agonists and opioids with long half-lives developed neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome compared with those not exposed, recent findings showed.

The frequency of active treatment in newborns born between 22 and 25 weeks’ gestation increased over 7 years in the United States, according to a serial cross-sectional analysis published in JAMA.

Children born before 39 weeks are more likely to experience symptoms related to ADHD, according to data published in The Journal of Pediatrics.

Pregnant women living in rural counties of the United States were more likely to deliver before 39 weeks’ gestation compared with those living in non-rural counties, according to a retrospective cohort study.

August is National Breastfeeding Month in the United States.

People who were delivered by cesarean section were more likely to receive a Crohn’s disease diagnosis later in life compared with their vaginally delivered counterparts, according to a population-based cohort study conducted in Sweden.

The risk for neonatal complications is elevated for mothers with disabilities, according to the results of a Canadian study published in Pediatrics.

During the pandemic, the risk for death during hospitalization for delivery, cardiovascular disorders and obstetric hemorrhage increased for pregnant patients, according to a retrospective cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.